1303
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In 1303, a total of 2 epidemic events are known so far. It is a year. See also time and timelines.
| Page | DateStart date of the disease. | SummarySummary of the disease event | OriginalOriginal text | TranslationEnglish translation of the text | ReferenceReference(s) to literature | Reference translationReference(s) to the translation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1303-08-00-Syria | August 1303 JL | Horse epidemic (fanāʾ) in Syria in 703 AH (August 1303 - August 1304) which killed a majority of the Syrian horse population; the author who lived in Damascus during those days lost all of his horses (ten or more) to the illness; before the epidemic, horses in Syria had been abundant and easily available; due to the epidemic, horses became scarse and their price increased sixfold. | al-Nuwayri - Nihayat al-arab 1964-1998, vol. 32 (ed. by Fahīm Muḥammad ʿUlwī Shaltūt, ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz al-Ahwānī, and Saʿīd ʿAbd al-Fattāḥ ʿĀshūr, 1998), p. 78 | Translation needed | ||
| 1303-08-15-Syria | August 1303 JL | Horse epidemic (most probably in Syria) in 703 AH (August 15, 1303 - August 3, 1304), innumerable horses perished. The stables of the amirs and the army emptied. | Abū l-Fidāʾ 1998-1999, vol. 4, p. 64 | Translation needed |