Inflation
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For Inflation, a total of 2 epidemic events are known so far. It is a keyword.
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EpiMedDatFor Inflation, a total of 2 epidemic events are known so far. It is a keyword.
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1178-06-00-Syria | 1178 JL | Epidemic (wabāʾ) in Syria in the year 574 H (June 19, 1178 to June 8, 1179). It had been preceeded by inflation. | وفيها، كان بالبلاد غلاء عام وتبعه وباء عام |
In this year (1178/1179), the country had a general shortage, followed by a general epidemic. | Ibn Faḍl Allāh al-ʿUmarī - Masālik al-abṣār 2001-2004, vol. 27, p. 117 | Translation by Thomas Wozniak |
| 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 |
