Lands of the Franks
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In Lands of the Franks, a total of 1 epidemic events are known so far. It is a region.
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| Disease | 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 |
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| 1348-04-00-Crimea | April 1348 JL | News about the Black Death (wabāʾ) in other countries kept reaching Damascus in early 749 H (the year starts in April 1348): Terrible things were told about Crimea where a great number of people had reportedly died. Afterwards the plague, it was told, was transmitted to the lands of the Franks. The majority of the inhabitants of Cyprus were said to have died from the plague. |  | Reports came in succession of the outbreak of the plague in the border regions of the lands. It was mentioned concerning the land of al-Qirm (the Crimea) that there was a dreadful event and great mortality among its people. Then it was reported that it spread to the lands of the Franks, to the point that it was said that most of the people of Cyprus died, or nearly so. Likewise, a great calamity occurred in Gaza at the beginning of … | Ibn Kathīr - Al-Bidāya wa-l-nihāya 1997-1999, vol. 18 (1998), pp. 502-503. | ChatGPT 5.2 |
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