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The Plague of Syria and Damietta, 826

طاعون الشام ودمياط 826هـ

c. 1423 CE · 826 AH

826: a wasting plague through Syria — over 50,000 dead, it was said, within a few days — and a great plague at Damietta 1.

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The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
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Levant & Iraq · Egypt & Nile
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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

Summary

In 826 AH there was a severe plague in Syria. It is said that the number who died in it within a few days exceeded fifty thousand. 2

A great plague also struck Damietta. All of this is according to Ibn al-Imad in Shadharat al-Dhahab; the figures are approximate and need an additional source. 2

Sources

  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 186
  2. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p.186
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islam.museum contributors. “The Plague of Syria and Damietta, 826”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/plague-826/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.

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