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Summary
Ibn al-Imad, in Shadharat al-Dhahab, records a wide wave of plague for 839 AH. It began with a great plague in Persia that lasted four months, and then the epidemic reached the land of Oman. 1
Spread
The plague spread in Herat, and the source says it was said that eight hundred thousand people died there. The epidemic then spread through all of Yemen, the lands of the Berbers and Abyssinia. 1
The date of the event is derived from the Hijri year. The source cited here does not name a specific page; it needs an additional source.
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali
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islam.museum contributors. “The Plague of 839”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/plague-839/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-16.