At a glance
- Era
- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
In time
In space
Map: Natural Earth, public domain · places and route from the graph
Summary
When the plague struck, Ibn Fadl Allah resolved on the hajj, then took his household to Jerusalem; his wife died there and he buried her and returned 1.
Details
On the Day of Arafa 749, back from Jerusalem, al-Umari died of a quartan fever — the plague years closing with the wife's death and then the author's own 1.
Connections
- Had participant
- Ibn Fadl Allah al-Umari
- Occurred at
- Jerusalem
- During the reign of
- al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah II Ahmad ibn al-Mustakfi
People and things also explored
Dome of the Rock· Death of Ibn Fadl Allah al-Umari at Damascus, 749/1349· Al-Umari dismissed from the Damascus chancery, Safar 743/1342· The retirement years and the great works, 743-749/1342-1349· Masjid Al-Aqsa· al-Haram al-Sharif (the Temple Mount esplanade)· Mosque of Omar· The Western Wall (Buraq Wall)
Sources
- Al-Durar al-Kamina fi A'yan al-Mi'a al-Thamina — Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani (Dar al-Jil, Beirut) , 1/333
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “The plague and the flight to Jerusalem, c. 748/1348”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/umari-jerusalem-plague-748/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-09.
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