الغلاء والوباء العام سنة 448

الغلاء والوباء العام سنة 448

تقریباً 1056 عیسوی · 448 ھ

مصر → بغداد

In 448 Egypt saw severe drought and rampant plague while Iraq was awash with strife, fear and looting from Tughril Beg's bands, the Bedouin and al-Basasiri; famine and pestilence struck until people ate carrion — a makuk of clover seed reached seven dinars, a pomegranate a dinar — and a report from Egypt told of three thieves found dead mid-burglary, one at the door, one on the stairs, one on the folded clothes ¹.