غلاء دمشق المفرط سنة 643هـ
غلاء دمشق المفرط سنة 643هـ
c. 1245 CE · 643 AH
In 643 Damascus suffered extreme dearth: the load of grain sold at 1,600 dirhams, carrion was eaten and many notables perished 1.
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- The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
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- Levant & Iraq
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In 643 AH there was an extreme dearth in Damascus, according to Ibn al-Imad. A sack of grain was sold for one thousand six hundred dirhams, carrion was eaten, and many notables died. 2
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Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali, p. 224
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali, p.224
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