At a glance
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Egypt & Nile
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In time
In space
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Famine and plague in Egypt in 695 AH
The year 695 began with the people of Egypt suffering a severe famine and an excessive plague, to the point that they ate carrion. On a single day one thousand five hundred funerals were carried out. They dug great pits and buried many people together in them 1.
From Ibn al-ʿImad's Shadharat al-Dhahab, the events of 695 AH: a readable text produced by the scanning process named in the Arabic source ("Abel Vigen"), whose passages were checked and whose entries were selected for the museum.
Connections
- Occurred at
- Cairo
People and things also explored
Al-Azhar Mosque· The Dar al-Hikma of Cairo· Baybars takes the sultanate, 658 AH· Capture of Cairo· death of Asad al-Dīn Shīrkūh — Saladin chosen vizier in his place· The great earthquake of Egypt, 608 AH· Four madhhab qadis appointed in Egypt, 663· From Jan Balat through Tuman Bay to Qansuh al-Ghuri, 905–906
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali , p. 748
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Egypt's famine and epidemic, 695”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/egypt-famine-plague-695/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.