طاعون سنة 819هـ
طاعون سنة 819هـ
c. 1416 CE · 819 AH
819 opened with dearth and plague still mounting in Egypt and Tripoli — it was said ten thousand died at Tripoli in ten days, that of Isfahan's people only the rare survived, and that Fez counted thirty-six thousand dead in a single month, the lands nearly emptied of their people. That year the sultan ordered the khatibs, when they reached the prayer for him in the sermon, to step down one step of the minbar in courtesy, so God's name and His Messenger's would stand higher than the spot where the sultan is named — and the custom endured 1.
At a glance
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Egypt & Nile · Maghreb · Persia & Central Asia · Levant & Iraq
- Review
- Draft Completeness 2/5 · Help complete it
In time
Summary
Ibn al-Imad reports that the year 819 AH began while famine and plague were still present in Egypt and Tripoli. 2
Losses
It is said that ten thousand souls died in Tripoli in ten days. The plague spread widely through the lands, to the point that it is said only a few of the people of Isfahan were left. It is also said that the people of Fez counted those who died among them in a single month, and they were thirty-six thousand. 2
Another report from the year
In the same year the sultan ordered the preachers, when they reached the prayer for him, to step down one step from the pulpit out of courtesy, so that the name of God and His Messenger would stand in a higher place than his own name. They did so, and the practice continued. 2
Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali, p. 142
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali, p.142
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “طاعون سنة 819هـ”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/plague-819/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.