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The Plague of 838

طاعون سنة 838هـ

c. 1434 CE · 838 AH

Shadharat registers for 838 a general plague through Muslim and non-Muslim lands, killing innumerable multitudes 1.

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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

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In 838 AH there was a general plague in the lands of the Muslims and elsewhere, in which an uncountable number died, according to Ibn al-Imad in Shadharat al-Dhahab. 1

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  1. Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali
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