The General Plague of 897
الطاعون العام 897هـ
between 1491 and 1492 CE · 897 AH
Shadharat registers for 897 'the wondrous general plague, the like of which was unheard, till it was said a quarter of the earth's people died' 1.
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- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
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Summary
Among the events of 897 AH, Ibn al-Imad records in Shadharat al-Dhahab a general plague, which he describes as strange, the like of which had not been heard. 1
What the source reports
The author relates that it was said that a quarter of the people of the earth died in that plague. This is an estimate attributed to those who said it; the source introduces it with the word "it was said". 1
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Sources
- Shadharat al-Dhahab — Ibn al-Imad al-Hanbali, p. 368
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islam.museum contributors. “The General Plague of 897”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/plague-897/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.