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{{Short description|18th century Plague epidemic in Persia}}{{Infobox outbreak
'''The Persian plague epidemic of 1772–1773''', also simply known as the '''Persian Plague''', was a massive outbreak of [[Plague (disease)|plague]], more specifically [[Bubonic plague]], in the [[Persian Empire]], which claimed around 2 million lives in total.<ref name="Iran">{{Cite journal |title=Plague in Iran: its history and current status |year = 2016|pmc = 5037359|last1 = Hashemi Shahraki|first1 = A.|last2 = Carniel|first2 = E.|last3 = Mostafavi|first3 = E.|journal = Epidemiology and Health|volume = 38|pages = e2016033|doi = 10.4178/epih.e2016033|pmid = 27457063}}</ref> It was one of the most devastating Plague epidemics in recorded human history. The outbreak resulted in the introduction of several quarantine measures for the first time in the [[Persian Gulf]] regions.<ref name="Kohn">{{cite book |last1=Kohn |first1=George |title=Encyclopedia of plague and pestilence: from ancient times to the present. |date=2007 |publisher=Infobase Publishing |isbn= 9781438129235|pages=42–68 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tzRwRmb09rgC&pg=PP1 |access-date=18 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref>▼
| disease = [[Bubonic plague]]
| dates = 1772–1773
| origin = [[Baghdad]]
| deaths = approximately 2 million
}}
▲'''The Persian plague epidemic of 1772–1773''', also simply known as the '''Persian Plague''', was a massive outbreak of [[Plague (disease)|plague]], more specifically [[Bubonic plague]], in the [[Afsharid Iran|Persian Empire]], which claimed around 2 million lives in total.<ref name="Iran">{{Cite journal |title=Plague in Iran: its history and current status |year = 2016|pmc = 5037359|last1 = Hashemi Shahraki|first1 = A.|last2 = Carniel|first2 = E.|last3 = Mostafavi|first3 = E.|journal = Epidemiology and Health|volume = 38|pages = e2016033|doi = 10.4178/epih.e2016033|pmid = 27457063}}</ref> It was [[List of epidemics|one of the most devastating Plague epidemics]] in recorded human history. The outbreak resulted in the introduction of several quarantine measures for the first time in the [[Persian Gulf]] regions.<ref name="Kohn">{{cite book |last1=Kohn |first1=George |title=Encyclopedia of plague and pestilence: from ancient times to the present. |date=2007 |publisher=Infobase Publishing |isbn= 9781438129235|pages=42–68 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tzRwRmb09rgC&pg=PP1 |access-date=18 March 2020 |language=en}}</ref>
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==Outbreak==▼
▲==Outbreak==
The epidemic is believed to have started in [[Baghdad]] in the winter of 1772.<ref name="Iran" /> It then spread to other parts of the Persian-controlled lands. By 1773, the epidemic reached [[Basra]], where it proved to be especially devastating, claiming more than 250,000 lives there alone.<ref name="Kohn" /> The Plague then quickly spread further southwards along the Persian Gulf, eventually reaching [[Bahrain]]. Eastwards, the epidemic extended as far as Bombay in India (modern-day [[Mumbai]]).<ref name="Kohn" />
At the peak of the outbreak,a thousand deaths were recorded on a daily basis all throughout the Persian Empire.<ref name="Kohn" />The outbreak was contained when imposed quarantine measures among the Persian Gulf populations started to show a positive effect by the end of 1773.{{cn|date=January 2021}}
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