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| ⚫ | '''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> |
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| disease = [[Bubonic plague]] |
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| dates = 1772–1773 |
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| origin = [[Baghdad]] |
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| deaths = approximately 2 million |
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| ⚫ | '''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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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" /> |
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" /> |
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At the peak of the outbreak, thousand deaths were recorded on a daily basis all throughout the Persian Empire.<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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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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| 1772–1773 Persian Plague | |
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| Disease | Bubonic plague |
| First outbreak | Baghdad |
| Dates | 1772–1773 |
Deaths | approximately 2 million |
The Persian plague epidemic of 1772–1773, also simply known as the Persian Plague, was a massive outbreak of plague, more specifically Bubonic plague, in the Persian Empire, which claimed around 2 million lives in total.[1] 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.[2]
The epidemic is believed to have started in Baghdad in the winter of 1772.[1] 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.[2] 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).[2]
At the peak of the outbreak, a thousand deaths were recorded on a daily basis all throughout the Persian Empire.[2]The outbreak was contained when imposed quarantine measures among the Persian Gulf populations started to show a positive effect by the end of 1773.[citation needed]
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