Ibn al-Wardi (1292-1348/9) was a Syrian historian and geographer. The Plague frightened and killed. It began in the land of darkness. Oh, what a visitor! It has been current for fifteen years. China was not preserved from it nor could the strongest fortress hinder it. The plague afflicted the Indians in India. It weighed uponContinue reading “Ibn al-Wardi – On the Advance of Plague – 1348”
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Hannā Diyāb from Aleppo Witnesses Plague, the Great Frost and Famine in Paris – 1708
Hannā Diyāb was a young Christian from Aleppo. Taken on as a servant by Paul Lucas, a buyer of antiques for Louis XIV, he travelled with him to Europe and, fifty years later, sat down to write a charming and amusing account of his adventures. Translated from the Arabic manuscript by Paul Lunde, The ManContinue reading “Hannā Diyāb from Aleppo Witnesses Plague, the Great Frost and Famine in Paris – 1708”
Dr Altounyan Recalls the Cholera Epidemic of 1894
Taqui Altounyan, the inspiration for Titty in Arthur Ransome’s Swallows and Amazons, begins her delightful memoir In Aleppo Once with a description of her paternal grandfather. He started serious life so early. At the age of seven, when his father died, leaving him in charge of his three brothers, he decided to be a doctor.Continue reading “Dr Altounyan Recalls the Cholera Epidemic of 1894”
Plague Anthology 