1772–1773 Persian Plague
18th century Plague epidemic in Persia / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
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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 |
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