পৃষ্ঠা 104: প্রথম অধ্যায়: দূরবর্তী আলামতসমূহ যা ইতিমধ্যে প্রকাশ পেয়ে অতিক্রান্ত হয়েছে

Mention of the remaining accounts of plagues, quoted from al-Suyuti

Mention of what was narrated from Ibn Abi Hajlah regarding the number of those who perished in the aforementioned epidemic

Mention of the occurrence of the Great Plague epidemic and the verses composed by the author concerning its report

Then it occurred in the year 478 AH in Iraq.

Then in the year 552 AH in the Hijaz and Yemen.

Then in the year 575 AH in Baghdad.

Then in the year 749 AH, an epidemic occurred whose like had never been known in the world; for it enveloped the earth from east to west, entered all lands to the point of reaching Noble Makkah, afflicted animals as well, and Ibn al-Wardi composed a well-known Maqamah (literary discourse) regarding it.

And I composed regarding that:

"In the year forty-nine, after seven hundred years,

The plague struck mankind suddenly, and whatever our Lord wills comes to pass.

It enveloped the earth, east and west, inflicting a wide-reaching thrust and blow upon creation.

It decimated half of mankind, nay even more, and brought devastation into Umm al-Qura (Makkah).

Its dreadful impact appeared among animals as well; never had the world seen anything comparable to it.

Regarding it, there is a Maqamah by Ibn al-Wardi; take this narrative from the peerless al-Suyuti.

Its versifier is Muhammad al-Barzanji, hoping for salvation, and Allah is the Ultimate Deliverer."

Ibn Abi Hajlah said: "Approximately half of the world perished in it, or even more, and the daily death toll in Cairo exceeded twenty thousand."

Then it occurred in the year 764 AH in Cairo and Damascus.

Then in the year 771 AH in Damascus.

Then in the year 781 AH in Cairo.

Then in the year 791 AH.

Then in the year 813 AH.

Then in the year 819 AH.