Motke: طاعون عمواس or the plague of 'Emuas 640 AD

Submitted by dhimmi no more (United States), Mar 27, 2020 at 08:37

Hi Motke,

You might be interested in reading about طاعون عمواس dated 640 AD from Muslim sources. Notice that Muslim historians seem to have no clue about the exact location of عمواس This is from Ibn Kathir's al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya

https://islamweb.net/ar/library/index.php?page=bookcontents&idfrom=774&idto=774&bk_no=59&ID=851

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