Plague of Amwas

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The Plague of Amwas was a devastating 7th-century outbreak, likely of bubonic plague, that struck the early Muslim community in the Levant and claimed the lives of several prominent companions.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Plague of Amwas canonical 3
plague of Amwas 1

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Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bubonic plague outbreak ⓘ
event in early Islamic history ⓘ
historical epidemic ⓘ
affects Rashidun Caliphate ⓘ
Syrian army of the Rashidun Caliphate ⓘ
linked to: Umayyad army

early Muslim community ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Amwas plague ⓘ
Ṭāʿūn ʿAmwās ⓘ
linked to: ʿAmwās
broaderContext post-Justinianic plague waves in the Mediterranean ⓘ
contemporaryRuler Umar ibn al-Khattab ⓘ
endTime 639 ⓘ
estimatedDeaths approximately 25,000 ⓘ
followedBy Plague of al-Jarif ⓘ
hasCause Yersinia pestis ⓘ
bubonic plague ⓘ
historicalSource reported by al-Tabari ⓘ
reported by later Muslim historians ⓘ
reported in early Islamic chronicles ⓘ
impact caused leadership losses among the companions of Muhammad ⓘ
halted Muslim military campaigns in the Levant temporarily ⓘ
prompted administrative reorganization of Syria ⓘ
killed Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah ⓘ
Muadh ibn Jabal ⓘ
Sharhabeel ibn Hasana ⓘ
Suheil ibn Amr ⓘ
linked to: Suhayl ibn Amr

Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan ⓘ
al-Harith ibn Hisham ⓘ
thousands of Muslim soldiers ⓘ
location Amwas ⓘ
linked to: ʿAmwās

Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region

Palestine ⓘ
namedAfter Amwas ⓘ
linked to: ʿAmwās
partOf Plague of Justinian cycle ⓘ
linked to: Justinianic Plague

early Islamic conquests context ⓘ
regionAffected Jordan ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
relatedConcept Islamic law on not entering or leaving plague-stricken lands ⓘ
religiousDiscourse associated with hadiths on plague and martyrdom ⓘ
used as precedent for Islamic rulings on quarantine ⓘ
significance key event in the history of epidemics in the Middle East ⓘ
major demographic shock in early Islamic Syria ⓘ
startTime 638 ⓘ
639 ⓘ
timePeriod 7th century ⓘ
underAuthorityOf Caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab ⓘ
linked to: Umar ibn al-Khattab

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan → deathEvent → Plague of Amwas ⓘ
Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah → diedIn → Plague of Amwas ⓘ
Muadh ibn Jabal → diedDuring → plague of Amwas ⓘ
linked to: Plague of Amwas
Shurahbil ibn Hasana → deathEvent → Plague of Amwas ⓘ