1772–1773 Persian Plague

18th century Plague epidemic in Persia Bubonic plague 1772–1773 Baghdad approximately 2 million 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.Plague in Iran: its history and current status 2016 5037359 Hashemi Shahraki A. Carniel E. Mostafavi E. Epidemiology and Health 38 e2016033 10.4178/epih.e2016033 27457063 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.Kohn George Encyclopedia of plague and pestilence: from ancient times to the present. 2007 Infobase Publishing 9781438129235 42–68 https://books.google.com/books?id=tzRwRmb09rgC&pg=PP1 18 March 2020 en __TOC__ Outbreak The epidemic is believed to have started in Baghdad in the winter of 1772. It then spread to other parts of the Persian-controlled lands. By 1773, the epidemic reached Basra, where it proved to be especially devastating, claiming more than 250,000 lives there alone. The Plague then quickly spread further southwards along the Persian Gulf, eventually reaching Bahrain. Eastwards, the epidemic extended as far as Bombay in India (modern-day Mumbai). At the peak of the outbreak, a thousand deaths were recorded on a daily basis all throughout the Persian Empire. References Category:1772 disasters Category:1772 in health Category:18th-century disease outbreaks Category:1773 disasters Category:1773 in health Category:1770s in Iran Category:1772 in Asia Category:1773 in Asia Category:Second plague pandemic Category:18th-century epidemics Category:Disease outbreaks in Iran