1772–1773 Persian Plague

The Persian plague epidemic of 1772–1773, also simply known as the Persian Plague, was a massive outbreak of

The epidemic is believed to have started in Baghdad in the winter of 1772.^[1] 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.^[2] 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).^[2]

At the peak of the outbreak, a thousand deaths were recorded on a daily basis all throughout the Persian Empire.^[2]The outbreak was contained when imposed quarantine measures among the Persian Gulf populations started to show a positive effect by the end of 1773.^{[citation needed]}

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