Document Letter or Number I Source Kitab at-tibb al masnun fi daf’ at-ta’un Author Ibn Abi Hajalah
Date mid 1300’s Primary Source Secondary Source
Main Idea of document:
The martyrs are arguing that the Lord is making their brothers died as they died
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“The martyrs say, our brothers (plague victims) died on their beds as we did.”
Analytical Category: Muslim Responses
Document Letter or Number J Source The Black Death in the Middle East Author Michael Dols
Date 1977 Primary Source Secondary Source
Main Idea of document:
The dead were carried on any board that can hold their body
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If you carried the body of a dead person due to the plague you get 6 dirhams, and if you read the Koran funeral prayer you get 10, more than any other job.
Analytical Category: Muslim Responses
Document Letter or Number K Source The Age of Chivalry Author William Dene
Date 1350 Primary Source Secondary Source
Main Idea of document:
Priests went to where they would be best benfited for themselves no their people or the lord
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Priests, little weighing the sacrifice of a contrite spirit, betook themselves to where they could get larger stipends than I;n their own benefices, on which account many benefices remained unserved.
Analytical Category: Christian Response
Document Letter or Number L Source an-Nujum az-zahirah fi muluk Misr wal-Qahirah Author Ibn Taghri Birdi
Date 1437 Primary Source Secondary Source
Main Idea of document:
That some people thought that all men would die on Friday so the address to the pulpit was givin twice and the noon prayer was given twice
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