Plague of Sheroe
The Plague of Sheroe[1] (627–628) or Sheroe's Plague[2] was an epidemic that devastated the western provinces of the Sasanian Empire, mainly Mesopotamia (Asorestan), killing half of its population,[3] including the reigning Sasanian king (shah) which the plague is named after, Kavad II Sheroe (r. 628).[4][2]
The Plague of Sheroe was one of several epidemics that occurred in or close to Iran within two centuries after the first plague pandemic was brought by the Sasanian armies from its campaigns in Constantinople, Syria, and Armenia.[2] It contributed to the fall of the Sasanian Empire.[citation needed]
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References[]
- ^ Daryaee & Rezakhani 2017, p. 161.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Christensen 1993, p. 81.
- ^ Princeton Papers in Near Eastern Studies. Westerham, UK: Darwin Press. 1992. p. 141.
- ^ Shahbazi 2005.
Sources[]
- Christensen, Peter (1993). The Decline of Iranshahr: Irrigation and Environments in the History of the Middle East, 500 B.C. to A.D. 1500. Museum Tusculanum Press. pp. 1–351. ISBN 9788772892597.
- Daryaee, Touraj; Rezakhani, Khodadad (2017). "The Sasanian Empire". In Daryaee, Touraj (ed.). King of the Seven Climes: A History of the Ancient Iranian World (3000 BCE - 651 CE). UCI Jordan Center for Persian Studies. pp. 1–236. ISBN 9780692864401.
- Shahbazi, A. Shapur (2005). "Sasanian Dynasty". Encyclopaedia Iranica, Online Edition.
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