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Epidemic Outbreaks in Mamlūk Egypt and Social Responses

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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A well-known relationship between the existence of human being and the outbreak of diseases and epidemics. Starting with the early history and up till now, Egypt had witnessed many different diseases and fatal epidemics. These diseases and epidemics have affected human life in different ways financially, politically and socially. Most of epidemics are studied and recognized as biological entities which are exclusive field of scientists, but this research will study epidemics as social event that affecting the people lives. The research will track the state of people through the epidemics outbreaks in Mamlūk Egypt when it faced different and repeated plagues. The paper will define the plague, its kind and its infection and its transmission process. The paper will also provide a survey of the social attitude, response, and reaction toward the epidemic outbreaks, in addition shedding the light on the role of the sultans and the officials in such crisis

DOI

10.21608/mjthr.2023.243596.1120

Keywords

epidemics, History, Plague, Islamic Egypt

Authors

First Name

Nermeen

Last Name

Mohammed Abdel Wahab

MiddleName

Rashad el-Fouly

Affiliation

Tourist Guidance department, Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, Minia University

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nery.elfouly@gmail.com

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Samah

Last Name

Mahmoud

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Abd Elrahman

Affiliation

Tourist Guidance Department, Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, Minia University

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samah_mahmood2000@yahoo.com

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First Name

Shaaban

Last Name

Abdelrazik

MiddleName

Samir

Affiliation

Tourist Guidance Department, Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, Minia University

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shaaban.samir@mu.edu.eg

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16

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1

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41716

Issue Date

2023-12-01

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2023-10-21

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2023-12-01

Page Start

167

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179

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2357-0652

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2735-4741

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Minia Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Research MJTHR

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Epidemic Outbreaks in Mamlūk Egypt and Social Responses

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27 Dec 2024