Baalbek
A town in the Bekaa valley, named on the plague's path by Ibn al-Wardi.
Today: Baalbek, Lebanon
The Plague Goes Town by Town
Ibn al-Wardi, The Report of the Pestilence, from his chronicle (Aleppo, 1348) · 1348 (the essay); the chronicle entries 1346–1349
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ثم أمر المزة وبرز إلى برزة وركب تركيب مزج على بعلبك وأنشد في قارة قفانبك ورمى حمص بجلل وصرفها مع علمه أن فيها ثلاث علل ثم طلق الكنه في حماه فبردت أطراف عاصيها من حماه:
Then it made al-Mizza bitter and came out to Barza. It fused itself to Baalbek, and at Qara it recited “Halt, let us weep.” It struck Homs a heavy blow, then let it go, knowing that Homs had three ailments. Then in Hama it [...?], and the banks of its Orontes turned cold with fever: