Maarrat al-Numan
Ibn al-Wardi's hometown, a small city between Hama and Aleppo.
Today: Maarrat al-Numan, Syria
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 دخل معرة النعمان فقال لها: أنت مني في أمان، حماه تكفيك فلا حاجة لي فيك.
Then it entered Maarrat al-Numan and said to it, “You are safe from me. Hama is enough for you; I have no need of you.”