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has gloss | eng: The Plague of Emmaus (طاعون عمواس in Arabic, ţā`ûn amwās transliterated), also known as the Plague of Amwas, was an outbreak of plague, possibly bubonic plague, that occurred in 639 AD in the town of Emmaus (Amwas) in Palestine. The town had been re-founded as Nicopolis in 221 AD by the Roman Emperor Elagabalus, and was given the title of city'. Shortly after its conquest by the forces of the Rashidun Caliphate, who set up a military camp there, the plague struck. |
lexicalization | eng: Plague of Emmaus |
lexicalization | eng: Ta`un 'amwas |
lexicalization | eng: Ţā`ûn 'amwās |
instance of | (noun) a widespread outbreak of an infectious disease; many people are infected at the same time epidemic |
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