How hard were the Islamic states hit by the Black death of 1347-51? How did it affect their society and economy?

by carmelos96

I want to know more about the XIV century plague in the Islamic world, especially in Egypt, modern day Syria and Iraq, and the Persian Ilkhanate. In the popular imaginary, only Western Europe was hit by the Black death, and there are tons of books on the subject. It's more difficult to find information about the plague in the above mentioned territories. I'm not able to find any book except that of Michael Dols, but it costs 150 bucks.

So any info you can give me on the subject would be really appreciated. Feel free to answer about only one of the territories I'm interested in, I understand the entire Middle east plus Persia is a too broad territory. Any reading suggestion, except Dols, would be very welcome. Thanks in advance.

y_sengaku

Unfortunately, Dols' book is almost indispensable in OP's field of research, I suppose, as I wrote before in What was the response to the Black Death like in the Islamic world?

Anyway, Tucker's article (also mentioned in my previous post) is available on JSTOR, and the pdf file of Borsh's book is uploaded to ResearchGate by the author himself.