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May 30, 1832 in The Arkansas Advocate

Foreign News May 30, 1832

The Arkansas Advocate

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Cholera Persia, Plague Ghillan, Population Devastation, Silk Worm Destruction, Revenue Decline

Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas

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Late accounts from Persia's frontiers report that plague and cholera persist, having killed over two-thirds of the population in some provinces. Ghillan suffered severely: from 300,000 people, only 60,000 men and 44,000 women/children survive. Silk-worm eggs destroyed, delaying recovery by seven years; revenue fell from 350,000 to 80,000 tomauns.

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Cholera in Persia.—According to late accounts from the frontiers of Persia, the plague and cholera had hardly begun to subside in that country. In some provinces those formidable diseases had carried off more than two-thirds of the population. The province of Ghillan appears to have been among the greatest sufferers. Out of a population of 300,000, only 60,000 men and 44,000 women and children remained. The eggs of the silk-worm have been completely destroyed there, and it was calculated that it would take seven years to produce the same quantity of worms as formerly. Before the arrival of these diseases, the revenue of Ghillan was usually farmed at 350,000 tomauns. Since then, no more than 80,000 tomauns could be obtained.

What sub-type of article is it?

Disease Or Epidemic Economic

What keywords are associated?

Cholera Persia Plague Ghillan Population Devastation Silk Worm Destruction Revenue Decline

Where did it happen?

Ghillan, Persia

Foreign News Details

Primary Location

Ghillan, Persia

Event Date

According To Late Accounts

Outcome

in some provinces, more than two-thirds of the population carried off. in ghillan: out of 300,000, only 60,000 men and 44,000 women and children remained. silk-worm eggs completely destroyed, seven years to recover production. revenue farmed at 350,000 tomauns before, now 80,000 tomauns.

Event Details

Plague and cholera had hardly begun to subside in Persia. Those diseases carried off more than two-thirds of the population in some provinces. Ghillan among the greatest sufferers.