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@ GPinkerton: For my spelling, I rely on Maʾrib and Wabāʾ. Srnec ( talk) 02:27, 18 May 2020 (UTC) reply

@ Srnec: Ah. I thought these were all ayns! I don't know what the difference is between the two symbols, I thought they were just inconsistent. It's a pity we don't have the Arabic script to work from which would have made it obvious and I have no proficiency in Syriac. GPinkerton ( talk) 02:31, 18 May 2020 (UTC) reply

I've undone my changes! GPinkerton ( talk) 02:32, 18 May 2020 (UTC) reply

@ Srnec: Also, have you seen Sussman (2015)? It pours quite cold water on the idea of an African origin for the 540s plague. I was also surprised to hear of the Red Sea canal even possibly existing at this point. GPinkerton ( talk) 02:37, 18 May 2020 (UTC) reply

only later did Arabic writers term the condition ṭāʿūn (to some extent interchangeable with wabāʾ, 'plague')

What did they call it before that, then? Marnanel ( talk) 12:46, 28 December 2023 (UTC) reply