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  2. Muharram - Wikipedia

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    5 Muharram: Baba Farid, a Punjabi Sufi saint, died on this day in 1266. His death is celebrated for six days during Muharram, in Pakpattan, Pakistan. [32] 8 Muharram: In what became known as the 1782 Muharram Rebellion, on this day Bengali Muslims in Sylhet staged one of the earliest anti-British uprisings in the Indian subcontinent. [33] [34]

  3. Islamic New Year - Wikipedia

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    Twelver Shia Muslims believe the Islamic new year is the first of Rabi' al-Awwal rather than Muharram, due to it being the month in which the Hijrah took place. [6] This has led to difference regarding description of the years in which some events took place, such as the Muharram-occurring battle of Karbala , which Shias say took place in 60 AH ...

  4. Mourning of Muharram - Wikipedia

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    Mourning of Muharram (Arabic: عزاء محرم, romanized: ʿAzāʾ Muḥarram; Persian: عزاداری محرم, romanized: ʿAzādārī-i Muḥarram) is a set of religious rituals observed by Shia Muslims during the month of Muharram, the first month of the Islamic calendar.

  5. Punjabi festivals (Pakistan) - Wikipedia

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    A street observation of Muharram in Lahore Pakistan Remembrance of Muharram is a set of rituals associated with both Shia and Sunni Muslims. [ 13 ] The event marks the anniversary of the Battle of Karbala when Imam Hussein ibn Ali , the grandson of Muhammad , was killed by the forces of the second Umayyad caliph Yazid I at Karbala .

  6. Public holidays in Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    Observed to show Pakistan's support and unity with the people of Jammu and Kashmir. 23 March Pakistan Day: یوم پاکستان. Yōum-e-Pākistān. Commemorates the Lahore Resolution, which formally demanded an independent Muslim-majority state to be created out of British India. The republic was also declared on this day in 1956.

  7. List of observances set by the Islamic calendar - Wikipedia

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    Muharram (alternative spellings here) 1st Month of the Islamic calendar, can be either 29 or 30 days. 1 Muharram August 31, 2019 Islamic New Year: 1-10 Muharram August 31-September 9, 2019 Bibi-Ka-Alam: event held in Hyderabad, India: 2 Muharram September 1, 2019 Shia day of Mourning: Arrival of Imam Hussain in Karbalā, 61 A.H. 3 Muharram

  8. 30 Muharram Quotes and Wishes to Share With Others - AOL

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    In addition, for Shia Muslims, Muharram is a time of mourning. The grandson of Prophet Muhammad was martyred in Muharram during a massacre in Karbala, Iraq. This event is commemorated with great ...

  9. Hijri year - Wikipedia

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    As a result of this, the dates of some events are described differently by one year. For example, Shias state that the Muharram-transpiring battle of Karbala occurred 60 years after the Hijra, while Sunnis state it to have occurred 61 years after. [3] [4] In Shia Islam, the calendar year is entirely determined by solar observation or calculation.