Thursday August 19, 2027
Gregorian
August 19, 2027
Lunar Hijri
Rabiʻ I 17, 1449
Solar Hijri
Mordad 28, 1406
Public holiday in Iran
Birth Strength of evidence: Strong Public holiday in Iran
The sixth Imam was born in Medina in 83 AH, on the anniversary of the Prophet’s birth.
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Birth Strength of evidence: Strong Public holiday in Iran
The Prophet Muhammad was born in Mecca in the Year of the Elephant, according to the well-known Shia view.
- Other views
- Al-Kulayni (al-Kafi) and al-Saduq (Kamal al-Din) give 12 Rabi‘ al-Awwal, which is also the common Sunni view.
- Related Quranic verses
- 21:107 — The Prophet as a mercy to the worlds.
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National occasion Strength of evidence: Strong
The US- and UK-backed coup against Mohammad Mosaddegh’s government in 1953.
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