This is a Twelveth Month of Islam according to the Islamic Calendar. 

Ottomans Declare War on Venice

Thursday, 27 November 2008

1st of Zul Hejja, 1126 AH/ December 8th, 1714 AD
The Ottoman State declares war on Venice. The war lasted until the year 1718 AD.

 

Farouk Dissolves Parliament

Thursday, 27 November 2008

1st of Thul Hejja Year 1356 AH/ February 2nd , 1938 AD
King Farouk dissolves the Parliament in which Al Wafd Party enjoyed a great majority after the big win it gained in the election which was held in May 1936.

   

Eritrea Gains Independence

Thursday, 27 November 2008

1st of Thul Hejja Year 1413 AH/ May 23rd, 1993 AD
Eritrea gains independence after thirty years of struggle against the Ethiopian occupation. The Eritrean problem started when the UN approved of the annexation of Eritrea to the Ethiopian Crown in a federal union, a resolution which Emperor Haile Selassie capitalized on to achieve his Britain- backed expansionist ambitions.

 

Khaddam Dismembered

Thursday, 27 November 2008

1st of Thul Hejja Year 1426 AH/ January 1st, 2006 AD
The Syrian Baath Party dismembers former vice president Abdul Halim Khaddam on charges of treachery after he publicly criticized President Bashshar el Assad of threatening former Lebanese prime minister Rafeek el Hariri who was assassinated in February 2005.

   

Birth of Al-Bairoony

Thursday, 27 November 2008

2nd of Thul Hejja Year 362 AH/ September 4th, 973 AD
Birth of Arab scholar Abu el Raihan Mohamed Ibn Ahmed Al Bairoony, an encyclopedic Arab scholar in the fields astronomy, arithmetic, geography and geology. He wrote over 120 books, foremost among which are Al Kanoon el Masoody( Masoody 's Law), Al Athar Al Bakeya(Relics of the Past) , and Saidana fi el Teb (Pharmacy in medicine).

 

Alliance Defeats Russians

Thursday, 27 November 2008

2nd of Thul Hejja Year 1271 AH/ August 16th, 1855 AD
The Ottoman- French- British allied army inflicts a crushing defeat to the Russian army in the battle of TerKater in which the Russians lost 7 thousand souls during the Crimean war between the Ottoman state and Russia.

   

Bablawi Named Azhar Imam

Thursday, 27 November 2008

2nd of Thul Hejja Year 1320 AH/ March 2nd, 1903 AD
Sheikh Ali Ibn Mohammed Ibn Ahmed el Bablawi becomes grand sheikh of Azhar. Sheikh Beblawi received his early and university education at Azhar, after graduation he was named director of the Book House where he introduced reforms and regulations which gave a facelift to the institution. Then he was named Head of Ashraaf in succession of Mohammed Tawfeek el Badry. He didn’t last long as grand sheikh of Azhar since his reformist efforts in Azhar were met with vehement rejection on the part of khedive Abbas Helmy.

 

Death of Abdul-Rahman Manif

Thursday, 27 November 2008

2nd of Thul Hejja Year 1424 AH/ January 24th , 2994 AD
Death of Saudi writer and novelist Abdul Rahman Maneef at around 70 years of age in the Syrian capital Damascus. Foremost among his works are Quintet of Salt City, which was published in 1984, in which he dealt with the history of the Arab Peninsula. The Saudi authorities revoked the Saudi citizenship from Maneef for his opposing position to the regime, which the latter labeled as "hostile " to it.

   

Sidi Mohammed III Dethroned

Tuesday, 02 December 2008
 
3rd of zul Hejja, Year 1371 AH/ August 14th, 1953 AD:
Three Hundred Moroccan leaders dethrone their sultan Sidi Mohammed III and crowned Mawlai Mohammed Ibn Arafa despite of the French rejection. However, the Barber tribal revolutionists ousted him and this was followed by bloody turmoil.
 

Death of Khairul-Din Al-Zarakly

Tuesday, 02 December 2008
 
3rd of zul Hejja, Year 1396 AH/ November 25th,1976 AD:
Death of notable Muslim Scholar Khair el Din al Zarakly . He was born and educated in Damascus. He had been to several Arab countries, a tour which eventually took him to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to work as official in its Political Corps . He wrote so many books, foremost among which are Al Alaam (Who is Who), which is an encyclopedia of the most famous men and women whether from Arabs, naturalized Arabs or Orientalists.
   

US Lifts Libya Sanctions

Tuesday, 02 December 2008
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3rd of Zul Hejja, Year 1424 AH / January 25th , 2004 AD
The US lifts sanctions which it had earlier imposed on Libya, and restores the bilateral relations between the two countries after it was severed for 24 years. The US didn’t restore its relations with Libya nor did it lift the sanctions on it until Libya had renounced its nuclear program and showed its security cooperation with the US.
 

Russia-Japan War Erupts

Tuesday, 02 December 2008
3rd of zul Hejja, Year 1322 AH / February 8th, 1904 AD:
Outbreak of the Russian Japanese war which lasted until year 1905. Japan emerged victorious while the defeat of Russian led to the 1905 Revolution.
   

Birth of İsmet İnonu

Monday, 01 December 2008

Ismet inonu

3rd of Zul Hejja, Year 1301 AH/  September 24th, 1884 AD:

Birth of Turkish leader  Ä°smet İnönü. He was one of  Mustafa Kemal Ataturk 's men who greatly helped Ataturk defeat the Greek and establish the  republic of Turkey. He assumed presidency in 1938 after the death of Ataturk and his tenure lasted for 12 years.

 

Extraordinary AL Meeting Endorsed

Monday, 01 December 2008

3rd of Zul Hejja, Year 1425 AH/January 13th , 2005 AD: The Arab foreign ministers agreed on holding an extraordinary meeting in Cairo to set up a unified Arab parliament. They also agreed in principle to form a body to be in charge of following up the resolutions of the Arab League.

 

   

Budapest Surrenders to Ottomans

Monday, 01 December 2008

3rd of zul Hejja,Year 932 AH/ September 10th, 1526 AD:

Budapest the capital of Hungary surrenders to the Ottomans under the leadership of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent who inflicted a crushing defeat on the Hungarians in the famous battle of Mohăcs.

 

Moguls Invade Bukhara

Tuesday, 02 December 2008
4th of Zul Hejja, Year 616 AH/ February 10th, 1220 AD:
Bukhara falls to the Moguls led by Jankeez khan after a three –day siege. The Mogul expelled the Bukhara townspeople and killed those who stayed behind; they burned the entire city before they left it.
   

Death of Al-Ainy

Tuesday, 02 December 2008
4th of Zul Hejja, Year 855 AH/ December 28th , 1451 AD:
Death of Abu el Thanaa Mahmoud Ibn Ahmed Ibn Musa, alias al Ainy, who was one of the notable Muslim scholars in Fiqh and Hadith and an authoritative historian in the ninth Hegira century. His name is associated with two books which are well known to researchers: Omadat al Kari Fi Sahih el Bukhari and Ekd el Goman Fi Tarikh Ahl el Zaman.
 

Ottomans Conquers Budapest

Tuesday, 02 December 2008
4th of Zul Hejja Year 932 AH/ September 11th , 1526 AD:
Ottoman Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent conquers the Hungarian capital Budapest after he crushed the Hungarians in the earth shaking Mohacs Battle in which the Hungarian army was wiped out in one and a half hours of fighting. The historians suggest that the battle of Mohacs is the bloodiest war in history.
   

Military Music Modified

Tuesday, 02 December 2008

4th of Zul Hejja, Year 1205 AH/ August 4th, 1791 AD:

European kings and princes modify their military music by emulating the Mahtarkhana or the Turkish military music after the latter entered Vienna escorting Ottoman ambassador Mohammed Pasha.
 

Sistova Treaty Held

Tuesday, 02 December 2008

4th of Zul Hejja, Year 1205 AH/ August 4th, 1791 AD:

 

The Ottoman State hammers out the treaty of Sistova with Germany to end the war between them. The treaty comprised of 14 provisions and continued for three years. By virtue of this treaty , the Germans also withdrew from Belgrade after they occupied it for one year and ten months; so that it would be the last German Ottoman war in history.

   

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