Jumada al-Thani

Jumada al-Thani,^[a] also known as Jumada al-Akhirah,^[b] Jumada al-Akhir,^[c] or Jumada II, is the sixth month of the Islamic calendar. The word Jumda (جمد), from which the name of the month is derived, is used to denote dry, parched land, a land devoid of rain. Jumādā (جمادى) may also be related to a verb meaning 'to freeze', and another account relates that water would freeze in pre-Islamic Arabia during this time of year.

The Islamic calendar is a purely lunar calendar, and months begin when the first crescent of a new moon is sighted. Since the Islamic lunar year is 11 to 12 days shorter than the solar year, Jumada al-Thani migrates throughout the seasons. The estimated start and end dates for Jumada al-Thani are as follows (based on the Umm al-Qura calendar of Saudi Arabia^[1]):

• 03 Jumada al-Thani, death of Muhammad's daughter Fatimah in 11 AH.
• 03 Jumada al-Thani, death of Harun al-Rashid, the fifth Abbasid caliph.
• 10 Jumada al-Thani, victory of Ali in the Battle of Bassorah (Jamal).
• 13 Jumada al-Thani, death of Umm al-Banin (the mother of Abbas ibn Ali).
• 20 Jumada al-Thani, birth of Muhammad's daughter Fatima Zahra.
• 22 Jumada al-Thani, death of Caliph Abu Bakr.
• 25 Jumada al-Thani of 564 AH, Saladin became amir of Egypt.

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