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Definition of Mohammedan calendar
1. Noun. The lunar calendar used by Muslims; dates from 622 AD (the year of the Hegira); the beginning of the Muslim year retrogresses through the solar year completing the cycle every 32 years.
Generic synonyms: Lunar Calendar
Terms within: Islamic Calendar Month, Moharram, Muharram, Muharrum, Safar, Saphar, Rabi I, Rabi Ii, Jomada I, Jumada I, Jomada Ii, Jumada Ii, Rajab, Sha'ban, Shaaban, Ramadan, Shawwal, Dhu Al-qadah, Dhu'l-qa'dah, Dhu Al-hijja, Dhu Al-hijjah, Dhu'l-hijja, Dhu'l-hijjah
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mohammedan Calendar
Literary usage of Mohammedan calendar
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Life in the Moslem East by Pierre Ponafidine (1911)
"... and Hadji —The Mohammedan calendar—Lunar and Solar Years—Names of Lunar Months
and Their Derivations—Formula for Transposing Moslem and Christian ..."
2. The American Year-book and National Register for 1869: Astronomical by David Nelson Camp (1869)
"Mohammedan calendar FOR 1869. The year 1285, of 354 days, began April 24th, 1868,
and ends April 12th, 1869. The year 1286, of 355 days, begins April 13th, ..."
3. A Practical Malay Grammar by William Girdlestone Shellabear (1904)
"The Mohammedan calendar. . The Mohammedan era (tarikh) dates from
the "migration" (hijrah), or departure of Mohammed from Mecca to Medina, which
took place ..."
4. The Crusade of Richard I. 1189-92: Extracts from the Itinerarium Ricardi by Thomas Andrew Archer (1900)
"88) were used like net-work, to deaden the shock of the great stones hurled from
mangonels or stone bows. NOTE E.—THE Mohammedan calendar. ..."
5. The approaching end of the age viewed in the light of history, prophecy and by Henry Grattan Guinness (1882)
"An inspection of the subjoined Mohammedan calendar for the present year (1879)
... It will be observed that in the Mohammedan calendar, the commencement of ..."
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