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Definition of Muhammadan 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 Muhammadan Calendar
Literary usage of Muhammadan calendar
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Indian Calendar: With Tables for the Conversion of Hindu and Muhammadan by Robert Sewell, Śaṅkara Bālakr̥shṇa Dīkshita (1896)
"PART V. THE Muhammadan calendar. 161. The Muhammadan era of the Hijra, or "flight,"
dates from the flight of Muhammad ..."
2. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Leon Vallée, Alois Brandl (1899)
"... the devout Muhammadan salutation was discontinued; the Muhammadan confession
of faith disappeared from the coinage ; the Muhammadan calendar gave place ..."
3. The Indian Calendar: With Tables for the Conversion of Hindu and Muhammadan by Robert Sewell, Śaṅkara Bālakr̥shṇa Dīkshita (1896)
"PART V. THE Muhammadan calendar. 161. The Muhammadan era of the Hijra, or "flight,"
dates from the flight of Muhammad ..."
4. The Universal Anthology: A Collection of the Best Literature, Ancient by Richard Garnett, Leon Vallée, Alois Brandl (1899)
"... the devout Muhammadan salutation was discontinued; the Muhammadan confession
of faith disappeared from the coinage ; the Muhammadan calendar gave place ..."
5. Researches in Sinai by William Matthew Flinders Petrie, C. T. Currelly (1906)
"The Muhammadan calendar falls short eleven days each year, by taking twelve lunar
months as the year, which only amount to 354| days. ..."
6. The Mogul Emperors of Hindustan, A.D. 1389- A.D. 1707 by Edward Singleton Holden (1895)
"... the devout Muhammadan salutation was discontinued ; the Muhammadan confession
of faith disappeared from the coinage ; the Muhammadan calendar gave place ..."
7. Researches in Sinai by William Matthew Flinders Petrie, C. T. Currelly (1906)
"The Muhammadan calendar falls short eleven days each year, by taking twelve lunar
months as the year, which only amount to 354| days. ..."
8. The Mogul Emperors of Hindustan, A.D. 1389- A.D. 1707 by Edward Singleton Holden (1895)
"... the devout Muhammadan salutation was discontinued ; the Muhammadan confession
of faith disappeared from the coinage ; the Muhammadan calendar gave place ..."
9. The India of the Queen, and Other Essays by William Wilson Hunter (1908)
"... the devout Muhammadan salutation was discontinued ; the Muhammadan confession
of faith disappeared from the coinage; the Muhammadan calendar gave place ..."
10. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1911)
"Mukhtar Pasha (Ahmad). Islah al-takwim. [On the reform of the Muhammadan calendar,
Turkish text with an Arabic translation by Shafik Bey Mansur. ..."
11. The Press and Poetry of Modern Persia: Partly Based on the Manuscript Work by Edward Granville Browne (1914)
"According to the Muhammadan calendar it fell on the 141(1 of Jum.ida ii, AM 1324,
and its first anniversary was celebrated with great splendour and ..."
12. The India of the Queen, and Other Essays by William Wilson Hunter (1908)
"... the devout Muhammadan salutation was discontinued ; the Muhammadan confession
of faith disappeared from the coinage; the Muhammadan calendar gave place ..."
13. Bulletin of the New York Public Library by New York Public Library (1911)
"Mukhtar Pasha (Ahmad). Islah al-takwim. [On the reform of the Muhammadan calendar,
Turkish text with an Arabic translation by Shafik Bey Mansur. ..."
14. The Press and Poetry of Modern Persia: Partly Based on the Manuscript Work by Edward Granville Browne (1914)
"According to the Muhammadan calendar it fell on the 141(1 of Jum.ida ii, AM 1324,
and its first anniversary was celebrated with great splendour and ..."
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