In its wider connotation, in addition to providing a clear system of ‘dividing time into successive periods’, taqwīm refers to important events that mark the basis of keeping count of the years, which in English is expressed by the term ‘era’. In early texts up until the 12th/16th century, however, the word taʾrīkh (in the sense of c…
Calendar(22,170 words)
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Younes Karamati, Ahmad Pakatchi, Translated by Farzin Negahban and Translated by Daryoush Mohammad Poor, “Calendar”, in: Encyclopaedia Islamica, Editors-in-Chief: Farhad Daftary. Consulted online on 05 June 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1875-9831_isla_COM_05000065>
First published online: 2021
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