February
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February (French: Février) is the second month of the Gregorian calendar. It is the shortest month of the year and the only month that has either 28 or 29 days. In a leap year, February has 29 days.
February coincides with the solar calendar months of Bahman and Esfand in Iran. It comes after January and before March.
Events
February 1
- 835 CE: Exile of Imam al-Jawad (a) to Baghdad by Abbasid Caliph al-Mu'tasim (Muharram 28, 220 AH)
- 1979 CE: Return of Imam Khomeini, leader of the Islamic Revolution of Iran, to the country after 14 years of exile (Rabi' al-Awwal 3, 1399 AH)
- 2007 CE: Suicide attack targeting Shia in the market of the Shia-populated town of Hillah, Iraq, resulting in the martyrdom of 61 people.
- 2022 CE: Death of Grand Ayatollah Lutf Allah Safi Gulpayigani, a Shia Marja' (Jumada II 29, 1443 AH)
February 2
- 1739 CE: Death of Mir Muhammad Husayn Khātūnābādī — a Shia scholar, jurist, and Shaykh al-Islam in Safavid-era Isfahan (Shawwal 22, 1151 AH)
- 2024 CE: U.S. strikes on resistance groups in Iraq and Syria (Rajab 21, 1445 AH)