January
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January (French: Janvier) is the first month of the Gregorian and Julian calendars and one of the seven months of the year that has 31 days. In most parts of the world, the first day of this month is known as 'New Year's Day.' In Iran, January coincides with the months of Dey and Bahman in the Solar Hijri calendar. January comes before February.
Some of the most significant events that have occurred in this month include the change of the Qibla from Bayt al-Maqdis to the Ka'ba, the Battle of Banu Mustaliq, the conquest of Mecca, the birth of Imam al-Husayn (a) and Imam al-Sajjad (a), the martyrdom of Imam Ali (a), the martyrdom of Imam Muhammad al-Baqir (a), the martyrdom of Zayd b. Ali, the death of Hisham b. Abd al-Malik, the arrest of Imam Musa al-Kazim (a), the martyrdom of Imam Hasan al-Askari (a), the Minor Occultation, the uprising of January 9, 1978 of people of Qom, and the martyrdom of Qasem Soleimani.
Events
January 1
- 874 CE: Martyrdom of Imam al-Hasan al-Askari (a), the eleventh Imam of the Twelver Shi'a (Rabi' I 8, 260 AH)"
January 2
- 874 CE: The beginning of the Imamate of Imam al-Mahdi (a), the twelfth Imam of the Shi'a (Rabi' I 9, 260 AH)
January 3
- 628 AD: The occurrence of the Battle of Banu Mustaliq, one of the battles of the Prophet Muhammad (s) with the Banu Mustaliq tribe (Sha'ban 19, 6 AH)
January 4
- 1960 AD. Demise of Sayyid Ali Yathribi Kashani, a Shia scholar and one of the teachers at the seminaries of Qom and Kashan (Rajab 5, 1379 AH)
January 5
- 835 AD. The summons of Imam al-Jawad (a) to Baghdad by the Abbasid Caliph Al-Mu'tasim (Muharram 1, 220 AH).
- 1887 AD. Demis of Sayyid Haydar b. Sulayman al-Hilli, a Shia poet and elegist from Hilla (Rabi' al-Thani 9, 1304 AH).
January 6
- 659 AD. The birth of Imam Zain al-Abidin (a), the fourth Imam of the Shi'a (5th of Sha'ban, 38 AH)
January 7
- 824 AD. Demise of Sayyida Nafisa, a descendant of Imam Hasan al-Mujtaba (a), buried in Cairo (Ramadan 1, 208 AH).
- 1993 AD. The passing of Toshihiko Izutsu, a Japanese linguist, philosopher, and Quran scholar. (Rajab 13, 1413)
January 8
- 740 AD. The martyrdom of Zayd b. Ali, the son of Imam Zain al-Abidin (a) and leader of the revolt against the Umayyads, according to the report of Abu al-Faraj al-Isfahani (Safar 3, 122 AH)
January 9
- 1265 AD. The passing of Hulagu Khan, the Ilkhanid Mongol ruler responsible for the extinction of the Abbasid Caliphate (Rabi' al-Awwal 19, 663 AH)
January 10
- 743 AD. The death of Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik, the 10th Umayyad Caliph (Rabi' al-Awwal 9, 125 AH)