March
| Su | Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa |
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| 29 | 30 | 31 | ||||
March is the third month of the Christian year in the Gregorian and Julian calendars. It is one of the seven months that have 31 days.
Events
March 1
- 625: Birth of Imam al-Hasan al-Mujtaba (a), the second Imam of the Shi'a (Ramadan 15, 3 AH)
- 625: Marriage of Prophet Muhammad (s) to Zaynab bt. Khuzayma (Ramadan 15, 3 AH)
- 763: Martyrdom of 'Abd Allah b. al-Hasan al-Muthanna (al-Mahd), the grandson of Imam al-Mujtaba (a), by al-Mansur al-Dawaniqi (Dhu l-Hijja 10, 145 AH)
- 1308: Request of Pope Clement V to Uljaytu for help to Christian warriors in the war against Egyptian Mamluks (Ramadan 6, 707 AH)
- 1979: Arrival of Imam Khomeini in Qom after 15 years of exile.
- 2024: Holding the election for the sixth term of the Assembly of Experts.
March 2
- 632: Arrival of Prophet Muhammad (s) in Mecca for Hajjat al-Wada' (Dhu l-Hijja 4, 10 AH)
- 823: Demise of Abu Salt al-Harawi, a companion of Imam al-Rida (a) (Shawwal 14, 207 AH)
- 2001: Demise of Sayyid Munir al-Din Hashemi, founder of the Academy of Islamic Sciences of Qom and a faqih of the Assembly of Experts for the Constitution of Iran Dhu l-Hijja 6, 1421 AH.
- 2024: Demise of Muhammad Emami Kashani, the temporary Friday Prayer Imam of Tehran and an active cleric in the Islamic Revolution of Iran Sha'ban 21, 1445 AH.
- 2025: Demise of Sayyid Muhammad Rida Husayni Jalali, expert in al-Sahifa and professor at the Islamic Seminary of Qom, and a specialist in Zaydiyya Ramadan 1, 1446 AH.
March 3
- 1956: Independence of Morocco from French colonization
- 1987: Start of Operation Karbala-7 in the Haj Omran region by the Army of the Islamic Republic of Iran
March 4
- 627: Start of the Battle of Khandaq, one of the Ghazwas of Prophet Muhammad (s) involving the conspiracy of the Banu Nadir tribe (Shawwal 10, 5 AH)
- 1857: Signing of the Treaty of Paris between Iran and England and the official separation of Herat from Iran
- 1901: Demise of Sayyid Muhammad Fisharaki, a Shi'a faqih and professor at the Islamic Seminary of Samarra and the Najaf (Dhu l-Qa'da 13, 1318 AH)
- 2022: About 80 killed and injured in the explosion at the Shi'a mosque in Kucha Risaldar in Peshawar, Pakistan Sha'ban 1, 1443 AH.
March 5
- 1500: Start of the uprising of Shah Isma'il I to establish the Safavid government (Sha'ban 4, 905 AH)
- 1967: Demise of Muhammad Musaddiq, Prime Minister of Iran during the era of Muhammad Riza Pahlavi
- 1985: Martyrdom of a group of scholars from the Al-Hakim Family by the Ba'athist government of Iraq Jumada al-Thani 12, 1405 AH
- 2019: Designation of the Islamic Resistance of al-Nujaba on the sanctions list of the United States Department of the Treasury.
March 6
- 670: Martyrdom of Imam al-Hasan al-Mujtaba (a) (according to Shahid and al-Kaf'ami) (Safar 7, 50 AH)
- 828: Birth of Imam al-Hadi (a), the tenth Imam of Twelver Shi'as (Dhu l-Hijja 15, 212 AH)
- 1938: Massacre of people in the Haifa market by Israel
- 1957: Renaming of the Gold Coast country to Ghana after its independence
- 2021: Meeting of Pope Francis, leader of the world's Catholics, with Ayatollah Sistani, one of the Shi'a Marja's Rajab 22, 1442 AH
March 7
- 654: Birth of 'Ali al-Akbar (a), son of Imam al-Husayn (a) and one of the Martyrs of Karbala (Sha'ban 11, 33 AH)
- 1875: Demise of Mirza Salamat 'Ali Dabir, a Shi'a poet from India (Muharram 29, 1292 AH)
- 1894: Demise of Mulla Husaynquli Hamadani in Karbala, a faqih, mystic, and professor of Fiqh, Usul, Akhlaq, and Irfan in the Islamic seminary (Sha'ban 28, 1311 AH)
- 1984: Martyrdom of Muhammad Ibrahim Himmat, a commander of the IRGC in the war with Iraq on Majnun Island.
- 1951: Assassination of Ali Razmara, then Prime Minister of Iran, by Fada'iyan-i Islam
- 1995: Assassination of Muhammad Ali Naqvi, founder of the Imamia Students Organization of Pakistan by agents of Sipah-e-Sahaba
- 2006: Official and global registration of the Iman Foundation of New Zealand, the association of Muslim Iranians in New Zealand (Safar 6, 1427 AH)
March 8
- 661: Death of Ash'ath b. Qays al-Kindi, a supporter of the Arbitration of Abu Musa al-Ash'ari in the Battle of Siffin (Dhu l-Qa'da 1, 40 AH)
- 1917: Founding of the Democratic Party of Tabriz by Muhammad Khiyabani (Jumada al-Ula 14, 1335 AH)
March 9
- 1897: Demise of Sayyid Jamal al-Din Asadabadi, a Muslim scholar and defender of the Proximity of Islamic Schools (Shawwal 5, 1314 AH)
- 1985: Issuance of Imam Khomeini's message on the occasion of the announcement of the martyrdom of a group of scholars from the Al-Hakim Family by the Ba'athist government of Iraq (Jumada al-Thani 16, 1405 AH)
- 2012: Military operation and massacre of people in Gaza by the Israeli army
March 10
- 1906: Demise of Sayyid Abu l-Qasim Razavi Lahuri, a Shi'a faqih and exegete in India (Muharram 14, 1324 AH)
- 2019: Awarding of the Order of Dhu l-Faqar by Sayyid Ali Khamenei, the Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran, to Qasem Soleimani (Rajab 3, 1440 AH)
March 11
- 627: Start of the Battle of Khandaq, between Muslims and polytheists of the Quraysh (according to one account) (Shawwal 17, 5 AH)
- 631: Replacement of Abu Bakr by Imam Ali (a) in the Proclamation of Verses of Bara'a (Dhu l-Hijja 1, 9 AH)
March 12
- 2012: Martyrdom of Abdullah Dahdouh, a Shi'a cleric and missionary in Belgium
- 2022: Execution of 81 people including 41 Shi'as from Qatif by the Al Saud government in Saudi Arabia (Sha'ban 9, 1443 AH)
March 13
- 624: Start of the Battle of Badr, the first battle between Muslims and polytheists of Quraysh commanded by Prophet Muhammad (s) (Ramadan 17, 2 AH)
- 624: Killing of Abu Jahl, a renowned polytheist of Mecca and a staunch opponent of Prophet Muhammad (s) and Islam (Ramadan 17, 2 AH)
- 624: Killing of 'Uqba b. Abi Mu'ayt, a polytheist of Mecca and tormentor of the Prophet (s) and Muslims, in the Battle of Badr (Ramadan 17, 2 AH)
- 1858: Seizure and destruction of part of Sibtainabad Imambara, a Shi'a religious building in Lucknow, by the British army
March 14
- 1962: Demise of Sayyid Abu l-Qasim Kashani, an Iranian faqih and politician who fought against Britain in Iraq and played a role in the Nationalization of the Iranian oil industry (Shawwal 7, 1381 AH)
March 15
- 1978: First Israeli attack on Lebanon's soil, occupation of parts of southern Lebanon, and martyrdom of 1168 Lebanese and Palestinian civilians
- 1979: Uprising of the people of Herat, Afghanistan against the communist government of Kabul
- 1985: Explosion at the Tehran Friday Prayer by the MKO (Munafiqin) and martyrdom of 14 worshipers
March 16
- 632: Revelation of the Verse of Tabligh regarding the Caliphate and successorship of Imam Ali (a) (Dhu l-Hijja 18, 10 AH)
- 632: Eid al-Ghadir, the greatest Shi'a Eid; on this day Prophet Muhammad (s) appointed Imam Ali (a) to the position of Caliphate and Imamate by the command of God. (Dhu l-Hijja 18, 10 AH)
- 632: Revelation of the Verse of Ikmal regarding the Event of Ghadir and the Wilaya of Imam Ali (a) (Dhu l-Hijja 18, 10 AH)
- 763: Killing of Ibrahim b. Abd Allah known as Qatil Bakhamra in the uprising against the Abbasids (Dhu l-Hijja 25, 145 AH)
- 1989: Declaration of the book The Satanic Verses as blasphemous by foreign ministers of 45 Muslim member countries of the OIC
- 1995: Demise of Sayyid Ahmad Khomeini, advisor and son of Imam Khomeini (Shawwal 14, 1415 AH)
March 17
- 953: Birth of Kisa'i Marvazi, the first Shi'a poet of the Persian language (Shawwal 27, 341 AH)
- 1974: Establishment of the Amal Movement, a Shi'a political organization in Lebanon, by Imam Musa Sadr to defend Lebanese Shi'as and militarily confront Israel
- 2003: 48-hour ultimatum by the United States to Saddam Hussein to attack Iraq
- 2011: Demise of Haji Alikram Aliyev, founder and secretary-general of the Islamic Party of Azerbaijan and the first leader of contemporary Islamists in the Republic of Azerbaijan and the Caucasus region
March 18
- 1993: Demise of Muhammad Ali Attar Heravi, an Afghan Shi'a calligrapher and epigrapher (Ramadan 24, 1413 AH)
March 19
- 619: Demise of Abu Talib (a), father of Imam Ali (a) (Rajab 26, 10 BH)
- 2003: US military invasion of Iraq to overthrow Saddam Hussein and occupation of Iraq
- 2009: Signing of the Shi'a Personal Status Law of Afghanistan by Hamid Karzai, then President of Afghanistan
March 20
- 623: Holding the ceremony of Brotherhood among the Sahaba and also between the Prophet Muhammad (s) and Imam Ali (a) (Ramadan 12, 1 AH)
- 1890: Signing of the Talbot contract or Régie between Iran and Britain, conceding the tobacco trade monopoly to Gerald Talbot, which led to the Tobacco Protest. (Rajab 28, 1307 AH)
- 1974: Demise of Sayyid Ali Burqa'i Razavi Qummi, a Shi'a faqih, writer, and poet (Safar 25, 1394 AH)
- 2015: Suicide attacks by Takfiri groups on Houthi Shi'a mosques in Yemen and martyrdom of 137 people
March 21
- 2011: Demise of Muhammad Sadiqi Tehrani, exegete, faqih, and author of Al-Furqan fi tafsir al-Qur'an (Rabi' al-Thani 15, 1432 AH)
March 22
- 1963: Event of Faydiyya School, attack by agents of the Pahlavi government on Faydiyya School in Qom and suppression of people (Farvardin 2, 1342 Sh)
- 2004: Assassination of Ahmed Yassin, a leader of Hamas, by Israel in the Gaza Strip
March 23
- 625: Occurrence of the Battle of Uhud, one of the famous Ghazwas of the Prophet (s) against polytheists of Mecca (Shawwal 7, 3 AH)
- 1940: Adoption of the "Two-Nation Theory" in the form of the "Pakistan Resolution" for the formation of the independent country of Pakistan (Farvardin 3, 1319 Sh)
- 2005: Demise of Sayyid Jalal al-Din Ashtiyani, professor of Islamic Philosophy and Irfan in the Islamic Seminary of Mashhad (Safar 12, 1426 AH)
March 24
- 1922: Establishment of the Islamic Seminary of Qom by 'Abd al-Karim Ha'iri Yazdi, a Shi'a Marja' (Rajab 25, 1340 AH)
- 1992: Martyrdom of 'Ali Asghar Ahmadi Shahvudi, a Shi'a faqih, by the regime of Saddam after the Sha'ban Uprising of Iraq
March 25
- 692: Start of the siege of Mecca by al-Hajjaj b. Yusuf al-Thaqafi (Dhu l-Qa'da 1, 72 AH)
- 809: Death of Harun al-Abbasi, the fifth Abbasid Caliph, contemporary with Imam al-Kazim (a) and Imam al-Rida (a) (Jumada al-Thani 4, 193 AH)
- 1969: Pakistan Army under General Yahya Khan took power (Farvardin 5, 1348 Sh)
- 2013: Trial of Sheikh Nimr held 260 days after his detention, and the Saudi Public Prosecutor requested the Hadd punishment for Muharaba for him
March 26
- 625: Occurrence of the Battle of Uhud, a battle by polytheists of Mecca against Muslims commanded by Abu Sufyan (Shawwal 7, 3 AH)
- 922: Execution of Mansur al-Hallaj, a Muslim mystic and Sufi (Dhu l-Qa'da 24, 309 AH)
- 983: Demise of 'Adud al-Dawla al-Daylami, the greatest Amir of Buyids and one of the most powerful Shi'a rulers of Iran (Shawwal 8, 372 AH)
- 2014: Destruction of the minarets of the shrines of 'Ammar b. Yasir and Uways al-Qarani by Takfiri groups in Syria (Jumada al-Ula 24, 1435 AH)
- 2015: Attack by Saudi Arabia and coalition countries on Yemen
March 27
- 657: Movement of Imam Ali (a)'s army towards Siffin for the war with Mu'awiya's army (Shawwal 5, 36 AH)
- 1939: Massacre of people in Haifa by Israel
March 28
- 1998: Demise of Sayyid Javad Al-'Ali Shahvudi, a Shi'a scholar and author of the book Insan dar marahil-i shishgana (Dhu l-Hijja 1, 1418 AH)
- 2015: Capture of the city of Idlib, Syria by rebels and the Siege of al-Fu'a and Kafriya, two Shi'a-populated towns, by Jabhat al-Nusra (Farvardin 8, 1394 Sh)
March 29
- 817: Heir Apparency of Imam al-Rida (a) for al-Ma'mun, the Abbasid caliph, and minting of coins in the Imam's name (Ramadan 7, 201 AH)
March 30
- 1912: Russian shelling of Imam al-Rida (a) Shrine and destruction of the dome and minarets of the Shrine of Imam al-Rida (a) (Rabi' al-Thani 10, 1330 AH)
- 1952: Demise of Sayyid Muhsin al-Amin, faqih, man of letters, biographer, and author of A'yan al-Shi'a, a book introducing Imams and Shi'a scholars (Rajab 4, 1371 AH)
- 1961: Demise of Sayyid Husayn Burujerdi, leader of the Islamic Seminary of Qom and the general Marja' of world Shi'as (Shawwal 13, 1380 AH)
- 1978: Massacre of people in Yazd during protest demonstrations by the military forces of the Pahlavi regime
March 31
- 1948: Massacre of Palestinian passengers of two trains in Haifa by the Haganah group, a Jewish paramilitary organization, killing more than 80 people
- 2017: Terrorist attack by Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) against Shi'as in the city of Parachinar and martyrdom of 24 people
- 1988: Introduction of American Islam as a deviant type of Islam opposed to Pure Muhammadan Islam by Imam Khomeini