Muharram

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Muharram is the first month of the Islamic lunar calendar, regarded as one of the four sacred months and especially significant to Shia Muslims for the commemoration of Ashura.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Muharram canonical 21
Hijri New Year 1
Islamic month of Muharram 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf month of the Islamic calendar ⓘ
sacred month in Islam ⓘ
10thOfMuharramKnownAs Ashura ⓘ
alsoTransliteratedAs Moharram ⓘ
linked to: Muharram

Muharram al-Haram ⓘ
associatedWith Hijri year beginning ⓘ
associatedWithEvent Ashura ⓘ
Battle of Karbala ⓘ
calendarEra Anno Hegirae (AH) ⓘ
linked to: Hijri calendar
calendarType lunar ⓘ
commemorationFocusForShia martyrdom of Husayn ibn Ali ⓘ
suffering of the Ahl al-Bayt ⓘ
containsDay 10th of Muharram ⓘ
extendedMourningInSomeCommunities until Arbaeen ⓘ
forbiddenActsHistorically fighting ⓘ
hasCulturalExpressionsIn Azerbaijan ⓘ
India ⓘ
Iran ⓘ
Iraq ⓘ
Lebanon ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
hasSacredStatusIn Quranic tradition ⓘ
isLunarMonth true ⓘ
isOneOfFourSacredMonths true ⓘ
languageOfName Arabic ⓘ
linkedToFigure Husayn ibn Ali ⓘ
linkedToPlace Karbala ⓘ
mourningPeriodForShia first ten days of Muharram ⓘ
nameMeaning forbidden ⓘ
observedBy Muslims worldwide ⓘ
Shia communities ⓘ
Sunni communities ⓘ
occursEverySolarYearEarlierBy about 10 to 11 days ⓘ
partOf Islamic lunar calendar ⓘ
positionInIslamicCalendar 1 ⓘ
preIslamicStatus sacred month among Arabs ⓘ
religion Islam ⓘ
sacredMonthAlongWith Dhu al-Hijjah ⓘ
Dhu al-Qadah ⓘ
Rajab ⓘ
significanceFor Shia Muslims ⓘ
linked to: Shia Islam

Sunni Muslims ⓘ
linked to: Sunni Islam
traditionalPracticeInShiaIslam latmiyya (chest-beating) rituals ⓘ
majlis gatherings ⓘ
mourning rituals ⓘ
processions ⓘ
traditionalPracticeInSunniIslam fasting on Ashura ⓘ
usedFor dating Islamic historical events ⓘ
usedIn Islamic ritual calendar ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Dhu al-Hijjah → precedes → Muharram ⓘ
New Year → hasVariant → Hijri New Year ⓘ
linked to: Muharram
Chota Imambara → usedDuring → Muharram ⓘ
Hijri calendar → hasMonth → Muharram ⓘ
Muharram → alsoTransliteratedAs → Moharram ⓘ
linked to: Muharram
Agnibeena → containsPoem → Muharram ⓘ
Bihari Muslims → majorFestivals → Muharram (for some Shia minorities) ⓘ
linked to: Muharram
Indian Muslims → festivals → Muharram ⓘ
Safar → follows → Muharram ⓘ
Safar → followsSacredMonth → Muharram ⓘ
Rajab → sacredMonthAlongWith → Muharram ⓘ
Asure → isAssociatedWithMonth → Muharram ⓘ
Ashura procession → timePeriod → Islamic month of Muharram ⓘ
linked to: Muharram
Hussainiyah → notableOccasion → Muharram ⓘ