Jumada al-Awwal facts for kids

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The Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca was signed between the Ottoman Empire and Russian Empire in this month
Native name	جُمَادَىٰ ٱلْأَوَّل  (Arabic)
Calendar	Islamic calendar
Month number	5
Number of days	29-30 (depends on actual observation of the moon's crescent)
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Jumada al-Awwal (Arabic: جُمَادَىٰ ٱلْأَوَّل, romanized: Jumādā al-ʾAwwal, lit. 'The initial Jumada'), also known as Jumada al-Ula (Arabic: جُمَادَىٰ ٱلْأُولَىٰ, romanized: Jumādā al-ʾŪlā, lit. 'The first Jumada'), or Jumada I, is the fifth month of the Islamic calendar. Jumada al-Awwal spans 29 or 30 days. The origin of the month's name is theorized by some as coming from the word jamād (Arabic: جماد), meaning "arid, dry, or cold", denoting the dry and parched land and hence the dry months of the pre-Islamic Arabian calendar. Jumādā (Arabic: جُمَادَىٰ) may also be related to a verb meaning "to freeze", and another account relates that water would freeze during this time of year. The secondary name Jumādā al-Ūlā may possibly mean "to take charge with, commend, entrust, commit or care during the arid or cold month". However, this explanation is rejected by some as Jumada al-Awwal is a lunar month that does not coincide with seasons as solar months do.

In the Ottoman Turkish language used in the Ottoman Empire, the name of the month was Jèmāzìyyu-'l-èvvel, or G̃émazi lèlèvvèl. In Turkish, it was abbreviated Jā, or G̃a. In Turkish today the spelling is Cemaziyelevvel.

Timing

The Islamic calendar is a purely lunar calendar, and months begin when the first crescent of a new moon is sighted. Since the Islamic lunar year is 11 to 12 days shorter than the solar year, Jumada al-Awwal migrates backwards throughout the seasons in a cycle of about 33 solar years. The estimated start and end dates for Jumada al-Awwal are as follows (based on the Umm al-Qura calendar of Saudi Arabia):

Islamic events

• On 5 Jumada al-Awwal, Zainab bint Ali was born.
• On 8th Jumada al-Awwal, URS Sayyid Amir al-Kulal Amir Kulal.
• On 10 Jumada al-Awwal 11 AH, Fatima bint Muhammad (Fatima al-Zahra) beloved daughter of Prophet Muhammad died in Medina at the young age of 23 years according to Sunni Muslim sources.
• On 13 Jumada al-Awwal 11 AH, Fatima bint Muhammad was buried by her husband Ali.
• On 15 Jumada al-Awwal, Ali ibn Husayn (Zayn al-Abideen) was born.
• On 20 Jumada al-Awwal 857, Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II conquered Constantinople.

See also

In Spanish: Yumada al-Awwal para niños

• Jumada al-Thani