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Kurdish calendar
Calendar used in Kurdistan, Iraq From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Kurdish calendar (Kurdish: ڕۆژژمێری کوردی)[1][2][3][4][5] is a calendar used in the Kurdistan region of Iraq alongside the Islamic and Gregorian calendar.[6]
History
The start of the calendar is marked by the Battle of Nineveh, a conquest of the Assyrians by the Medes in 612 BC.[1][4][3]
Months
The names for the months are often derived from society's events in that month.[7]
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