23 Ramadan is the twenty-third day of the ninth month ( Ramadan) of the Islamic calendar.

In the Lunar Hijri calendar, this day is the 259th day of the year.

Births

• 220 AH – Ahmad ibn Tulun, the founder of the Tulunid dynasty that ruled Egypt and Syria between 868 and 905 AD ^{[1] [2]}

Deaths

• 247 AH – Ahmad ibn Isa ibn Zayd, ^[3] the grandson of Zayd ibn Ali, one of the famous Alawites of the early Abbasid caliphate and one of the famous Zaidiyyah scholars ^{[4] [5]}
• 539 AH – Fatemeh Baghdadieh, an Iraqis Hadith scholar woman who lived mostly in Isfahan ^{[6] [7]}
• 1384 AH – Javad Fumani Haeri, ^{[8] [9] [10]} an Iranian Ayatollah, revolutionary fighter and Shia scholar ^{[11] [12]}

Events

• 491 AH – Occupation of Jerusalem by the Crusaders ^{[13] [14] [15]}
• 1254 AH – End of writing the valuable jurisprudential book "Jawahir al-Kalam" ^[16] by Muhammad Hasan al-Najafi ^{[17] [18]}
• 1261 AH – End of writing the perfect book on Islamic philosophy "Manẓuma" ^{[19] [20]} by Hadi Sabzavari ^{[21] [22]}
• 1392 AH – End of writing the notable tafsir ( exegesis of the Quran) " Tafsir al-Mizan" by Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai ^{[18] [23] [24]}
• The day of the revelation of the Quran, holy book of Islam (more probable, according to the narrations) ^{[25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30]}

Holidays and observances

• The third Qadr Night of Ramadan according to Shiites and most important of them, holding an official nightlife worship ceremony called Ehya night in Iran ^{[31] [32] [33] [34]}

See also

• 19 Ramadan
• 21 Ramadan
• 13 Rajab

References