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Maghar (other)
Maghar or Mughar may refer to: * Magghar, a month of Punjabi calendar * Maghar, India, a town in Sant Kabir Nagar district in Uttar Pradesh * Mughar, Iran, a village in Isfahan Province * Maghar, Israel, an Arab town in northern Israel * Al-Maghar, a Palestinian village depopulated in 1948 * Battle of Mughar Ridge The Battle of Mughar Ridge, officially known by the British as the action of El Mughar, took place on 13 November 1917 during the Pursuit phase of the Southern Palestine Offensive of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign in the First World War. Fig ..., in World War I * Al-Magar, in Saudi Arabia See also * Magha (other) {{disambig, geo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magghar
Magghar (Shahmukhi: ; Gurmukhi: , ) is the ninth month of the Punjabi calendar as well as the Nanakshahi calendar, which governs the activities within Sikhism. This month coincides with Agrahayana aka ''Margshirsh'' in the Hindu calendar and the Indian national calendar, and November and December in the Gregorian and Julian calendars and is 30 days long. Important events during this month November *November - Birth Anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev Ji *November 14 (1 Magghar) - The start of the month Maghar *November 24 (11 Magghar) - ''Shaheedi'' (martyrdom) of Guru Tegh Bahadur Ji *November 24 (11 Magghar) - ''Shaheedi'' of Bhai Mati Das and Bhai Sati Das Ji *November 24 (11 Magghar) - ''Gur Gadi'' of Guru Gobind Singh Ji *November 28 (15 Magghar) - Birthday of Sahibzada Zorawar Singh Ji December *December 12 (29 Magghar) - Birthday of Sahibzada Fateh Singh Ji *December 14 (1 Poh) - The end of the month Maghar and the start of Poh See also *Punjabi calendar The Punjabi calen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maghar, India
Maghar is a town and a nagar panchayat in Sant Kabir Nagar district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. Kabir, the 15th-century mystic poet, disappeared and fragrant flowers were found in the place of his body. The flowers were divided between his Hindu and Muslim disciples. The Hindus and the Muslims built two memorials here that are 100 metres apart and kept their share of flowers in them. Geography Maghar is located at . It has an average elevation of 68 metres (223 feet). Religious significance This place is connected with Kabir. This is the place where he departed from this mortal world. After his departure, his disciples found fragrant flowers only and made two memorials for Saint Kabir. The memorials are situated here just 100 meters away from each other. Demographics At the 2011 India census A census (from Latin ''censere'', 'to assess') is the procedure of systematically acquiring, recording, and calculating population information about the members of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mughar, Iran
Mughar () is a village in, and the capital of, Garmsir Rural District of Mahabad District, Ardestan County, Isfahan province, Iran. The previous capital of the rural district was the village of Mahabad Mahabad () is a city in the Central District of Mahabad County, West Azerbaijan province, Iran, serving as capital of both the county and the district. Etymology Mahabad first became the name of the city after World War I, during the ..., now a city. Demographics Population At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village's population was 1,272 in 340 households, when it was in the Central District. The following census in 2011 counted 1,071 people in 323 households. The 2016 census measured the population of the village as 1,139 people in 385 households. It was the most populous village in its rural district. In 2018, the rural district was separated from the district in the establishment of Mahabad District. See also Notes References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maghar, Israel
Maghar (; ) also al-Maghar or Mghar, is a city of mixed population of Muslims, Christians, and Druze in the Northern District (Israel), Northern District of Israel, with an area of 19,810 dunams. Maghar was given the status of a local council (Israel), local council in 1956, and of a city council (Israel), city in 2021. In it had a population of . Its population consists of 57% Druze in Israel, Druze, 23% Christians, and 20% Muslims.Gutterman, DovMughar (Israel)CRW Flags. History Antiquity Maghar is identified with Mearaia (), a place mentioned in Jewish sources as the seat of the Bilgah (biblical figure), Bilgah Priestly divisions, priestly family following the Siege of Jerusalem (70 CE), destruction of the Temple in 70 CE. Pottery remains from the early Roman Empire, Roman period have been found here, together with architectural remains and pottery fragments from the Late Roman period. A quarry has also been excavated. The city's name comes from the Arabic word for "the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Maghar
Al-Maghar was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict of Mandatory Palestine. It was depopulated by the Givati Brigade during Operation Barak on 18 May 1948. It was located 12 km southwest of Ramla, situated north of Wadi al-Maghar. History An inscription which was in Greek, and dated to a Christian period was found here. In the 8th century, the village was the birthplace of the Islamic jurist Abu al-Hasan Muhammad al-Maghari.Khalidi, 1992, p. 394 Ottoman era In 1517, Al-Maghar, like the rest of Palestine, was incorporated into the Ottoman Empire, and in the 1596 tax registers the village appeared under the name of ''Imgar'', as being in the ''nahiya'' (subdistrict) of Gaza under the Liwa of Gaza, with a population was 22 households, all Muslim. The villagers paid a fixed tax rate of 33,3% on various agricultural products, such as wheat, barley, summer crops, fruit trees, olive trees, and sesame; a total of 6,400 akçe. In 1838, ''el Mughar'' was noted by Edw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Battle Of Mughar Ridge
The Battle of Mughar Ridge, officially known by the British as the action of El Mughar, took place on 13 November 1917 during the Pursuit phase of the Southern Palestine Offensive of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign in the First World War. Fighting between the advancing Egyptian Expeditionary Force (EEF) and the retreating Yildirim Army Group, occurred after the Battle of Beersheba and the Third Battle of Gaza. Operations occurred over an extensive area north of the Gaza to Beersheba line and west of the road from Beersheba to Jerusalem via Hebron. Strong Ottoman Army positions from Gaza to the foothills of the Judean Hills had successfully held out against British Empire forces for a week after the Ottoman army was defeated at Beersheba. But the next day, 8 November, the main Ottoman base at Sheria was captured after two days' fighting and a British Yeomanry cavalry charge at Huj captured guns; Ottoman units along the whole line were in retreat. The XXI Corps and Desert ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Al-Magar
Al-Magar was an advanced prehistoric culture of the Neolithic whose epicenter lay in modern-day southwestern Najd in Saudi Arabia. Al-Magar is possibly one of the first cultures in the world where widespread domestication of animals occurred, particularly the horse, during the Neolithic period. Overview The inhabitants of Al-Magar, who lived in stone houses built with dry masonry, were one of the first communities in the world to practice the art of agriculture and animal husbandry before climate changes in the region resulted in desertification. Discoveries such as that of a large statue of a bridled horse indicates that the domestication of horses occurred about 9000 years ago in the Arabian peninsula, much earlier than in other parts of the world where domestication of the horse is thought to have occurred. Radiocarbon dating of several objects discovered at Al-Magar indicate an age of about 9,000 years. In November 2017 hunting scenes showing images of what appears to b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
