A concise dictionary, English-Persian : together with a simplified grammar of the Persian language / by the late E.H. Palmer, completed and edited from the ms. left imperfect at his death by G. Le Strange.

  • Edward Henry Palmer
Date:
1930
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Credit: A concise dictionary, English-Persian : together with a simplified grammar of the Persian language / by the late E.H. Palmer, completed and edited from the ms. left imperfect at his death by G. Le Strange. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ( *i ; RULES FOR FINDING TKE YEAR OF THE HEJRAH. The best complete tables are those edited by F. Wiistenfeld, for the German Oriental Society. The following dates how¬ ever will be found useful for rough calculation. A.11. A.D. 1 16M July 622 = 621*54. 100 .. . 718 184 .. . 800 300 .. . 912 391 .. . 1000 500 .. . 1106 597 . . . 1200 A.H. A.D. 700 .. . 1300 803 . . . 1400 900 . . . 1494 1009 . . . 1600 1100 . . . 1688 1215 . . . 1800 1300 . . Nov. 12 th, 1882 The Moslem year consists of 12 lunar months (see Die tionary, s.v. Month) of 30 and 29 days alternately. Now 100 lunar years nearly equal 97 solar years: and hence, to turn Moslem years into Christian years, we must subtract 3 per cent, from the former. ]. To find the equivalent date a.d. of a year a.ii. : From the rear a.h. deduct 3 per cent, (or, more eiactly, multiply by