Shahrivar (Persian: شهریور, Persian pronunciation: [ʃæhɾiːˈvæɾ]) is the sixth month of the Solar Hijri calendar, the official calendar of Iran and Afghanistan. Shahrivar has 31 days. It begins on 23 August and ends on 22 September in the Gregorian calendar. The Afghan Persian name is Sonbola; in Pashto it is Waǵay. Shahrivar is the third and final month of summer. It is followed by Mehr. The name of the month comes from the Zoroastrian deity Kshatra Vairya. the Avestan word "Xšaθra Vairya," which means "dominion to be chosen". The term "Vairyo" is often misinterpreted. It means "Believe" as in "Yatha Ahu Vairyo". Yatha means "If", "Ahu" is of course "Ahu Ra Mazda" ("Ra" stands for "the One who is"), Vairyo means "believe". "Mazda" means "Wise". The entire expression is therefore: "If [you] believe in the one who is Ahu the Wise", followed by Atha Rathush (not Ratush). Atha means "Then" and Rathush means "his chariot". "So, Atha Rathush means "Then believe [in his] Chariot [too].
Events 26 - 1299 - The American Professional Football Association, later the National Football League, officially begins operations with 14 teams. The league began with Ralph Hay assuming the league's leadership before handing over to Native American athlete Jim Thorpe who became the league's first Commissioner (then President). 9 - 1302 - Great Kantō earthquake in Japan 9 - 1318 - Invasion of Poland, beginning of Second World War in Central and Western Europe 25 -1318 - Soviet invasion of Poland begins 1 - 1324 - King Michael's Coup 18 - 1324 - 1944 Bulgarian coup d'état 11 - 1324 - Surrender of Japan 9 - 1336 - Independence of the Federation of Malaya proclaimed. 25 - 1342 - Proclamation of Malaysia 26 - 1383 - 1984 South Asian Games opens 1 - 1368 - Baltic Way demonstrations in the Soviet Union. 20 - 1380 - September 11 attacks 11 - 1383 - Beslan school siege in North Ossetian Autonomous Republic, Russia 23 - 1387 - Delhi bombings, India 5 (- 10) - 1391 - 16th Summit of the Non-Aligned Movement, in Tehran, Iran. 30 - 1392 - Westgate shopping mall attack in Kenya 22 - 1397 - Merrimack Valley gas explosions, Massachusetts, United States
Births 01 - 359 - Ibn sina 05 - 243 - Abu Bakr al-Razi 30 - 1328 - Ahdieh, Iranian singer 18 - 1362 - Edwin Jackson, American baseball player, Olympic silver medalist
Deaths 20 - 1392 - Abdolmohammad Ayati, Iranian scholar, translator, and writer. 17 - 1401 - Elizabeth II 25 - 1401 - Mahsa Amini
Observances Day of the National Flag (Ukraine), Black Ribbon Day and Liberation from Fascist Occupation Day (Romania and Moldova) - 1-2 Shahrivar Independence Day of Ukraine - 2-3 Shahrivar Day of Combat Against British Colonialism - 3 Shahrivar Cincture of the Theotokos, Independence Day (Malaysia) - 8/9 Shahrivar Beginning of the Indiction-Ecclesiastical Year of the Eastern Orthodox Churches - 10 Shahrivar Victory over Japan Day - 11-12 Shahrivar Nativity of the Theotokos - 16 or 17 Shahrivar Enkutatash - 20-21 Shahrivar Feast of the Cross - 23-24 Shahrivar Mexican Independence Day and Malaysia Day - 25 Shahrivar United States Air Force Day and Chilean Independence Day - 27-28 Shahrivar Chilean Army Day - 28-29 Shahrivar
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