ʻĪd al-Aḍḥā
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- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99004276
- info:lc/authorities/sh99004276
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh99004276#concept
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Variants
- Eid al-Adha
- Feast of Sacrifice (Islam)
- Great Festival (Islam)
- ʻĪd al-Kabīr
- ʻĪd al-Naḥr
- ʻĪd al-Qurbān
- Major Festival (Islam)
- Sacrifice, Feast of (Islam)
- Sacrificial Feast (Islam)
Broader Terms
Closely Matching Concepts from Other Schemes
Sources
- found: Rashed, M. Das Opferfest ʻĪd al-aḍḥā im heutigen Agypten, 1998.
- found: Encyc. Islam:v. 3 (ʻĪd al-aḍḥā, also called ʻĪd al-ḳurbān, or ʻĪd al-naḥr, sacrificial feast; festival observed during the yearly pilgrimage to Mecca in the month of Dhū al-Ḥijjah; also known as: ʻĪd al-Kabīr (the "major festival"))
- found: Random House(ʻId al-Adha, a major festival of Islam, beginning on the tenth day of the last month of the calendar and lasting for four days, usually characterized by the sacrificing of a sheep. Also called Great Festival.)
- found: Britannica Micro.:v. 6, p. 238 (ʻĪd al-Aḍḥā; ʻĪd al-Kabīr; Kurban Bayram; Sacrificial Feast, or Major Festival)
- found: Washington Post, Mar. 6, 2001:p. A1 (Muslim Feast of Sacrifice)
- found: Walker, Robert. Eid al-Adha, 2010.
- found: Kavanaugh, Dorothy. Islamic festivals and celebrations, 2010.("From Hajj to Eid al-Adha")
- found: InfoPlease.com, Oct. 31, 2011Islamic Holidays ("Eid al-Adha")
LC Classification
- BP186.6
Change Notes
- 2001-03-06: new
- 2012-02-09: revised
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