The second of Jumada al-Akhira:

It happened on the second of Jumada al-Akhira:

* Year 573 AH / November 1177 AD The forces of Salah al-Din al-Ayyubi clash with the forces of Baldwin IV, commander of the Kingdom of Jerusalem, in the battle of Tell al-Jazar, which resulted in the victory of Jerusalem and the withdrawal of the Ayyubid army.

* Year 689 AH / June 1290 AD The establishment of the Gulf State of India, Which was founded by Jalaluddin Firoz Shah and its rule lasted for nearly a quarter of a century, It was credited with keeping the banner of Islam and the entire Indian subcontinent for the first time in history.

* Year 897 AH / March 1492 AD Isabella I of Spain issues the decree of the Alhambra, It stipulated that all 150,000 Muslim and Jewish nationals would convert to Christianity or leave Spain altogether.

* Year 1367 AH / April 1948 AD: The Zionist Palmach gangs of the Haganah organization commit the massacre in the village of Qaluina, 7 km from Jerusalem. They blew up a number of their houses, At least 14 people were killed.

* Year 1396 AH / May 1976 AD Egypt demands admission to the Palestine Liberation Organization as a full member of the Arab League.

* Year 1414 AH / November 1993 AD Official economic talks between the Palestinians and the Zionists in Paris, The Palestinian delegation was headed by Ahmed Qurei and the Zionist delegation by Danny Rothschild.

* In 1416 AH / October 1995 AD, the founder of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad and its Secretary-General, Fathi Shikaki, was assassinated in Malta while returning from Libya by the Zionist Mossad.

* Year 1430 AH / May 2009 AD Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France, inaugurates a French military base in Abu Dhabi, to be the first French military base in the Gulf region.

Mr. Mohamed Hamdi Maddokh