The fourth of Jumada al-Akhira:

It happened on the fourth of Jumada al-Akhira:

* In 193 AH / March 809 AD, Abu Abdullah Muhammad al-Amin assumed the Abbasid Caliphate after the death of his father, Caliph Harun al-Rashid, the sixth caliph of the Abbasid state.

* Year 230 AH / January 895 AD: The death of Abu Abdullah Muhammad bin Saad, Known as Ibn Saad, From the great modernists and historians, And the owner of the major classes that are famous as “Ibn Sa’d layers”.

* Year 698 AH / March 1299 AD: Sultan Al-Nasir Muhammad bin Qalawun assumes the throne of the Mamluk state in Egypt, The third period of his reign is considered the most magnificent period of Mamluk rule.

* Year 885 AH / August 1480 AD Ottoman Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror conquerors the Italian city of “Otrant”, He intended to use that city as a base from which to march north, until he reached Rome.

* Year 950 AH / September 1543 AD: The Ottomans retake the strategic fortress of Astolny-Belgrade after 15 days of fighting and siege with the German army.

* In 1295 AH / June 1878 AD, the Ottoman Empire ceded to Britain the administration of the island of Cyprus.

* Year 1369 AH / June 1878 AD The Jordanian Parliament issues a decision to annex the West Bank to the Jordan River area.

* Year 1425 AH / July 2004 AD Palestinian politician Nabil Amr is shot in the leg by masked men near his home.

Prepared by/ Mr. Mohamed Hamdi Madoukh