the day Macca was conquered
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On the following table ) stands for the first waxing crescent of the lunar month and O is the full moon it waxes up to.
In 630 AD the Rabi al-Awwal crescent appeared in the evening of June 17, and it waxed up to the full moon in the evening of 30 June. It was actually the scorching full moon ( ن because it followed the summer solstice.
)1 RAw=18 Jun..?.1.O 30 Jun 630 (http//www.timeanddate.com/calendar/moonphases.html?year=630&n=0)
)1 RTh=18 Jul?...?2.O29 Jul
)1 JUl=16 Aug?.....3.O28 Aug
)1 JAh=15 Sep?....4.O27 SepIt is said that Macca was conquered in 630 AD. If that is true, the believers must have entered the city in the morning of 18 June. It can easily be deduced from 92 and 95.
The day the believers entered the town, they warned the Maccan pagans that they had to either face death or surrender (92) in 4 full moons time, which were actually the forbidden full moons of the year because the given time was supposed to expire as soon as the forbidden months ended (95) .
The day of the conquest had to be the very beginning of the forbbiden months; otherwise the duration of the truce would be violated.
Is this calculation correct?
Peace,
Hasan Akcay -
On the following table ) stands for the first waxing crescent of the lunar month and O is the full moon it waxes up to.
In 630 AD the Rabi al-Awwal crescent appeared in the evening of June 17, and it waxed up to the full moon in the evening of 30 June. It was actually the scorching full moon ( ن because it followed the summer solstice.
)1 RAw=18 Jun..?.1.O 30 Jun 630 (http//www.timeanddate.com/calendar/moonphases.html?year=630&n=0)
)1 RTh=18 Jul?...?2.O29 Jul
)1 JUl=16 Aug?.....3.O28 Aug
)1 JAh=15 Sep?....4.O27 SepIt is said that Macca was conquered in 630 AD. If that is true, the believers must have entered the city in the morning of 18 June. It can easily be deduced from 92 and 95.
The day the believers entered the town, they warned the Maccan pagans that they had to either face death or surrender (92) in 4 full moons time, which were actually the forbidden full moons of the year because the given time was supposed to expire as soon as the forbidden months ended (95) .
The day of the conquest had to be the very beginning of the forbbiden months; otherwise the duration of the truce would be violated.
Is this calculation correct?
Peace,
Hasan AkcayDeath or surrender? What about the treaty?