| LC control no. | sh 99004276 |
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| LC classification | BP186.6 |
| Topical heading | ʻĪd al-Aḍḥā |
| Variant(s) | 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) |
| See also | Fasts and feasts--Islam |
| Found in | Rashed, M. Das Opferfest ʻĪd al-aḍḥā im heutigen Agypten, 1998. 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")) 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.) Britannica Micro.: v. 6, p. 238 (ʻĪd al-Aḍḥā; ʻĪd al-Kabīr; Kurban Bayram; Sacrificial Feast, or Major Festival) Washington Post, Mar. 6, 2001: p. A1 (Muslim Feast of Sacrifice) Walker, Robert. Eid al-Adha, 2010. Kavanaugh, Dorothy. Islamic festivals and celebrations, 2010. ("From Hajj to Eid al-Adha") InfoPlease.com, Oct. 31, 2011 Islamic Holidays ("Eid al-Adha") |
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