2025: February 3 (4 Sha'ban 1446 AH)

February 3

Events

  • 1451 - Sultan Mehmed II inherited the throne of the Ottoman Empire. 
  • 1509 - The Portuguese navy defeated a joint fleet of the Ottoman Empire, the Republic of Venice, the Sultan of Gujarat, the Mamluk Burji Sultanate of Egypt, the Zamorin of Calicut, and the Republic of Ragusa at the Battle of Diu in Diu, India. 
  • 1661 - Maratha forces under Chattrapati Shivaji defeated the Mughals in the Battle of Umberkhind. 
  • 1830 - The London Protocol of 1830 established the full independence and sovereignty of Greec from the Ottoman Empire as the final result of the Greek War of Independence.  
  • 1972 - The first day of the seven-day 1972 Iran blizzard, which killed at least 4,000 people, making it the deadliest snowstorm in history. 
  • 2007- A Baghdad market bombing killed at least 135 people and injured a further 339.

Births

  • 1968 - Marwan Khoury, Lebanese singer, songwriter, and composer

Deaths

  • 1451 - Murad II, Ottoman sultan (b. 1404)
  • 1975 - Umm Kulthum, Egyptian singer-songwriter and actress (b. 1904)

Umm Kulthum (b. Faṭima Ibrahim es-Sayyid el-Beltagi on December 31, 1898, Tamay Ez-Zahayra, El Senbellawein, El Dakahlia, Khedivate of Egypt - d. February 3, 1975, Cairo, Egypt) was an Egyptian singer, songwriter, and film actress active from the 1920s to the 1970s. She was given the honorific title Kawkab al-Sharq ('Star of the East').

Umm Kulthum was known for her vocal ability and unique style. She sold over 80 million records worldwide, making her one of the best-selling Middle Eastern singers of all time. She is considered a national icon in her native Egypt where she has been dubbed "The Voice of Egypt" and "Egypt's fourth pyramid".

  • 2013 - Jam Mohammad Yousaf, Pakistani politician, Chief Minister of Balochistan (b. 1954)
  • 2015 - Nasim Hasan Shah, Pakistani lawyer and judge, 12th Chief Justice of Pakistan (b. 1929)

Holidays and Observances

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4 Sha'ban

Events

Births

  • Abbas ibn 'Ali

Al-Abbas ibn 'Ali ibn Abi Talib (b. c. May 15, 647 CC [4 Sha'ban 26 AH], Medina, Rashidun Caliphate – d. October 10, 680 CC [10 Muharram 61 AH] Karbala, Umayyad Caliphate), also known by the kunya Abu al-Fadl (lit. 'father of virtue'), was a son of 'Ali ibn Abi Talib, the fourth Rashid caliph in Sunni Islam and the first Imam in Shi'a Islam. His mother was Fatima bint Hizam, commonly known as Umm al-Banin (lit. 'mother of the sons'). Abbas fought as the standard-bearer of his half-brother Husayn ibn 'Ali in the Battle of Karbala on 10 Muharram 61 AH (October 10, 680) against the army of the Umayyad caliph Yazid ibn Mu'awiya (r. 680–683). He was killed in a desperate attempt to bring water from the Euphrates River to quench the unbearable thirst of the besieged family of the Prophet Muhammad. Abbas is said to have inherited 'Ali's boldness and bravery and was praised by Shi'a imams for his faith and fortitude in defending Husayn. Abbas is regarded by Shi'a Muslims as an ultimate paragon of courage and self-sacrifice. The shrine of Abbas and the nearby mausoleum of Husayn in Karbala are destinations for pilgrimage.

Deaths 

Holidays and Observances

 

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