paul@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (12/12/90)
> In article <1990Dec10.052831.2447@nntp-server.caltech.edu> you write: > >"This work is based on the recension of Hafs ibn Sulayman al-Asadi, as > >it appears in the so-called 'Royal Egyptian' edition of the Qur'an, > >first published in Cairo in 1337 H. and regarded by Arab scholars as > >the most exact of all existing editions." > > > >1337 H. corresponds to 1959 AD. > > Once the lunar/solar year ratio is taken into the formula, 1337 H. may > come closer to 1919 AD. If I'm correct, an approximate formula is... > > AD = 622 + H(354.36/365.24) > > In Iran, however, there is a solar calendar which uses the Hijrah era. > 1337 of the Iranian Solar calendar does approximate 1959 AD. > -- > Donald E. Blais Internet: blais@emx.utexas.edu > Computation Center BITNET: blais@utxvms > University of Texas UUCP: uunet!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!blais > Austin, TX 78712 Phone: +1-512-471-3241 Don's likely right! Sorry for my oversight!