Book of Indian Eras, with Tables for Calculating Indian Dates c29.11

c29.11

The following is Abdul Kâdir’s account of the establishment of this era:[*] “The era of the Hijra was now abolished, and a new era was introduced, of which the first year was the year of the Emperor’s accession (963). The months had the same name as at the time of the old Persian kings, and, as given in the *Niçabuççibyan*, fourteen festivals also were introduced corresponding to the feasts of the Zoroastrians; but the feasts of the Musalmans and their glory were trodden down, the Friday prayer alone being retained, because some old, decrepit, silly people used to go to it. The new era was called Târikhi Ilâhi, or ‘Divine Era.’ On copper coins and gold-mohurs, the era of the Millennium was used, as indicating that the end of the religion of Muhammad, which was to last one thousand years, was drawing near.”