Saligrah Khushiali or Salgirah Khushiali is a celebration of the birthday of present (Hazar) Imam, Aga Khan IV, on December 13 held by Nizari Ismaili Shiʿi Muslims.[1]
The first word of the term comes from Persian: سال (sâl 'year') and Persian: گره (gereh 'knot'); 'thus salgirah refers to an anniversary added on to a string kept for the purpose'.[2] Borrowed from Persian into Urdu and Hindi, the word means 'anniversary'.[3] The second word comes from Persian: خوشحالی (xošhâli 'happiness').
References
edit- ^ Salima Versi, 'Make This Your Home:The Impact of Religion on Acculturation. The Case of Canadian Khoja Nizari Isma'ilis from East Africa' (unpublished MA thesis, Queen's University, 2010), p. 59, fn. 40.
- ^ Mumtaz Ali Tajddin, 'SALGIRAH', Encyclopaedia of Ismailism.
- ^ “سالگرہ”, in Rekha Urdu Dictionary (Noida: Rekhta Foundation, 2021).
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