23 Ramadan

23 Ramadan is the twenty-third day of the ninth month (Ramadan) of the Islamic calendar.

In the Lunar Hijri calendar, this day is the 259th day of the year.

Births

 * 220 AH – Ahmad ibn Tulun, the founder of the Tulunid dynasty that ruled Egypt and Syria between 868 and 905 AD

Deaths

 * 247 AH – Ahmad ibn Isa ibn Zayd, the grandson of Zayd ibn Ali, one of the famous Alawites of the early Abbasid caliphate and one of the famous Zaidiyyah scholars
 * 539 AH – Fatemeh Baghdadieh, an Iraqis Hadith scholar woman who lived mostly in Isfahan
 * 1384 AH – Javad Fumani Haeri,  an Iranian Ayatollah, revolutionary fighter and Shia scholar

Events

 * 491 AH – Occupation of Jerusalem by the Crusaders
 * 1254 AH – End of writing the valuable jurisprudential book "Jawahir al-Kalam" by Muhammad Hasan al-Najafi
 * 1261 AH – End of writing the perfect book on Islamic philosophy "Manẓuma" by Hadi Sabzavari
 * 1392 AH – End of writing the notable tafsir (exegesis of the Quran) "Tafsir al-Mizan" by Muhammad Husayn Tabatabai
 * The day of the revelation of the Quran, holy book of Islam (more probable, according to the narrations)

Holidays and observances

 * The third Qadr Night of Ramadan according to Shiites and most important of them, holding an official nightlife worship ceremony called Ehya night in Iran