Jumada al-Thani

Jumada al-Thani (جُمَادَىٰ ٱلثَّانِي), also known as Jumada al-Akhirah (جُمَادَىٰ ٱلْآخِرَة), Jumada al-Akhir (جُمَادَىٰ ٱلْآخِر), or Jumada II, is the sixth month of the Islamic calendar. The word Jumda (جمد), from which the name of the month is derived, is used to denote dry, parched land, a land devoid of rain. Jumādā (جُمَادَىٰ) may also be related to a verb meaning "to freeze", and another account relates that water would freeze in pre-Islamic Arabia during this time of year.

In Ottoman Turkish, the month was called Jèmāzìyyu-'l-ākhir, or G̃emazi-yèl- A her. The month's Turkish abbreviation was jìm', and its Latin abbreviation was ''Djem. II''. This is also spelled Cümadelahir or Cümâd-el-âhire. The modern Turkish spellings are Cemaziyelahir and Cemaziyelsani.

Timing
The Islamic calendar is a purely lunar calendar, and months begin when the first crescent of a new moon is sighted. Since the Islamic lunar year is 11 to 12 days shorter than the solar year, Jumada al-Thani migrates throughout the seasons. The estimated start and end dates for Jumada al-Thani are as follows (based on the Umm al-Qura calendar of Saudi Arabia ):

Islamic events

 * 03 Jumada al-Thani, death of Muhammad's (SAW) daughter Fatimah in 11 AH.
 * 03 Jumada al-Thani, death of Harun al-Rashid, the fifth Abbasid caliph.
 * 10 Jumada al-Thani, victory of Ali in the Battle of Bassorah (Jamal).
 * 13 Jumada al-Thani, death of Umm al-Banin (the mother of Abbas ibn Ali).
 * 20 Jumada al-Thani, birth of Muhammad's (SAW) daughter Fatima Zahra.
 * 22 Jumada al-Thani, death of Caliph Abu Bakr.
 * In 8 AH, Dhat as-Salasil.
 * 25 Jumada al-Thani of 564 AH, Saladin became amir of Egypt.