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Originally Posted by Richard G
The script looks Persian to me. If this is so the date could be according to the the Jalali calendar, which is solar based, and the only real difference is it starts, as does the Islamic calendar, at the flight to Medina. Thus +621 years would give a date of 1947.
The Jalali calendar was devised by, amongst others, our old friend Omar Khayyam, to overcome the problem of the Islamic calendar losing step withe the seasons.
Regards
Richard
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Salaams ~ and whose poems are world famous...
Omar Khayyám.
Philosopher
Ghiyāth ad-Dīn Abu'l-Fatḥ ʿUmar ibn Ibrāhīm al-Khayyām Nīshāpūrī was a Persian polymath, philosopher, mathematician, astronomer and poet. He also wrote treatises on mechanics, geography, mineralogy, music, and Islamic theology.
Born: May 18, 1048, Nishapur, Iran
Died: December 4, 1131, Greater Khorasan
Nationality: Iranian.
(Quoted from Wikipedia)
Regards,
Ibrahiim al Balooshi.