13 Rajab
13 Rajab is the thirteenth day of the seven month of the Islamic calendar.
In the conventional Lunar Hijri calendar, this day is the 190th day of the year.
Births
- 23 before Hijrah — Ali ibn Abi Talib, the first Imam of the Shiites & sunni,, the fourth caliph of Islam, born in the year of 23 before Hijrah of Muhammad the founder of the world religion of Islam, 30th year after the Year of the Elephant
- 1344 AH — Abdul-Karim Mousavi Ardebili, an Iranian reformist politician and Twelver Shi'a marja
- 1348 AH — Seyyed Mohammad Ali Rowzati, Shiite bibliographer and translator
Deaths
- 279 AH – Mohammad ibn Isa Tirmidhi, a Persian Islamic scholar and collector of hadith
- 1327 AH – Sheikh Fazlollah Noori, a prominent Shia Muslim scholar and theorist
- 1435 AH – Mohammad Baqer Shirazi, an Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja
Holidays and observances
- The beginning of The [White Days|the white days] of the month of Rajab
- The beginning of the Iʿtikāf three days Islamic ceremony in Iran
- Father's Day, on the occasion of the birth of Ali ibn Abi Talib, in Iran, Pakistan, Mauritania, Somalia and Sudan