This article is about the Islamic festival. For the Hindu lantern, see Kandeel. For other uses, see Qandil.
Kandil (from Arabic: قنديل, romanized: qindīl) refers to five Islamic holy nights, celebrated in Ottoman and Muslim Balkan communities, related to the life of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, when the minarets are illuminated and special prayers are made. It is a tradition dated back to the Ottoman Sultan Selim II of the 16th century, who with the support of the Shaykh al-Islām "Chief Jurisconsult"[1] of the time, thought it was appropriate to light up the minarets on mosques for these blessed occasions.[2]
Kandil is derived from Arabic qindīl "chandelier, candelabra",[3] and refers to an oil lamp. Kandil nights play a less significant role than the Bayram festivals.
In Turkey, Kandil simidi, a special smaller form of simit is commonly sold on Kandil days.
Kandil (from Arabic: قنديل, romanized: qindīl) refers to five Islamic holy nights, celebrated in Ottoman and Muslim Balkan communities, related to the...
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Look up kandil in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Qandil or Kandil (Arabic: قنديل, romanized: qindīl, 'candle') may refer to Kandil, five Islamic holy...
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Arab. New York City: St. Martin's Press. p. 252. ISBN 978-0-312-28683-5. Kandil, Hazem (2012). Soldiers, Spies and Statesmen: Egypt's Road to Revolt. Brooklyn:...
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the ticker SWVL. Swvl was co-founded in Egypt in April 2017 by Mostafa Kandil and two of his school friends, Ahmed Sabbah and Mahmoud Nouh with $30,000...
MB [the Muslim Brotherhood]." According to Cambridge sociologist Hazem Kandil, the Muslim Brotherhood did not aim at taking power during the events leading...
IN. Archived from the original on 2 May 2017. Retrieved 22 January 2018. Kandil, M. A. M.; Khatab, M. E.; Ahmed, S. S.; Schnug, E (2009). "Herbal and essential...
History. 26 (152): 236. doi:10.1525/curh.1954.26.152.235. S2CID 146373886. Kandil 2012, p. 27 Aburish 2004, p. 51 Salahi, Amr (3 July 2019). "Egypt's history...
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