Bahrain

Columns: Date | English name | Local ( Arabic ) name | Description
1 January | New Year 's Day | رأس السنة الميلادية | The Gregorian New Year 's Day | 1 May | Labour Day | يوم العمال | Locally called Eid Al Oumal ( Workers ' Day ) | 16 December | National Day | اليوم الوطني | National Day of Bahrain | 17 December | Accession Day | يوم الجلوس | Accession Day for the late Amir Sh . Isa Bin Salman Al Khalifa | 1st Muharram | Islamic New Year | رأس السنة الهجرية | Islamic New Year ( also known as : Hijri New Year ) | 9th , 10th Muharram | Day of Ashura | عاشوراء | Represented on the 9th and 10th day of the Hijri month of Muharram . Coincided with the memory of the martyrdom of Imam Hussein | 12th Rabiul Awwal | Prophet Muhammad 's birthday | المولد النبوي | Commemorates Prophet Muhammad 's birthday , celebrated in most parts of the Muslim world | 1st , 2nd , and 3rd Shawwal | Little Feast | عيد الفطر | Commemorates the end of Ramadan | 9th Zulhijjah | Arafat Day | يوم عرفة | Commemoration of Muhammad 's final sermon and completion of the message of Islam | 10th , 11th , 12th , and 13th Zulhijjah | Feast of the Sacrifice | عيد الأضحى | Commemorates Ibrahim 's willingness to sacrifice his son . Also known as the Big Feast ( celebrated from the 10th to 13th )

Example questions:
What Islamic holiday in Bahrain marks the martyrdom of the third Shia Imam and the grandson of the Islamic prophet Mommad ? | The date of the most celebrated holiday worldwide follows a calendar named after Pope Gregory XIII that was introduced in what year ? | The Mawlid holiday in Bahrain is the celebration of whose birthday , made an official holiday in 1588 ? | The second holiest month in Bahrain marks the beginning of a new Hijri year in what religion ?

Answers:
Day of Ashura | 1582 | Muhammad | Islam