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908 in various calendars
Gregorian calendar 908
CMVIII
Ab urbe condita 1661
Armenian calendar 357
ԹՎ ՅԾԷ
Assyrian calendar 5658
Balinese saka calendar 829–830
Bengali calendar 315
Berber calendar 1858
Buddhist calendar 1452
Burmese calendar 270
Byzantine calendar 6416–6417
Chinese calendar 丁卯年 (Fire  Rabbit)
3605 or 3398
     to 
戊辰年 (Earth  Dragon)
3606 or 3399
Coptic calendar 624–625
Discordian calendar 2074
Ethiopian calendar 900–901
Hebrew calendar 4668–4669
Hindu calendars
 - Vikram Samvat 964–965
 - Shaka Samvat 829–830
 - Kali Yuga 4008–4009
Holocene calendar 10908
Iranian calendar 286–287
Islamic calendar 295–296
Japanese calendar Engi 8
(延喜8年)
Javanese calendar 807–808
Julian calendar 908
CMVIII
Korean calendar 3241
Minguo calendar 1004 before ROC
民前1004年
Nanakshahi calendar −560
Seleucid era 1219/1220 AG
Thai solar calendar 1450–1451
Tibetan calendar 阴火兔年
(female Fire-Rabbit)
1034 or 653 or −119
     to 
阳土龙年
(male Earth-Dragon)
1035 or 654 or −118
Constantine VII is crowned as co-emperor. Coronation of Constantine VII as co-emperor in 908.jpg
Constantine VII is crowned as co-emperor.

Year 908 ( CMVIII ) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.

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  • August 13 Abbasid caliph al-Muktafi died and he was succeeded by his nominated heir, his younger brother Jafar (Al-Muqtadir).
Gold dinar of Al-Muqtafi, Abbasid caliph Abbasid Dinar, struck under the reign of Al-Muktafi Billah (289-295 AH, 902-908 AD).png
Gold dinar of Al-Muqtafi, Abbasid caliph

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The 920s decade ran from January 1, 920, to December 31, 929.

The 930s decade ran from January 1, 930, to December 31, 939.

The 940s decade ran from January 1, 940, to December 31, 949.

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Year 913 (CMXIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">900</span> Calendar year

Year 900 (CM) was a leap year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">905</span> Calendar year

Year 905 (CMV) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Julian calendar.

Year 915 (CMXV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Julian calendar.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">892</span> Calendar year

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al-Muqtadir 18th Abbasid Caliph (r. 908–932)

Abū’l-Faḍl Jaʿfar ibn Aḥmad ibn Ṭalḥa ibn Jaʿfar ibn Muḥammad ibn Hārūn Al-Muqtadir bi'Llāh, better known by his regnal name al-Muqtadir bi'Llāh, was the eighteenth caliph of the Abbasid Caliphate from 908 to 932 AD, with the exception of a brief deposition in favour of al-Qahir in 929.

Abdallah ibn al-Mu'tazz was the son of the caliph al-Mu'tazz and a political figure, but is better known as a leading Arabic poet and the author of the Kitab al-Badi, an early study of Arabic forms of poetry. This work is considered one of the earliest works in Arabic literary theory and literary criticism.

Yang Longyan (楊隆演), né Yang Ying (楊瀛), also known as Yang Wei (楊渭), courtesy name Hongyuan (鴻源), also known by his temple name as the Emperor Gaozu of Yang Wu (楊吳高祖), was a monarch of the Yang Wu dynasty of China during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, reigning initially as the Commandery Prince of Hongnong and later as the Prince of Wu. Throughout his reign, the governance of the Yang Wu state was under the effective control of the regent Xu Wen.

Al-ʿAbbās ibn al-Ḥasan al-Jarjarāʾī was a senior Abbasid official and vizier from October 904 until his murder on 16 December 908.

References

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  2. Tarján Tamás, augusztus 3. A kalandozó magyarok győzelme Eisenach mellett, Rubicon.
  3. Reuter, Timothy. Germany in the Early Middle Ages 800–1056. New York: Longman, 1991., p. 129.
  4. Chronicon Hermanni Contracti: Ex Inedito Hucusque Codice Augiensi, Unacum Eius Vita Et Continuatione A Bertholdo eius discipulo scripta. Praemittuntur Varia Anecdota. Subiicitur Chronicon Petershusanum Ineditum. 1, Typis San-Blasianis, 1790, p. CVIII, Text from: Gesta Francorum excerpta, ex originali ampliata, Latin text: "980 [...] Ungari in Saxones. Et Burchardus dux Toringorum, et Reodulfus epsicopus, Eginoque aliique quamplurimi occisi sunt devastata terra...". English translation: "908 [...] The Hungarians against the Saxons. Burchard, duke of Thuringia, bishop Rudolf, and Egino were killed with many others and [the Hungarians] devastated the land...".
  5. New History of the Five Dynasties , vol. 63.