Convert 23 Shaʿban 1445 AH to Gregorian

The fall of Jerusalem to the Crusaders · 492 AH

The First Crusade stormed Jerusalem after a siege of five weeks and committed a terrible massacre in which tens of thousands were killed at al-Aqsa Mosque and throughout the city. It remained in their hands for ninety-one years.

• Falls on Monday, one of the days the Prophet ﷺ regularly kept a voluntary fast.
• Day 23 of 29 in Shaʿban 1445 AH — the final third of the month.

The Prophet ﷺ fasted abundantly in it; the 15th night is widely commemorated as Laylat al-Bara'ah