Saligrah Khushiali or Salgirah Khushiali is a celebration of the birthday of present (Hazar) Imam (currently Aga Khan V) on October 12 held by Nizari Ismaili Shiʿi Muslims.Salima Versi, 'Make This Your Home:The Impact of Religion on Acculturation. The Case of Canadian Khoja Nizari Isma'ilis from East Africa' (unpublished MA thesis, Queen's University, 2010), p. 59, fn. 40.
The first word of the term comes from (sâl 'year') and (gereh 'knot'); 'thus salgirah refers to an anniversary added on to a string kept for the purpose'.Mumtaz Ali Tajddin, 'SALGIRAH', Encyclopaedia of Ismailism. Borrowed from Persian into Urdu and Hindi, the word means 'anniversary'.“سالگرہ”, in Rekha Urdu Dictionary (Noida: Rekhta Foundation, 2021). The second word comes from (xošhâli 'happiness').
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