Tasnif Style Guide

Tasnif Style Guide — Page 114

114 TAŞNİF STYLE GUIDE ERA BEFORE THE NUMERICAL YEAR AD AH (anno Domini, 'in the year of our Lord') should be placed before the numerical year, as in "The Council of Nycaea occurred in AD 325' (not 325 AD). When writing out the century with AD, it should be the fourth century AD as opposed to AD fourth century. (anno Hegirae, 'in the year of the Hijrah'), the Muslim calendar which begins from 16 July 622 (the migration date of the Holy Prophetas from Makkah to Medinah). This should be written as: 'The Battle of Badr took place in AH 2. ' ERA AFTER THE NUMERICAL YEAR BC BCE (before Christ) is written out after the numerical year, such as: 120 BC (not BC 120). (Before Common Era) and CE (Common Era) are substituted for BC and AD primarily to avoid express- ing the date in terms of the Christian calendar. An example of writing this is: 'The Council of Nicaea occurred in 325 CE. To summarize, AD and AH precede the year number; BC, BCE, BP, and CE follow it.