# Mid-Shaban / نیمه شعبان

_Day to keep · Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council · https://iranians.global/heritage/days/mid-shaban/_

Sunni communities keep a night of prayer on 15 Shaban. Shia communities mark the birth of Imam al-Mahdi on this day.

## Record

- **Kind**: religious
- **Calendar**: lunar-hijri
- **Date**: 15 Shaban, Lunar Hijri (moves about 11 days earlier each year) · _to verify_
- **Communities**: sunni, shia

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## See also

- [Heritage](https://iranians.global/heritage/)