Brewer's: Dgellabæ'an

The Persian era. Dgella Eddin, son of Togrul Beg, appointed eight astronomers to reform the calendar. The era began A.D. 1075, and is followed to this day.

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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