During the current year 1952, corresponding to the Hijra years 1371–2, two gatherings have been planned to celebrate, a little belatedly, the millenary of the birth of Ibn Sīnā in Ṣafar 370 (August, 980). The first, under the general patronage of the Arab League and the direction of a special Committee in Iraq, was held in Baghdad from 20th to 28th March. The second, under the direction of a Persian Committee, is provisionally scheduled to be held in Teheran and Hamadan later in the year. The two celebrations, far from being mutually exclusive, are intended to be complementary. Strong Persian and Turkish delegations attended the Baghdad meeting, in addition to delegations from Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, and Libya, and representatives of Unesco and Western orientalism; and similar delegations are expected to attend the meeting in Persia.