Rabbi al-Awwal 17
From Mw
- 29th August 1179 (17th Rabbi al-Awwal 575) - Saladin captures the castle at Bait al-Ahazon and approximately 700 prisoners are captured.
- 23rd August 1929 (17th Rabbi al-Awwal 1348) - Arab mob murders 67 innocent Jews in Hebron on (unfounded) rumours that thousands of Arabs had been killed by Jews in Jerusalem.
- 4th February 1980 (17th Rabbi al-Awwal 1400) - Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini names Abolhassan Banisadr as president of Iran.

