Entry record from de Clercq (1890): Ternate
Alif
• the first year of a year-cycle of the Mohammedan era(eng).
Note: The other years are Ha, Jim, Je, Dal, Ba, Wau, and Dal; the fifth and eighth years both have the number 4, as is more often found in the Malay countries. The calculation of the first day of the different months is done for the successive years in the well-known manner.