Mohammed's escape from Mecca to Medina in 622 A.D. (Muslim chronological era is reckoned from that date)
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Hegira Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(n.)
The flight of Mohammed from Mecca, September 13, A. D. 622 (subsequently established as the first year of the Moslem era); hence, any flight or exodus regarded as like that of Mohammed.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutThe flight of Mohammed from Mecca, September 13, A. D. 622 (subsequently established as the first year of the Moslem era); hence, any flight or exodus regarded as like that of Mohammed.
hegira
\he*gi"ra\ (?; 277), n. [written also hejira.] [ar. hijrah flight.] the flight of mohammed from mecca, september 13, a. d. 622 (subsequently established as the first year of the moslem era); hence, any flight or exodus regarded as like that of mohammed.
note: the starting point of the era was made to begin, not from the date of the flight, but from the first day of the arabic year, which corresponds to july 16, a. d. 622.
hegira
n : a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment [syn: exodus, hejira]
Noun
1. the flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 which marked the beginning of the Muslim era; the Muslim calendar begins in that year
(synonym) Hejira
(hypernym) escape, flight
Noun
1. a journey by a large group to escape from a hostile environment
(synonym) exodus, hejira
(hypernym) escape, flight
Hegira Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
HIJRA - Humanitarian Initiative Just Relief Aid is a humanitarian and development organization that came into existence in 1992; since then the organization has worked to alleviate the suffering and improve the lives of those adversely affected by conflict and natural disaster in the Horn of Africa.
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Hijra (also romanised as hijrah, hejira and hegira) as an Arabic word meaning migration or flight may refer to:
- The Hijra (Islam) (هجرة) is the emigration of Muhammad and his followers to the city of Medina in 622 CE, marking the first year of the Islamic calendar, 1 AH (anno Hegirae)
- Hijri year, marks the start of the Hijri year of the Islamic calendar
- Migration to Abyssinia, 615 CE, in which a number of Sahaba migrated to Ethiopia
- Meccan boycott of Hashemites and Muhammad, the second migration, arising from the boycott of 617–619
- Hijra (South Asia), a subculture in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh who are usually intersex or transgender. This subculture is important in many aspects of Indian culture, especially marriage ceremonies.
- Hejira (album), a 1976 album by Joni Mitchell
- "Hejira" (song), the fifth track on the album of the same name
- Hegira (novel), a 1979 science fiction novel by Greg Bear
- The exodus from Earth to other parts of the galaxy taking place before the events of the science fiction Hyperion Cantos.
- Hiigara, the homeworld of the Kushan, who were forced into exile after losing a war with the Taaidan. The plot of the computer game Homeworld details the return of the Kushan exiles to Hiigara. The name means "our home" in ancient Kushan language.
- Hijara, a board game
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