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| Anno Hejirea (in the year of the Hijra). Used to signify a date in the Muslim calendar. The Muslim calendar is based on lunar years which in most years are 13 days shorter than solar years. The beginning of the calendar is AD 622, the year of the Hijra (Hejira), the flight of the Prophet Muḥammad from Mecca to Medina. |
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| Anno Hejirea — in the year of the Hegira; date reckoned according to the Muḥammadan era, which began in 622 A.D. with the "fight" — properly emigration or severing of relations — of Muḥammad from Mecca to Medina. Other spelling: Hijrah. |
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| "After Hijírah." Date of Muḥammad's migration from Mecca to Medina, and basis of Muḥammadan chronology. |
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