A Bahá'í Glossary - Adamic Cycle Chronology - Islamic Era

Adamic Cycle Chronology - Islamic Era - A.H. 1

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• Yawm al-Jum'ah 1 Muḥarram A.H. 1 • Friday 19 July A.D. 622 • Yom Shishi 3 Av A.M. 4382	The Hegira (also called Hijrah) is the migration or journey of the Islamic Prophet Muḥammad and his followers from Mecca to Yat̲h̲rib, later renamed by Him to Medina, in the year 622. In June 622, after being warned of a plot to assassinate Him, Muḥammad secretly left His home in Mecca to emigrate to Yat̲h̲rib, 320 km (200 mi) north of Mecca, along with His companion Abu Bakr. Yat̲h̲rib was soon renamed Madīnat an-Nabī, literally "City of the Prophet", but an-Nabī was soon dropped, so its name is "Medina", meaning "the city". The journey took place Thursday 17 June — Friday 2 July 622 in the Julian calendar.
	The Hijrah is also often identified with the start of the Islamic calendar, which was set to Friday 16 July 622 in the Julian calendar which extrapolates to Friday 19 July 622 in the Gregorian Calendar.
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The dates in the left column do not always match the dates in the text. This is due to the plethora of calcualtions and calculators available. We use the calendar conversions from Calendar Home - Convert a date.
Continuous time periods, e.g., Monday thru Friday or June thru August, are annotated as Monday / Friday and June / August rather than Monday-Friday and June-August in all four calendars. This is to avoid confusion with Islamic days and months which contain a hyphen (or dash), e.g. Yawm ath-Thulatha', Jumadá al-akhirah.
Date Format = Day of the Week Name, Day of the Month Number, Month Name, Year Number -

A.H. = Anno Hejirea - Latin: "In the year of the Hijra" - Muslim / Islamic Calendar.
A.D. = Anno Domini - Latin: "In the year of our Lord" - Christian / Julian Calendar.
A.M. = Anno Mundi - Latin: "In the year of the world"; Hebrew: "To the creation of the world" - Hebrew Calendar.

c. = circa - meaning: "Around, round about, about. The prep. is often used in Eng. with dates, as circa 1400 (c 1400)." (Oxford English Dictionary)

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