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Muhammad’s escape from Mecca to Medina in ad 622 The Muslim system of counting years is calculated from this time .
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(the) Hegira
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the Hegira — UK [ˈhedʒɪrə] / UK [hɪˈdʒaɪrə] / US [həˈdʒaɪrə] / US [ˈhedʒɪrə] noun [singular] Muhammad s escape from Mecca to Medina in ad 622. The Muslim system of counting years is calculated from this time … English dictionary
A Life of Mahomet and History of Islam to the Era of the Hegira — or The Life of Mahomet is a book written by William Muir. It was first published in London by Smith, Elder Co. between 1858 and 1864.The book was also printed in London, 1877 [http://www.al shia.com/html/eng/articles/mahdi/almahdi/04.htm] … Wikipedia
Hegira calendar — Hegira cal|en|dar the Muslim system of dividing a year of 354 days into 12 months and starting to count the years from the Hegira … Dictionary of contemporary English
The Church in China — The Church in China † Catholic Encyclopedia ► The Church in China Ancient Christians The introduction of Christianity into China has been ascribed not only to the Apostle of India, St. Thomas, but also to St. Bartholomew. In the… … Catholic encyclopedia
The Years of Rice and Salt — infobox Book | name = The Years of Rice and Salt title orig = translator = image caption = Cover of first UK hardcover edition, published by HarperCollins in 2002. author = Kim Stanley Robinson illustrator = cover artist = country = United States … Wikipedia
Hegira calendar — noun (singular) the Muslim system of dividing a year of 354 days into 12 months and starting to count the years from the Hegira … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
hegira — also hejira noun Etymology: the Hegira, flight of Muhammad from Mecca in A.D. 622, from Medieval Latin, from Arabic hijra, literally, departure Date: 1753 a journey especially when undertaken to escape from a dangerous or undesirable situation ;… … New Collegiate Dictionary
the Hejira — UK [ˈhedʒɪrə] / UK [hɪˈdʒaɪrə] / US [həˈdʒaɪrə] / US [ˈhedʒɪrə] another spelling of the Hegira … English dictionary
Hegira (novel) — Hegira is a 1979 science fiction novel by Greg Bear (ISBN 0 7592 0684 8). It deals with themes including cyclic time, artificial intelligence, artificial life, and artificial structures of planetary scale.In the novel, young humans (i.e.… … Wikipedia
hegira — 1580s, the flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina (July 16, 622 C.E.), from which event the Islamic calendar reckons, from M.L. hegira, from Arabic hijrah departure, from hajara to depart … Etymology dictionary
