Hijra
noun/ˈhɪdʒrə/
/ˈhɪdʒrə/
(also Hejira, Hegira)
[singular]- (usually the Hijra)the occasion when Muhammad left Mecca to go to Medina in AD 622
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- the period that began at this time; the Muslim era
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