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Hijra, Hijrah, Hegira, Hejira, Hijrat or Hijri are terms with multiple meanings that may refer to:
Islam
[edit]- Hijrah (also Hejira or Hegira), the migration of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 CE
- Migration to Abyssinia or First Hegira, of Muhammad's followers in 615 CE
- Lunar Hijri calendar (widely known as "the Islamic calendar", although there is more than one Islamic calendar), the lunar calendar used by the majority of Muslims
- Hijri year (Anno Hegirae, AH), the number of a year in the Hijri calendar
- Solar Hijri calendar, a solar Islamic calendar used primarily in Iran and Afghanistan
Literature
[edit]- Hijra, by the Malayalam poet Moyinkutty Vaidyar
- Hegira (novel), by Greg Bear, 1979
- Hegira, a fictional exodus from Earth in the Hyperion Cantos novels
Music
[edit]- Hejira (album), by Joni Mitchell, 1976
- Hejira (band), a British Joni Mitchell cover band
- Hijrah, a 2016 album by George Hirsch
Other uses
[edit]- HIJRA (Humanitarian Initiative Just Relief Aid), an African organization
- Hijra (South Asia), a term for eunuchs, transgender and intersex people
- Hijrat, a South Asian term for protest emigration
- Hijrat (film), Pakistani, 2016