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Hijra calendar

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A calendar counting lunar years since the flight (hijra) of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina

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      Thomas A. Carlson, “Hijra calendar” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/practice/155.

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