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The Hijri year (Arabic: سَنة هِجْريّة) or era (التقويم الهجريat-taqwīm al-hijrī) is the era used in the Islamic lunar calendar. It begins its count from the Islamic New Year in which Muhammad and his followers migrated from Mecca to Yathrib (now Medina) in 622 CE. This event, known as the Hijrah, is commemorated in Islam for its role in the founding of the first Muslim community (ummah).
In the West, this era is most commonly denoted as AH (Latin: Anno Hegirae, /ˈænoʊˈhɛdʒɪriː/, 'in the year of the Hijra') in parallel with the Christian/Common (AD/CE) and Jewish eras (AM) and can similarly be placed before (preferably) or after the date. In predominantly Muslim countries, it is also commonly abbreviated H ("Hijra") from its Arabic abbreviation hāʾ (هـ). Years prior to AH 1 are reckoned in English as BH ("Before the Hijrah"), which should follow the date.[1]
A year in the Islamic lunar calendar consists of twelve lunar months and has only 354 or 355 days in its year. Consequently, its New Year's Day occurs ten days earlier each year relative to the Gregorian calendar. The year 2024 CE corresponds to the Islamic years AH 1445 – 1446; AH 1445 corresponds to 2023 – 2024 in the Common Era.[a]
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The Hijriyear (Arabic: سَنة هِجْريّة) or era (التقويم الهجري at-taqwīm al-hijrī) is the era used in the Islamic lunar calendar. It begins its count from...
Year (Arabic: رأس السنة الهجرية, Raʿs as-Sanah al-Hijrīyah), also called the Hijri New Year, is the day that marks the beginning of a new lunar Hijri...
The Solar Hijri calendar is a solar calendar and one of the various Iranian calendars. It begins on the March equinox as determined by the astronomical...
The Hijri calendar (Arabic: ٱلتَّقْوِيم ٱلْهِجْرِيّ, romanized: al-taqwīm al-hijrī), or Arabic calendar also known in English as the Muslim calendar and...
Mundi ("year of the world"), used for the Hebrew calendar and abbreviated AM; and the Japanese imperial eras. The Islamic Hijriyear, (year of the Hijrah...
information (like the day of the week) is available. Its calendar era is the Hijriyear. An example is the Fatimid or Misri calendar. It is used by some Muslims...
used by the majority of Muslims Hijriyear (Anno Hegirae, AH), the number of a year in the Hijri calendar Solar Hijri calendar, a solar Islamic calendar...
Gregorian date of 1 Muharram, the first day of the year in the Islamic calendar, is given. The first Hijriyear (AH 1) was retrospectively considered to have...
popularly known as Sidi Saiyyid ni Jali locally, built in 1572–73 AD (Hijriyear 980), is one of the most famous mosques of Ahmedabad, a city in the state...
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reverted to Solar Hijri. Correspondence of Solar Hijri and Gregorian calendars (Solar Hijri leap years are marked *): Iran portal Solar Hijri calendar Tabarian...
Allah in several verses of the Quran revealed to Muhammad in the second Hijriyear. Prior to this revelation, Muhammad and his followers in Medina faced...
number was roughly equivalent to the Hijriyear (see Rumi calendar). As the solar year is longer than the lunar year this originally entailed the use of...
The term Hijri calendar has more than one meaning. There are three calendars that have the Hijrah as their epoch In most Islamic countries The Islamic...
1 and Afs. 2 coins show years of SH 1340 and the Afs. 5 coin shows the year AH 1381. On 11 April 2005, coins were introduced in denominations of Af. 1...
the event to Hijriyear 120 or to the year 460 of the Diocletian era. The dates are incompatible as the Hijriyear corresponds to year 737/738 Anno Domini...
battles of Badr and Uhud. Almost all of it also belongs to the third Hijriyear, though a minority of its verses might have been revealed during the visit...
saint who came from Jeddah; his festival is celebrated during Rajab every Hijriyear. Goripalayam Mosque is located in Gorippalayam, the name of which is derived...
British India (in present-day Shamli district, Uttar Pradesh, India). His year of birth can be computed by the tarikhi (chronogrammatic) name "Akhtar Ilyas"...
Related lists List of aircraft of the Iranian Air Force Notes The Solar Hijriyear 1391 on the Iranian calendar Citations Saeqeh-80 / Owj Archived 2006-09-29...
presumably under Chahamana control. According to Sirhindi, sometime in 1191 (Hijriyear 587), Prithviraj marched against the Ghurid army with infantry, cavalry...
or Waddan occurred on the 12th of Rajab in the second Hijriyear or in Safar of the same year. Muhammad took a force of 70 men and when he reached Waddan...
Portuguese fleet arrived off the city’s coast on Easter day, 1517 (12 April), Hijriyear 923, and moored in the channel. After a quick naval action that day with...
2011 to 2021, the fiscal year began on 1 Hamal (20th or 21 March). The fiscal year aligned with the Persian or Solar Hijri calendar used in Afghanistan...
days. The Lunar Hijri calendar is a lunar calendar consisting of 12 months in a year of 354 or 355 days. The astronomer's mean tropical year, which is averaged...
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