Hijra

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Hijra, as an Arabic word meaning migration (also romanised as hijrah, hejira and hegira) (cf. Hebrew הגירה hagirah for emigration) may refer to:

• The Hijra (Islam) (هجرة) is the emigration of Muhammad and his followers to the city of Medina in 622 CE, marking the first year of the Islamic calendar, 1 AH (anno Hegirae)
• Migration to Abyssinia, 615 CE, in which a number of Sahaba migrated to Ethiopia
• Meccan boycott of Hashemites and Muhammad, the second migration, arising from the boycott of 617–619
• Migration to Medina, the third and final emigration of Muhammad and his followers to the city of Medina in 622
• Hijri year, marks the start of the Hijri year of the Islamic calendar

Hijra may also mean:

• Hijra (South Asia), a "third gender" in Pakistan, India and Bangladesh

Hejira may refer to:

• Hejira (album), a 1976 album by Joni Mitchell
  • "Hejira" (song), the fifth track on the album of the same name

Hegira may refer to:

• Hegira (novel), a 1979 science fiction novel by Greg Bear

Hiigara may refer to:

• Hiigara, the homeworld of the Kushan, who were forced into exile after losing a war with the Taaidan. The plot of the computer game Homeworld details the return of the Kushan exiles to Hiigara. The name means "our home" in ancient Kushan language.^{[citation needed]}

Hijara may refer to:

• Hijara, a board game.

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