Hira

Hira is a cave where Islamic prophet Muhammad received his first revelations from Allah. Hira may also mean:

People

• Hira (surname)
• Heera, or Hira, an Indian given name
• Hira Habibshah, a Big Brother 2009 (UK) contestant

Places

• Al-Hirah, an ancient Arab city in Iraq
• Hira Mountains, Japan
• Hira, New Zealand, settlement north-east of Nelson, New Zealand
• Hira (ghetto), an old Jewish ghetto in Tunis, see History of the Jews in Tunisia

Other uses

• The Hira Company Ltd, the parent company of Texet Sales Ltd, a British distributor of calculators and electronic devices
• "Hira", a song by Redgum from their 1984 album Frontline
• Hazard Identification and Risk Assessment, a technique used to identify add address occupational safety and health risks