hedschra

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ألمانية - الإنجليزية
hegira
A journey taken to escape from danger; an exodus

By all odds the most remarkable westward migration before the California gold rush of 1849 was the Mormon hegira to the Great Salt Lake basin.

(Din) Hijra, as an Arabic word meaning migration (also romanised as hijrah, hejira and hegira) (cf. Hebrew הגירה hagirah for emigration) refers to the emigration of Muhammad and his followers to the city of Medina in 622, marking the first year of the Islamic calendar, 1 AH (anno higirae)
{n} the epoch or date, used by the Turks
622 (subsequently established as the first year of the Moslem era); hence, any flight or exodus regarded as like that of Mohammed
the flight of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 which marked the beginning of the Muslim era; the Muslim calendar begins in that year
The flight of Mohammed from Mecca, September 13, A