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hegira

[hi-jahy-ruh, hej-er-uh] / hɪˈdʒaɪ rə, ˈhɛdʒ ər ə /






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There appear to be some discrepancies in the Year of the Hegira, particularly in the sidenotes.

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The Mahommedan year is a lunar one, about 11 days shorter than the Christian; allowance must be made for this in translating Hegira dates into Christian dates; thus A.H.

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It has thus come to pass that "The Removal" is a great epoch in our annals—our Hegira—the A. U. C. of all Quodlibetarians.

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It was his Hegira, whence he returned a full-fledged Prophet of the French.

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Father Montoya, chief Jesuit, has left an account of the Hegira which he led down the river.

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