Hijra

Look up hijra, Hijra, Hegira, هِجْرَة, or हिजड़ा in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Hijra, hejira, or hegira may refer to:

Islam

• Hijra (Islam), the migration of Muhammad and his followers to the city of Medina in 622 CE
• Hijra year, any year in the Islamic calendar, reckoned from the Hijra
• First hijra or the Migration to Abyssinia, 615 CE

Other uses

• Hijra (South Asia), one of the many terms in the culture of South Asia used to refer individuals who consider themselves as transgender or transsexual
• Hejira (album), an album by Joni Mitchell
  • "Hejira" (song), a song by Joni Mitchell
• Hegira (novel), a 1979 science fiction novel by Greg Bear
• Hegira, a fictional exodus from Earth to other parts of the galaxy in the Hyperion Cantos science fiction novels

See also

• Hijrat (film), an upcoming Pakistani film
• Hijara, a board game
• Meccan boycott of the Hashemites, 617–619
• Hiigara, the fictional planet of the Kushan in the computer game Homeworld