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- noun Islam the
Islamic lunar calendar ; begins with themigration ofMuhammad , 16 July 622AD ;months begin atsunset on theday ofvisual sighting of thenew moon .
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The New Year on the Islamic calendar, or Hijri, announces the year as 1432, which began on the first evening of the month of Muharram, or December 7, 2010, on the Christian Gregorian calendar.
Warren J. Blumenfeld: Challenging The Christian Month Of December Warren J. Blumenfeld 2011
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She replied: “Oh Yes .. since we are in the 4th Hijri year and we've never heard of soap, shampoo, and Johnson & Johnson's wet wipes?”
Global Voices in English » Egypt: Anti-Male Circumcision Campaign 2009
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The New Year on the Islamic calendar, or Hijri, announces the year as 1432, which began on the first evening of the month of Muharram, or December 7, 2010, on the Christian Gregorian calendar.
Warren J. Blumenfeld: Challenging The Christian Month Of December Warren J. Blumenfeld 2011
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Abd al-Haqq, entitled Amanat Khan…in the year 1045 Hijri.
Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010
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The Hijri years are abbreviated A.H. , from the Latin anno Hegirae —the year of the Hijra.
Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010
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The Hijri years are abbreviated A.H. , from the Latin anno Hegirae —the year of the Hijra.
Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010
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Abd al-Haqq, entitled Amanat Khan…in the year 1045 Hijri.
Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010
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The dates are applied based on the Hijri calendar of twelve lunar months (instead of the Gregorian solar months) and begin on the Gregorian calendar in A.D. 622, the year the Prophet Muhammad emigrated from Mecca to Medina (known as the Hijra).
Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010
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The dates are applied based on the Hijri calendar of twelve lunar months (instead of the Gregorian solar months) and begin on the Gregorian calendar in A.D. 622, the year the Prophet Muhammad emigrated from Mecca to Medina (known as the Hijra).
Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010
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Written on Wednesday, 28 Ramadan al-Mubarak 1314 Hijri corresponding to 3 March 1897
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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