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HEGIRA Definition & Legal Meaning

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The epoch or account of time used by the Arabians and the Turks, whobegin their computation from the day that Mahomet was compelled to escape fromMecca, which happened on Friday, July 16, A. D. 622, under the reign of the EmperorHeraclius. Wharton.

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