The Islamic Calendar

The Islamic or Muslim Calendar is also known as the Hijri calendar. Islamic years are also called Hijra years because the first year was the year during which the Hijra occurred - the Islamic prophet Muhammad's, and his followers, emigration from Mecca to Medina in 622 (Common Era). Thus each numbered year is designated either H or AH, the latter being the initials of the Latin anno Hegirae ('in the year of the Hijra').

The Online Islamic Date Converter.

For further information on the Islamic calendar please see the Islamic calendar Wikipedia article.

Also see, the Significance of the Islamic Calendar.

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