Hijra, Hijrah, Hegira, Hejira, Hijrat or Hijri may refer to:

Islam

* Hijrah (often written as ''Hejira'' in older texts), the migration of Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 CE * Migration to Abyssinia or First Hegira, of Muhammad's followers in 615 CE * Lunar Hijri calendar (widely known as "the Islamic calendar", although there is more than one Islamic calendar), the lunar calendar used by the majority of Muslims ** Hijri year (, AH), the number of a year in the Hijri calendar * Solar Hijri calendar, a solar Islamic calendar used primarily in Iran and Afghanistan

Literature

* ''Hijra'', by the Malayalam poet Moyinkutty Vaidyar * ''Hegira'' (novel), by Greg Bear, 1979 *Hegira, a fictional exodus from Earth in the '' Hyperion Cantos'' novels

Music

* ''Hejira'' (album), by Joni Mitchell, 1976 * ''Hijrah'', a 2016 album by

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Other uses

* HIJRA (Humanitarian Initiative Just Relief Aid), an African organization *

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, a term for eunuchs, and intersex people * Hijrat, a South Asian term for protest emigration * ''Hijrat'' (film), Pakistani, 2016

Islam

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