Solar Hijri calendar
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The Solar Hijri calendar is the official calendar of Iran and the most widely-used calendar in Afghanistan. It is a solar calendar, based on the Earth's orbit around the Sun. Each year begins on the d
A Solar Hijri calendar of year 1383 SH showing the second month of Ordibehesht (thus April–May 2004; see conversion table below). The month's name comes from the Avestan word for Asha.
A Persian-language contract published in Tehran on 14 April 1910, which used Lunar Hijri calendar
Hijrah
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The Hijrah, also Hegira, was the journey the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his followers took from Mecca to Medina. The year in which the Hijrah took place is also identified as the epoch of the Lunar
Solar Hijri calendar
…calendar is a "Hijri calendar" because that was the year that Muhammad is believed to have left from Mecca to Medina; this event is referred to as the Hijrah. The calendar is widely used by many Central Asian and West Asian ethnic groups, such as the Kurds, Pashtuns, Tajiks, Hazaras, Persians, Azerbaijanis…
Islamic miniature depicting Jibril delivering to Muhammad a message from God telling him to undertake the Hijrah
Quba Mosque, the first mosque in the history of Islam, at the outskirts of Medina. It was founded by Islamic prophet Muhammad when he immigrated to Medina