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Hijri calendar

Meaning in history, with examples

nounCommon term

In history, Hijri calendar means: An Islamic lunar calendar whose era is counted from the year of the Hijra.

In Turkish: Hicri takvim

How it is used

AH may accompany Hijri years; a lunar year does not coincide with a Gregorian year.

Example sentences

  1. The endowment deed gives its date in the Hijri calendar.

    The calendar identifies the system needed to interpret the date.

  2. She kept the original Hijri calendar date beside the converted one.

    Keeping both forms lets readers check the conversion.

Common collocations

  • Hijri calendar date
  • convert from the Hijri calendar
  • chronologyThe order in which events happened, or a list or table that sets out events and their dates in that order.
  • Ottoman EmpireThe state founded in north-western Anatolia around 1300 by the dynasty of Osman, which grew into an empire across south-eastern Europe, western Asia and North Africa and lasted until 1922.

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