Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "The Hegira or Hijrah (Arabic: هِجْرَة), also romanized as Hijra and Hejira, is the migration or journey of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Yathrib, later renamed by him to Medina, in the year 622 CE. In June 622 CE, after being warned of a plot to assassinate him, Muhammad secretly left his home in Mecca to emigrate to Yathrib, 320 km (200 mi) north of Mecca, along with his companion Abu Bakr. Yathrib was soon renamed Madīnat an-Nabī, literally \"the City of the Prophet\", but an-Nabī was soon dropped, so its name is \"Medina\", meaning \"the city\".The Hijrah is also often identified erroneously with the start of the Hijri calendar which was set to Julian 16 July 622."@en }
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- Hegira abstract "The Hegira or Hijrah (Arabic: هِجْرَة), also romanized as Hijra and Hejira, is the migration or journey of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and his followers from Mecca to Yathrib, later renamed by him to Medina, in the year 622 CE. In June 622 CE, after being warned of a plot to assassinate him, Muhammad secretly left his home in Mecca to emigrate to Yathrib, 320 km (200 mi) north of Mecca, along with his companion Abu Bakr. Yathrib was soon renamed Madīnat an-Nabī, literally \"the City of the Prophet\", but an-Nabī was soon dropped, so its name is \"Medina\", meaning \"the city\".The Hijrah is also often identified erroneously with the start of the Hijri calendar which was set to Julian 16 July 622.".