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Brewer's: Hegira
The epoch of the flight of Mahomet from Mecca, when he was expelled by the magistrates, July 16th, 622. Mahometans date from this event. (Arabic, hejira, departure.)
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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