Recorded History

Recorded History

Beginning of the Islamic Calendar

622 CE

In 622 Muhammad and his followers left Mecca for Yathrib, the city later called Medina. That migration, the Hijra, was a journey over days, not a single dated instant.

Muhammad and his followers left Mecca for Yathrib, later Medina, a journey known as the Hijra.

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