American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1

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Author: Noah Webster

Hegira

HEGI’RA, n. In chronology, an epoch among the Mohammedans, from which they compute time. The event which gave rise to it was the flight of Mohammed from Mecca; from which the magistrates, fearing his impostures might raise a sedition, expelled him, July 10, A.D. 622,under the reign of the emperor Heraclius.

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Chicago: Noah Webster Jr., "Hegira," American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1 (New York: S. Converse, 1828), Original Sources, accessed December 5, 2023, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4TXC6LCA7TLSB2N.

MLA: Webster, Noah, Jr. "Hegira." American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, in An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, New York, S. Converse, 1828, Original Sources. 5 Dec. 2023. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4TXC6LCA7TLSB2N.

Harvard: Webster, N, 'Hegira' in American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1. cited in 1828, An American Dictionary of the English Language, Vol. 1, S. Converse, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 5 December 2023, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=4TXC6LCA7TLSB2N.