Hegira

Hejra, or Hijra, an Arab word which means “ going away,” the term commonly used to indicate Mohammed’s flight from Mecca, be 13, 622 a. p. In 689 or 640 the Caliph Omar instituted a new Moslem calendar, to begin with the first day of the first month of the year in which the flight took place. e Heiberg, Johann Ludvig, 2a Danish poet and critic, son of Peter Andreas; born in Copenhagen, Dec. 14, 1791. He was known as a sound critic and a graceful e ayist, and was long the undisputed law-giver of the Danish Parna us. He died in Bonder up, See land, Aug. 25, 1860.