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  2. Migration to Abyssinia - Wikipedia

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    The migration to Abyssinia (Arabic: الهجرة إلى الحبشة, romanized: al-hijra ʾilā al-habaša), also known as the First Hijra (الهجرة الأولى, al-hijrat al'uwlaa), was an episode in the early history of Islam, where the first followers of the Islamic prophet Muhammad (they were known as the Sahabah, or the companions) migrated from Arabia due to their persecution by ...

  3. Second migration to Abyssinia - Wikipedia

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    Second migration to Abyssinia. This is a sub-article to Muhammad before Medina and Muhammad in Medina. Following the migration and return of the most Sahabas from the first migration to Abyssinia (Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas and some did not return but left Abyssinia by sea for preaching overseas to east Asia), [1] the Muslims continued to suffer ...

  4. Persecution of Muslims by Meccans - Wikipedia

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    The Migration to Abyssinia (Arabic: الهجرة إلى الحبشة, al-hijra ʾilā al-habaša), also known as the First Hijrah (Arabic: هِجْرَة hijrah), was an episode in the early history of Islam, where Muhammad 's first followers (the Sahabah) fled from the persecution of the ruling Quraysh tribe of Mecca.

  5. Abyssinia - Wikipedia

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    Abyssinia (/ æbɪˈsɪniə /; [1] also known as Abyssinie, Abissinia, Habessinien, or Al-Habash) was an ancient region in the Horn of Africa situated in the northern highlands of modern-day Ethiopia and Eritrea. [2] The term was widely used as a synonym for Ethiopia until the mid-20th century and primarily designates the Amhara, Tigrayan and ...

  6. Timeline of the history of Islam (7th century) - Wikipedia

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    A party of Muslims migrates to Abyssinia. 615: Acceptance of Islam by Hamza and Umar; 616: Second migration to Abyssinia. 617: Boycott of the Hashemites and Muhammad by the Quraish. 619: April/May— Lifting of the boycott. Deaths of Abu Talib and Khadija, Year of Sorrow. 620: Visit to Taif, as well as Isra and Miraj.

  7. Ethiopian Empire - Wikipedia

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    The Ethiopian Empire, [a] historically known as Abyssinia or simply Ethiopia, [b] was a sovereign state [16] that encompassed the present-day territories of Ethiopia and Eritrea. It existed from the establishment of the Solomonic dynasty by Yekuno Amlak around 1270 until the 1974 coup d'état by the Derg , which ended the reign of the final ...

  8. Ubayd Allah ibn Jahsh - Wikipedia

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    Ubayd Allah ibn Jahsh ibn Ri'ab (Arabic: عُبَيْد اللَّه ٱبْن جَحْش ٱبْن رِئَاب, romanized: ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Jaḥsh ibn Riʾāb; c. 588–627) was a contemporary of the Islamic prophet Muhammad who apostated from Islam by converting to Christianity following his migration to Abyssinia in around 615 CE. He is ...

  9. History of Ethiopia - Wikipedia

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    History of Ethiopia. Ethiopia is one of the oldest countries in Africa; [1] the emergence of Ethiopian civilization dates back thousands of years. Abyssinia or rather "Ze Etiyopia" was ruled by the Semitic Abyssinians (Habesha) composed mainly of the Amhara, Tigrayans and the Cushitic Agaw.