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Islamic calendar stamp issued at King Khalid International Airport on 10 Rajab 1428 AH (24 July 2007 CE). The Hijri calendar (Arabic: ٱلتَّقْوِيم ٱلْهِجْرِيّ, romanized: al-taqwīm al-hijrī), also known in English as the Muslim calendar and Islamic calendar, is a lunar calendar consisting of 12 lunar months in a year of 354 or 355 days.
Islamic New Year; Official name: Arabic: رأس السنة الهجرية Raʿs as-Sanah al-Hijrīyah: Also called: Hijri New Year: Observed by: Muslims: Type: Islamic: Begins: Last day of Dhu al-Hijjah
The term Hijri calendar has more than one meaning. There are three calendars that have the Hijrah as their epoch. In most Islamic countries The Islamic calendar, the lunar Hijri calendar based on actual lunar observation.
The Hijri era is calculated according to the Islamic lunar calendar, whose epoch (first year) is the year of Muhammad's Hijrah, and begins on the first day of the month of Muharram (equivalent to the Julian calendar date of July 16, 622 CE).
Resting place: Imam Bukhari Mosque near Samarkand, Uzbekistan: Era: Islamic Golden Age (Abbasid era)Region: Abbasid Caliphate: Main interest(s) Hadith, Aqidah: Notable work(s) Sahih al-Bukhari