Muhajir or Mohajir is an Arabic word meaning emigrant. The Islamic calendar Hejira
Hijri year
The Hijra , or withdrawal, is the emigration of Muhamma
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Muhajir or Mohajir is an Arabic word meaning emigrant. The Islamic calendar Hejira
Hijri year
The Hijra , or withdrawal, is the emigration of Muhammad and his followers to the city of Medina in 622, and marks the start of the Hijri year of the Islamic calendar.... starts when Muhammad
Muhammad
Muhammad Patronymic#Arabic Abd Allah ibn Abd al Muttalib , is the founder of the Major religious groups of Islam and is regarded by Muslims as a Rasul and prophet of , the last and the greatest law-bearer in a series of prophets.... and his companions left Mecca
Mecca
Mecca , also spelled Makkah , Makka is a city in Saudi Arabia. Home to the Masjid al-Haram, it is the holy city in Islam and plays an important role in the faith.... for Medina
Medina
Medina is a city in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia, and serves as the capital of the Al Madinah Province. It is the second holiest city in Islam, and the burial place of the Prophet Muhammad.... in what is known as Hijra
Hijra
Hijra, as an Arabic word meaning Human migration may refer to:*The Hijra is the emigration of Muhammad and his followers to the city of Medina in 622 CE, marking the first year of the Islamic calendar, 1 AH .... . They were called Muhajirun
Muhajirun
Muhajirun are the early, initial Muslims who followed Muhammad on his Hijra . Most of the Muhajirun later pledged allegiance to Ali and count among his earliest Shi'a.... . The Arabic
Arabic language
Arabic is a Central Semitic language, thus related to and classified alongside other Semitic languages languages such as Hebrew language and Aramaic language.... root word for immigration and emigration is Hijrat.
Over centuries, the term has been applied to a number of other Muslim
Muslim
:A Muslim , , is an adherent of the religion of Islam. The feminine form is Muslimah . Literally, the word means "one who submits ".... refugee and emigrant groups:
Muhajir were Muslim refugees that fled Muslim lands in Central Asia due to invasion of the Mongols.... , the Muslim refugees that escaped Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan
Genghis Khan , born , was the founder, Khan and Khagan of the Mongol Empire, the World's largest empires contiguous empire in history.... 's Mongol invasion of Muslim lands in 13th century; they settled in other Muslim lands not touched by the conquerors. Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi fled Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country that is located approximately in the center of Asia.... and settled in Anatolia
Anatolia
Anatolia or Asia Minor is a region of Western Asia, comprising most of the modern Republic of Turkey. It is a geographic region bounded by the Black Sea to the north, the Caucasus to the northeast, the Aegean Sea to the west, the Mediterranean Sea to the south, and the Iranian plateau to the east and southeast.... (modern Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe.... ) to escape the Mongol army.
Muhajir , in Albanian-populated regions including Albania and Kosovo, refers to Albanians from Chameria and parts of Vilayet of Kosovo which were ceded to Serbia and Montenegro.... , Albanians
Albanians
The Albanian people , from southeast Europe, live in Albania and neighbouring countries and speak the Albanian language. About half of Albanians live in Albania, with other large groups residing in Kosovo, the Republic of Macedonia, Serbia, and Montenegro.... that used to live in Serbia
Serbia
Serbia , officially the Republic of Serbia , is a country in Central Europe and Balkans Europe, covering the southern part of the Pannonian Plain and the central part of the Balkans.... (near Nis
NIS
Nis or NIS may refer to: * National Intelligence Service , South Korea's state security agency.* National Intelligence Service , Greece's national intelligence agency.... and Prokuplje
Prokuplje
File:Prokuplje spom3.jpgProkuplje is a town and municipality located in Serbia at 43.24? North, 21.59? East. In 2002 the town had a total population of 27,673, while population of municipality was 48,501.... ), and were violently displaced through the ethnic cleansing
Ethnic cleansing
Ethnic cleansing is a euphemism referring to the persecution through imprisonment, expulsion, or killing of members of an ethnic minority by a majority to achieve ethnic homogeneity in majority-controlled territory.... exercised by Serbian army in 1878. As a consequence, thousands of them settled in Kosovo
Kosovo
Kosovo is a disputed region in the Balkans. Its majority is governed by the partially-recognised Republic of Kosovo . Serbia does not recognise the secession of Kosovo and considers it a United Nations-governed entity within its sovereign territory, the Autonomous Province of Kosovo and Metohija that was re-created by Slobodan M... where they live today.
Muhajir Crimean, the Muslim refugees of Crimean ancestry, Crimean Tatars
Crimean Tatars
Crimean Tatars or Crimeans are a Turkic peoples ethnic group originally residing in Crimea. They speak the Crimean Tatar language. They are not to be confused with the Volga Tatars.... , that settled in Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923.... after the Russian Empire conquered Muslim Crimean Khanate
Crimean Khanate
The Crimean Khanate or the Khanate of Crimea was a Crimean Tatars state from 1441 to 1783. Its native name was Crimean Yurt . The khanate was by far the longest-lived of the Turkic peoples khanates that succeeded the empire of the Golden Horde.... .
Several indigenous peoples of the northwest of the Caucasus were forced into exodus at the end of the Caucasian War by victorious Russia. The exodus was launched even before the end of the war in 1864 and it continued into the 1870s, although it was mostly completed by 1867.... , the Muslim population of Caucasus
Caucasus
The Caucasus or Caucas is a geopolitical region located between Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. It is home to Europe's highest mountain .... resettled in Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923.... and Middle East
Middle East
File:GreaterMiddleEast1.pngThe Middle East is a region that spans southwestern Asia, western Asia, and northeastern Africa. It has no clear boundaries, often used as a synonym to Near East, in opposition to Far East.... after the Caucasian War
Caucasian War
The Caucasian War of 1817?1864, also known as the Russian conquest of the Caucasus was an invasion of the Caucasus by the Russian Empire ended with the annexation of the areas of North Caucasus to Russia.... .
Muhacir is a term of Arabic language origin in Turkish language, used across ethnicities, and that corresponds to people whose ancestors migrated from formerly Muslim territories , considered lost to the non-Muslims : the Balkans , Caucasus , Crimea , Crete or Africa .... , the Muslims of Balkan ancestry that settled in Turkey
Turkey
Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country that stretches across the Anatolian peninsula in southwest Asia and Thrace in the Balkans region of Southern Europe.... after the collapse of Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman Empire , also known by its contemporaries as the Turkish Empire or Turkey , was an empire that lasted from 1299?1923. It was Treaty of Lausanne by the Republic of Turkey, which was officially proclaimed on October 29, 1923.... .
India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world.... , who settled in Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia and borders Central Asia and the Middle East. It has a 1,046 kilometre coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and People's Republic of China in th... after independence from Britain
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe.... in 1947.
Palestinian refugees, Arab refugees, both Muslim and Christian, who migrated from the territory that became Israel
Israel
Israel officially the State of Israel , is a country in the Middle East located on the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea. It borders Lebanon in the north, Syria in the northeast, Jordan in the east, and Egypt on the southwest, and contains geographically diverse features within its relatively small area.... , and are now mostly in neighbouring countries.
Afghanistan , officially the Islamic republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country that is located approximately in the center of Asia.... who escaped the Soviet invasion
Soviet war in Afghanistan
The Soviet war in Afghanistan was a nine-year war involving Soviet Union Military of the Soviet Union supporting the Marxism People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan government against the Mujahideen#Afghanistan resistance movement.... in 1979 until the 2001 U.S. invasion
War in Afghanistan (2001–present)
The War in Afghanistan, which began on October 7, 2001 as the U.S. military operation Operation Enduring Freedom, was launched by the United States with the United Kingdom in response to the September 11, 2001 attacks.... in which the Taliban government was overthrown. The vast majority of them settled in Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan, is a country located in South Asia and borders Central Asia and the Middle East. It has a 1,046 kilometre coastline along the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Oman in the south, and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and People's Republic of China in th... as well as in Iran
Iran
Iran , officially the Islamic Republic of Iran and formerly known internationally as Persian Empire until 1935, is a country in Central Eurasia, located on the northeastern shore of the Persian Gulf and the southern shore of the Caspian Sea.... .
