Hijar - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE - مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

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" Hijar - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE "
Munt, Harry

Document Type	:	AL
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	1061899
Doc. NO	:	ALei2296
Main Entry	:	Munt, Harry
Title & Author	:	Hijar - Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE\ Munt, Harry
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE
Note	:	(643 words)
Abstract	:	Hijar (sing. hijra ) refers to two Arabian practices of demarcating and protecting space. The name of the practices is linked to the prophet Muḥammad’s hijra (emigration) from Mecca to Medina in the year 1/622. In Yemen, hijar are protected enclaves in tribal territories. It has been suggested by Puin, Serjeant, and others that the practice may be of pre-Islamic origin and connected with the Ancient South Arabian term hgr (usually vocalised hagar ), which seems, in extant inscriptions, to denote administratively important towns. Madelung, however, has argued convincingly
Subject	:	Islam.
electronic file name	:	ALei2296.pdf