Muhajir

Look up muhajir or مهاجر in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Muhajir or Mohajir (Arabic: مهاجر, muhājir; pl. مهاجرون, muhājirūn) is an Arabic word meaning migrant (see immigration and emigration) which is also used in other languages spoken by Muslims, including English. In English, this term and its derivatives may refer in a general sense to individuals or groups, including the following incomplete list:

• Muhajir (Pakistan), Indian Muslims and their descendants who migrated to Pakistan after the Partition of India in August 1947
• Muhacir (Turkish variant), Ottoman Muslims who emigrated to Anatolia from the late 18th century until the end of the 20th century
• Muhajirun, the early Muslims (Muhammad and his companions) who migrated from Mecca to Medina in modern-day Saudi Arabia
• Muhaxhir (Albanians), Ottoman Albanian communities that left their homes as refugees or were transferred because of various wars

• Al-Muhajiroun, a banned Salafi Islamic jihadist terrorist network that was formerly based in the United Kingdom

• Qods Mohajer, Arabic for "sacred migrant"

• Al-Muhajir ibn Abi Umayya (fl. 630–633), early Muslim commander
• Muhajir ibn Khalid (died 657), partisan of Caliph Ali
• Abu al-Muhajir Dinar (died 683), governor of Ifriqiya (North Africa) under the Umayyad Caliphate
• Ismail ibn Abd Allah ibn Abi al-Muhajir (fl. 718–720), governor of Ifriqiya (North Africa) under the Umayyad Caliphate
• Ahmad al-Muhajir (873–956), progenitor of the Sadah Ba 'Alawi group of Hadhrami Sayyid families
• Abu Hamza al-Muhajir (1968–2010), leader of Al-Qaeda in Iraq after June 2006
• Abdullah al-Muhajir, alias of José Padilla (born 1970), U.S. citizen who was convicted of aiding terrorists in 2007
• Abu Sulayman al-Muhajir (born 1984), senior member of al-Qaeda's Al-Nusra Front
• Muhadjir Effendy (born 1956), 28th Indonesian Minister of Education and Culture

• Christian emigration
• Exodus (disambiguation)
• Jewish refugees

This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Muhajir.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.