Muhajir

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:

Social groups

• 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

Organizations

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

Vehicles

• Qods Mohajer, Arabic for "sacred migrant"

People

• 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

See also

• Christian emigration
• Exodus (disambiguation)
• Jewish refugees