Multiple choice general knowledge culture

The calender followed in islam is called as

  1. Islamic calender

  2. Mohammadian calender

  3. Arabic calender

  4. Hijree calender
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Explanation

The Islamic calendar is known as the Hijree calendar (also spelled Hijri). It is a lunar calendar based on the visual sighting of the crescent moon and begins its count from the Hijrah (migration) of Prophet Muhammad from Mecca to Medina in 622 CE. The other names listed are not the correct terminology.

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