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Wiki User
05/03/2010
The event that started the Islamic calendar was Hijra, the emigration of the Islamic prophet Muhammad from Mecca to Medina.
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The answer above is the first month in the Islamic calendar not
the first year. The first year in Muslim Calendar is the year of
prophet Muhammad (PBUH) immigration from Makkah (or Mecca) to
Medina on year 622 AD
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