Muhajir orMohajir (Arabic:مهاجر,muhājir; pl.مهاجرون,muhājirūn) is anArabic word meaningmigrant (seeimmigration andemigration) which is also used in other languages spoken byMuslims, including English. InEnglish, this term and its derivatives may refer in a general sense to individuals or groups, including the following incomplete list:
- Muhajirun, the early Muslims (Muhammad and his companions) who migrated from Mecca to Medina in modern-day Saudi Arabia
- Muhajir (Pakistan), a term used to refer to an multi-origin ethnic group of Pakistan, which includes the Muslims, who migrated from various parts of present-day India, to settle in the newly created state for Muslims, Pakistan (mainly after thePartition of India in August 1947), and their descendants
- Muhacir (Turkish variant), Ottoman Muslims who emigrated toAnatolia from the late 18th century until the end of the 20th century
- 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
- 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 ofJosé 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
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