Muhajir

Muhajir or Mohajir (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, 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, 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