The Islamic Hijri calendar was introduced during the caliphate of
AAbu Bakr as-Siddiq
BUthman ibn Affan
CUmar ibn al-KhattabCORRECT
DAli ibn Abi Talib
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Caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab established the Hijri calendar, dating it from the Prophet Muhammad's migration (Hijrah) from Makkah to Madinah in 622 CE. This administrative decision was made to standardise official correspondence and record-keeping across the expanding Muslim empire.
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