| The two sects founded by Sur and Zahar became extinct in the eighth century of the hijra. |
| Many cultures still honor the transgendered, for example, in the figure of the berdash in Native American cultures or the hijra in South India. |
| They are of a much later date, the last one, indeed, having been compiled more than four hundred years after the hijra. |
| The emasculation is a secret rite and takes place under the direction of the chief hijra priest of Behechra. |
| While India's hijra community still faces numerous problems, many point to its very existence as evidence that the country is more open to fluid gender roles than places such as Britain. |
| The earliest reference to Omar Khayyam dates from the middle of the seventh century of the hijra. |
