The first Hijra is when the Persians betrayed the Jews. Nehemiah's [[Ma'amad]] or "Council of the Righteous" was evicted from the Holy Land and garrisoned themselves in Edessa. At the same time, a Zera Israel Ishmaelite converted from Marcionism to Judeo-Baptist Gnosticism called Iyas ibn Qabisha seeks refuge with those proto-Karaites having been ousted from Al-Hira by Azadbeh. Having already been raised to Mahmoudan status he joins their Ma'amad.
