31 January

By the Gregorian calendar 31 January

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By the Hijri calendar 12 Sha'ban 1447 AH

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Upcoming anniversaries

1. 20001 February

   Exhibition of the Two Holy Mosques Architecture opens in Mecca

   The Exhibition of the Two Holy Mosques Architecture in Mecca opened on 1 February 2000, under King Fahd. Its seven halls display items such as an 1825 teak staircase of the Kaaba, a gold-covered wooden rain gutter, tools once used at the Zamzam Well and one of the main doors of the Prophet's Mosque.

2. 20213 February

   International Museum of the Prophet's Biography opens in Medina

   The International Fair and Museum of the Prophet's Biography and Islamic Civilization, beside the Prophet's Mosque in Medina, was inaugurated on 3 February 2021 (21 Jumada al-Thani 1442). Supervised by the Muslim World League, the interactive museum introduces the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ and Islamic civilization.

3. 191810 February

   Death of Sultan Abdülhamid II, builder of the Hejaz Railway

   Sultan Abdülhamid II, who had the Hejaz Railway built from Damascus to Medina, died at Beylerbeyi Palace in Istanbul on 10 February 1918. Telegraph lines reaching the Hejaz had also been laid during his reign.

4. 195820 February

   The "mi'jan" pit beside the Kaaba door is filled in

   On 20 February 1958, a shallow pit known as the mi'jan, about 2 × 1.12 metres, on the tawaf area to the right of the Kaaba door, was filled in because pilgrims were falling into it and getting injured during tawaf. Its surface was paved with marble.