On this day in history
2 November
Monday Hijri 22 Jumada al-Ula 1448 AH
By the Gregorian calendar 2 November
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By the Hijri calendar 22 Jumada al-Ula 1448 AH
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Upcoming anniversaries
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19083 November
Arabic-Turkish newspaper "Hijaz" printed in Mecca
After the Second Constitutional Era began, "Hijaz", the first official weekly newspaper published in Arabic and Turkish, was printed at the Provincial Press (Vilayet Matbaası) in Mecca on 3 November 1908. It was followed on 16 February 1909 by the weekly Shams al-Haqiqa.
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197920 November
Armed militants seize Masjid al-Haram
On 20 November 1979, the first day of the Hijri year 1400, an armed group led by Juhayman al-Otaybi seized Masjid al-Haram after the dawn prayer. The siege lasted about two weeks and ended in early December 1979, when Saudi forces regained control of the mosque.
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194822 November
Death of Fahreddin Pasha, defender of Medina
Ömer Fahreddin Türkkan (Fahreddin Pasha), who defended Medina until January 1919 during World War I, died near Eskişehir during a train journey on 22 November 1948. At his request, he was buried at Rumelihisarı in Istanbul.