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21 November

Saturday Hijri 11 Jumada al-Akhirah 1448 AH

By the Gregorian calendar 21 November

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By the Hijri calendar 11 Jumada al-Akhirah 1448 AH

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  1. 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.

  2. 19255 December

    Medina passes to the forces of Abdulaziz ibn Saud

    On 5 December 1925 Medina passed into the hands of the forces of Abdulaziz ibn Saud. Jeddah followed later that month, bringing the whole of the Hejaz under his rule.

  3. 192412 December

    First issue of Umm al-Qura newspaper published in Mecca

    On 12 December 1924 the first issue of Umm al-Qura appeared in Mecca. Founded by King Abdulaziz, it had Yusuf Yassin as its first editor-in-chief and ran the headline "The Makkah Declaration". It is still published from Mecca as Saudi Arabia's official gazette.