On this day in history
26 March
Thursday Hijri 7 Shawwal 1447 AH
By the Gregorian calendar 26 March
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193393 years ago
Lady Evelyn Cobbold reaches the Masjid al-Haram on her pilgrimage
Edinburgh-born Lady Evelyn (Zainab) Cobbold describes entering the Masjid al-Haram in her Hajj diary entry dated 26 March 1933. Making the pilgrimage at 65 after waiting for permission, she is known as the first UK-born Muslim woman to perform the Hajj; her account appeared in 1934 as "Pilgrimage to Mecca".
By the Hijri calendar 7 Shawwal 1447 AH
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