On this day in history
21 April
Tuesday Hijri 4 Dhu al-Qa'dah 1447 AH
By the Gregorian calendar 21 April
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By the Hijri calendar 4 Dhu al-Qa'dah 1447 AH
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Upcoming anniversaries
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182325 April
Birth of Sultan Abdülmecid, who rebuilt the Prophet's Mosque
Sultan Abdülmecid was born in Istanbul on 25 April 1823. In late 1849 he decided to rebuild the Prophet's Mosque in Medina; the work, led by a commission under the architect Abdülhalim Efendi, was completed in 1861.
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197926 April
Turkey entrusts all Hajj organisation to its Presidency of Religious Affairs
On 26 April 1979, Turkey's Council of Ministers, by Decision No. 7/17.439, assigned the entire organisation of the Hajj to the Presidency of Religious Affairs (Diyanet). Diyanet had begun organising Hajj in 1977 with the Turkiye Diyanet Foundation, and the two ran it together from 1979 to 1988.