On this day in history
17 July
Friday Hijri 3 Safar 1448 AH
By the Gregorian calendar 17 July
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By the Hijri calendar 3 Safar 1448 AH
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Upcoming anniversaries
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202030 July
Pilgrims stand at Arafat in the scaled-down Hajj of the pandemic
On 30 July 2020, in a Hajj scaled down by COVID-19 measures, masked pilgrims, all citizens or residents of Saudi Arabia, stood at Arafat. Officials said between 1,000 and 10,000 would take part, compared with about 2.5 million people at Arafat the year before.
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19141 August
Hejaz Railway placed under the Ministry of Pious Foundations as a waqf
On 1 August 1914, the General Directorate of the Hejaz Railway was placed under the Ministry of Pious Foundations (Evkaf) and the railway was recognised as a waqf institution. When World War I broke out, the line was transferred to the Ministry of War.