On this day in history
3 July
Friday Hijri 18 Muharram 1448 AH
By the Gregorian calendar 3 July
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By the Hijri calendar 18 Muharram 1448 AH
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Upcoming anniversaries
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20224 July
Royal directive moves the Kaaba kiswah change to 1 Muharram
A royal directive issued on 4 July 2022 (5 Dhu al-Hijjah 1443) set the handover of the Kaaba's new kiswah to its chief custodian for Eid al-Adha and moved the replacement to 1 Muharram 1444. The change, long held on the Day of Arafah, thus shifted to the Islamic New Year.
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15176 July
Keys of the Kaaba presented to Sultan Selim I in Cairo
On 6 July 1517, at the imperial council in Cairo, Abu Numayy, son of Sharif Barakat of Mecca, presented the keys of the Kaaba and gifts to Sultan Selim I. The sultan formally took Mecca and Medina under his protection; from Selim onward, Ottoman sultans bore the title "Servant of the Two Holy Sanctuaries".