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6 July

Monday Hijri 21 Muharram 1448 AH

By the Gregorian calendar 6 July

  1. 1517509 years ago

    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".

    Ottoman era Kahire 16 Cemâziyelâhir 923 Source: TDV İslâm Ansiklopedisi — Hâdimü'l-Haremeyn

By the Hijri calendar 21 Muharram 1448 AH

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