November 22, 1948 Eskişehir People
Ömer Fahreddin Türkkan (Fahreddin Pasha), who defended Medina until January 1919 during World War I, died near Eskişehir during a train journey on 22 November 1948. At his request, he was buried at Rumelihisarı in Istanbul.
1823203 years ago
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.
193393 years ago
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".
1918108 years ago
Sultan Abdülhamid II, who had the Hejaz Railway built from Damascus to Medina, died at Beylerbeyi Palace in Istanbul on 10 February 1918. Telegraph lines reaching the Hejaz had also been laid during his reign.
A few lines are enough; we’ll talk about the rest.
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