August 19, 1850 Medine Ottoman era
Following Sultan Abdülmecid's decision to rebuild the Prophet's Mosque, the architect Abdülhalim Efendi and his team reached Medina on 19 August 1850 and began work. The construction, started in 1851, was completed in 1861.
1517509 years ago
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".
1924102 years ago
The title "Servant of the Two Holy Sanctuaries" borne by the Ottoman sultans stayed in use alongside the title of caliph even after Mecca and Medina left Ottoman rule; Abdulmecid Efendi, elected caliph in 1922, was also addressed with it. The title came to an end when the caliphate was abolished on 3 March 1924.
1908118 years ago
After the Second Constitutional Era began, "Hijaz", the first official weekly newspaper published in Arabic and Turkish, was printed at the Provincial Press (Vilayet Matbaası) in Mecca on 3 November 1908. It was followed on 16 February 1909 by the weekly Shams al-Haqiqa.
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