February 10, 1918 İstanbul People
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.
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".
20242 years ago
On 24 June 2024, the key of the Kaaba was handed over in a ceremony in Mecca to Abdulwahab bin Zain Al-Abidin Al-Shaibi of the Shaibi family. Succeeding the late Dr. Saleh Al-Shaibi, who had died days earlier, he became the 78th custodian of the Kaaba in the Islamic era.
1082Hijri
The Ottoman traveller Evliya Çelebi set out from Istanbul on his Hajj journey on 12 Muharram 1082 AH (21 May 1671). Joining the pilgrim caravan from Damascus, he devoted the ninth volume of his Seyahatname to Medina, Mecca, the Prophet's Mosque, the Kaaba and the rites of Hajj.
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