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27 June
Saturday Hijri 12 Muharram 1448 AH
By the Gregorian calendar 27 June
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By the Hijri calendar 12 Muharram 1448 AH
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1082Hijri
Evliya Çelebi sets out from Istanbul on his Hajj journey
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.