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Hajj is a pilgrimage to Makkah, Saudi Arabia, made by 2–3 million Muslims per year. [5] The 2024 Hajj ran from the evening of 14 June through 19 June [ 6 ] and had 1.8 million pilgrims. [ 1 ]
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 20 January 2025. Islamic pilgrimage to Mecca "Haj" redirects here. For other uses, see Hajj (disambiguation) and Haj (disambiguation). Hajj حَجّ Pilgrims at the Al-Masjid Al-Haram Mosque in Mecca on Hajj in 2010 Status Active Genre Religious pilgrimage Begins 8th day of Dhu al-Hijja Ends 12th or 13th ...
A camel caravan traveling to Mecca for the annual pilgrimage, c. 1910. The pilgrimage to Mecca is attested in some pre-Islamic Arabic poetry.Compared to Islamic-era poetry where the Hajj appears ubiquitously, only a small number of references are found to it in pre-Islamic poetry, indicating that its Arabian centrality was a development of Islamic times. [5]
During the Ottoman period the Emirate was not hereditary, and owed its succession to direct nomination by the Ottoman Porte. [3] A dual system of government existed over Mecca for much of this period. [15] Ruling authority was shared between the Emir, a member of the ashraf or descendants of Muhammad, and the Ottoman wāli or governor. [15]
He announced that Mecca was in the hands of "a band of heretics", [8] [13] (i.e. the House of Saud). The incident occurred during the last phase of the bloody Iran–Iraq War , at a moment of "escalating tensions" between Sunni Arab-ruled Iraq (which was receiving help from Sunni Arab-ruled Saudi Arabia) and Persian Shi'i-ruled Iran.
The Sharif of Mecca (Arabic: شريف مكة, romanized: Sharīf Makkah) was the title of the leader of the Sharifate of Mecca, traditional steward of the Islamic holy cities of Mecca and Medina. The term sharif is Arabic for "noble", "highborn", and is used to describe the descendants of Hashim ibn Abd Manaf.
Another crush occurred on September 24, 2015, in Mina when at least 2,411 pilgrims were killed, a new Associated Press count shows, three times the number of deaths acknowledged by the kingdom three months later. [8] The AP figures establish the Sept. 24 crush at Mina as the deadliest in the history of the annual pilgrimage.
UTC+3 (Arabia Standard Time) Muzdalifah ( Arabic : مُزْدَلِفَة ) is an open and level area near Mecca in the Hejazi region of Saudi Arabia that is associated with the Ḥajj (" Pilgrimage ").