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  2. Custodian of the Kaaba - Wikipedia

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    The old key to the Kaaba, which was used during the late Mamluk period. The person who takes up the role receives the title Custodian of the Kaaba (Arabic: سدانة الكعبة, Sadinat al-Ka'bah). The current custodian of the Kaaba is Sheikh Abdul Wahhab bin Zain Al-Abidin Al-Shaibi.

  3. List of Arab newspapers - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of Arabic-language and other newspapers published in the Arab world. The Arab newspaper industry started in the early 19th century with the Iraqi newspaper Journal Iraq published by Ottoman Wali, Dawud Pasha, in Baghdad in 1816. International Arab papers Al-Arab (United Kingdom) Al-Hayat (United Kingdom) Al-Quds al-Arabi (United Kingdom) Asharq Alawsat (United Kingdom) Hoona ...

  4. Kaaba - Wikipedia

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    The Kaaba, [b] sometimes referred to as al-Ka'ba al-Musharrafa, [d] is a stone building at the center of Islam's most important mosque and holiest site, the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. [2] [3] [4] It is considered by Muslims to be the Baytullah (Arabic: بَيْت ٱللَّٰه, lit.

  5. Kaabas - Wikipedia

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    The Kaaba Najran still survives today, although in ruins, and is part of an archaeological site. The traveller Yaqut al-Hamawi mentions that the Kaaba of Dhu al-Khalasa was converted into a mosque. [4] The site of the Kaaba of al-Lat is also now where the Abd Allah ibn al-Abbas Mosque stands. [11]

  6. Kiswah - Wikipedia

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    Kaaba Makkah (Mecca) Kiswah as pictured on February 22, 2024. The kiswa (Arabic: كسوة الكعبة, kiswat al-ka'bah) is the cloth that covers the Kaaba in Mecca, Saudi Arabia. It is draped annually, though the date of draping has changed over the years. [1]

  7. Black Stone - Wikipedia

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    The Black Stone is seen through a portal in the Kaaba. The Black Stone (Arabic: ٱلْحَجَرُ ٱلْأَسْوَد, romanized: al-Ḥajar al-Aswad) is a rock set into the eastern corner of the Kaaba, the ancient building in the center of the Grand Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia.

  8. Holiest sites in Sunni Islam - Wikipedia

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    The Kaaba (Arabic: The Cube) is the most sacred site in Islam. It is surrounded by the Masjid al-Haram. During the Hajj period, the mosque is unable to contain the multitude of pilgrims, who pray on the outlining streets. More than 2 million worshippers gather to pray during Eid prayers. [2]

  9. Bani Shaiba - Wikipedia

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    Bani Shaiba gatekeeper, c.1880 Key to the Ka'ba at the time of Sultan Barquq of Egypt. The Bani Shaiba (Arabic: بني شيبه, lit. ' the sons of Shaiba ') are an Arab clan belonging to the Banu Abd al-Dar sub-clan, that are part of the larger erstwhile Quraysh tribal confederation in the Hejaz region of modern Saudi Arabia.