haj

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Iranian pilgrim Mohammed Hossaini landed in Mecca on Thursday, five days before the annual gathering starts, seeking to perform both umrah and haj in one trip.

From Reuters • Jun. 23, 2023

Balloons and haj slogans in Farsi decorated the Al-Mozn hotel where Hossaini, and other pilgrims from the Iranian city of Shiraz, stayed in Mecca.

From Reuters • Jun. 23, 2023

Sayid Mahdi, who will be in charge of around 2,800 Iranian pilgrims that will perform haj next week, said Saudi Arabia has been more cooperative in finding hotels for Iranians this year.

From Reuters • Jun. 23, 2023

About 19 million also took part annually in the umrah, another form of pilgrimage to Mecca which - unlike the haj - can be carried out at any time of the year, before the pandemic.

From Reuters • Jan. 9, 2023

Hadj, Hajj, haj, n. a Mohammedan pilgrimage to Mecca or Medina.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various