haj

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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

In 2019, the last year before the pandemic struck, some 2.6 million people performed the haj.

From Reuters • Jan. 9, 2023

Jan 2006: Three hundred and sixty-two Muslim pilgrims are crushed to death at the eastern entrance of the Jamarat Bridge when pilgrims jostle to perform the haj stoning ritual.

From Reuters • Oct. 29, 2022

July 1990: Inside Saudi Arabia's al-Muaissem tunnel near the Muslim holy city of Mecca, 1,426 pilgrims are crushed to death during Eid al-Adha, Islam's most important feast, at the end of the annual haj pilgrimage.

From Reuters • Oct. 29, 2022

One who having made the haj, or pilgrimage, to Mecca, is entitled to wear a green turban and assume the title of haji. 

From The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] by Borrow, George Henry