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Al-Sakhawi's hajj of 875 and two-year sojourn in the holy cities, 1471

حجة السخاوي ٨٧٥هـ وجوار مكة سنتين، ١٤٧١م

c. 1471 CE · 875 AH

Mecca → Medina

Al-Sakhawi performed the hajj in 875/1471, then sojourned in Mecca through 876 and into 877, of which he spent three months in Medina, before returning to Cairo 1.

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The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Arabia
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146014701480 c.
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

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MeccaMedina

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Shams al-Din al-Sakhawi
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Mecca· Medina

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Al-Sakhawi's hajj of 896 and final settling in Medina, 1491· Al-Sakhawi's first pilgrimage by sea with his mother and family, 870/1466· Restoration of the Abbasid Khutba in the Two Harams in 479· Death of the hafiz al-Sakhawi in Medina, buried in al-Baqi', 28 Sha'ban 902/1497· Al-Sakhawi's hajj of 892 and second long sojourn, 1487· The capture of Thumama ibn Uthal al-Hanafi and his acceptance of Islam· The khutba for al-Hakim, ruler of Egypt, in Mecca and Medina· The Hijra

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  1. Al-Daw' al-Lami' li-Ahl al-Qarn al-Tasi' — al-Sakhawi (Dar al-Jil, Beirut) , 8/14
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Al-Sakhawi's hajj of 896 and final settling in Medina, 1491

In 896/1491 al-Sakhawi made the hajj and sojourned in Mecca until mid-898, when he moved to Medina, stayed months and fasted Ramadan 898 there, then returned to Mecca in its Shawwal; he remained a resident of the two sanctuaries until his death, the people of both cities and their visitors transmitting from him and collecting his works. In his final years he completed or refined several texts there and trained students in hadith transmission.