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Era: The Early Abbasid Caliphate
Region: Arabia
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In 167 AH al-Mahdi ordered the great enlargement of the Sacred Mosque in Mecca, and many houses were taken into it. ²

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Had participant: Muhammad al-Mahdi
Occurred at: Mecca

People and things also explored

Dar al-Nadwa· The Kaaba· Al-Masjid Al-Haram· Idol worship in the Jahiliyya and its rites· The offices of Quraysh at Mecca· Restoration of the Abbasid Khutba in the Two Harams in 479· Abu Jahl's plan to crush the Prophet's head with a stone· Abu Talib gathers Banu Hashim and Banu al-Muttalib

Sources

Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition) , p. 443
Tarikh al-Khulafa — al-Suyuti (Dar al-Minhaj edition) , p.443

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islam.museum contributors. “The Great Enlargement of the Sacred Mosque”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/mahdi-haram-enlargement/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-22.

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Dar al-Nadwa

The council house founded by Qusayy on the north side of the mosque of the Kaaba, with its door into the mosque; Quraysh deliberated its grave matters and married off its daughters there.