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History/Colonial Era/Grand Mosque Seizure (1979)

Afghan Resistance Against Soviet InvasionEvent 17 of 32Iran-Iraq War

Colonial EraMajor1400 AH(1979 CE)

Grand Mosque Seizure (1979)

حصار مكة 1979

Mecca, Saudi Arabia

Armed followers seized al-Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, declaring their companion as the Mahdi. The two-week siege shocked the Muslim world.

For the Prophetic era, see the Seerah timeline.

Afghan Resistance Against Soviet Invasion

Iran-Iraq War