hadj
Britishnoun
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The last time Idi Amin Dada visited Saudi Arabia was in 1978, when he made the hadj to Mecca as a Muslim pilgrim.
From Time Magazine Archive
As part of that campaign, Iran sent about 100,000 of its citizens to Saudi Arabia for this year's hadj, the annual pilgrimage to Mecca.
From Time Magazine Archive
And he offered the Saudi airline a share of the lucrative annual hadj flights, the trips to Mecca by devout pilgrims from Iran.
From Time Magazine Archive
The reason: many of their planes were en route to Saudi Arabia, loaded with Moslem pilgrims intent on making the hadj.
From Time Magazine Archive
In every hadj some of the pilgrims remain behind: the Mohammedan, whenever resident for any time in a town, takes a wife, and is thus often induced to settle permanently on the spot.
From Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred by Burckhardt, John Lewis
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