Hajj in history.. photos and videos

The ritual of the Arabs - the Hajj was not an easy and easy journey in the past, specifically nearly 100 years ago, so the Hajj was a great challenge even for those who were able to find the way to it, and whoever goes to the Hajj bids farewell to his family as if he sees them for the last time.

A film recorded about the Hajj nearly 100 years ago, shown by the National Geographic Channel, showing the suffering of the pilgrims from the long distance, the danger of the road, and the existing diseases, as the pilgrims were preparing for the Hajj a year ago, whether in collecting money or preparing the necessary equipment and aid.

The pilgrims used to travel a month or two before the Hajj so that they could arrive at the specified time, in addition to the scarcity of means of transportation and its scarcity and rough roads, and most of the pilgrims chose the winter time as much as possible, due to the difficulty of traveling in summer times. The pilgrims were keen to slaughter the sacrifice themselves and distribute the meat to the poor and needy in the suburbs Makkah

25 snapshots from the photographic memory of the pilgrims and the Holy Kaaba since 1933

(Kaaba in March of 1933)

(The pilgrims gather at the level of Arafah in November 1948)

(The pilgrims gather in Mina in November 1948)

(Pilgrims gather at Arafat in November 1948)

(Tawaf around the Holy Kaaba in November 1948)

(Tawaf around the Holy Kaaba in 1953)

(The Kaaba in March 1967, and the well of Zamzam appears to the left of the picture)

(The arrival of the pilgrims at Mecca Airport in August 1968)

(The arrival of the pilgrims at Mecca Airport in August 1968)

(Sales to serve pilgrims - in August 1968)

(Kaaba in 1968)

(Tawaf of pilgrims around the Holy Kaaba in 1979)

(The Grand Mosque and the Holy Kaaba in 1979)

(thousands of pilgrims crossed the Iraqi-Saudi border near Arar in March 1999 to perform Hajj)

(Pilgrims arrived at the Grand Mosque in Mecca in March 2000, when more than a million Muslims traveled to the city.)

(About 1.3 million pilgrims participated in the Hajj rituals in February 2001)

(Iraqi pilgrims traveling to Mecca by bus in 2004, after restrictions on who could perform the Hajj were lifted)

(Millions of pilgrims participating in the Hajj in 2004 arrived in Mina to camp in what has been called the largest tent city in the world.)

(pilgrims on the level of Arafat in 2004)

(Pilgrims travel from Jordan to Mecca in 2005)

(Pilgrims performing congregational prayers in 2005)

(About two million pilgrims from all over the world attend Friday prayers at the Grand Mosque during the Hajj season in 2005)

(Pilgrims gather at Upper Arafat, southeast of Mecca, in January 2006)

(Pilgrims seeking shelter during heavy rains in Mecca in 2009)

(Hajj in 2013, when a temporary area was established during the expansion operations, and the area remained for a period of 3 years)

(Pilgrims performing the rituals of Hajj in 2020 amid strict restrictions imposed due to the Corona virus, as about ten thousand people participated, compared to about two million Muslims who went to the holy lands in Saudi Arabia to perform the duty every year)

(Hajj 2021 rituals, which were limited to 60,000 residents of the Kingdom vaccinated against the Corona virus)