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26 Rajab or 26 Rajab al-Murajjab or Day 26 \ 7 (the 27th day of the 7th month) is the third day after 200 days of the year, according to the Hijri calendar. There are 151 or 152 days left for the end of the year.

Events

* 255 AH - The Abbasid Caliph Muhammad al-Mahdi took over the throne of the Abbasid state, and he was the 14th caliph in a series of Abbasid caliphs.
* 1370 AH - Nationalization of oil in Iran.
* 1390 AH - A new Jordanian government was formed under the presidency of Ahmed Tukan, former head of the royal court, which included six military personnel.
* 1394 AH - The Turkish army entered the Cypriot capital Nicosia following the military coup that took place in Cyprus and the arrival of a Greek Cypriot government.
* 1404 AH - The start of the tanker war during the Iran-Iraq War after the destruction of the Saudi oil tanker "Arab Ship".
* 1429 AH - The International Olympic Committee lifted the ban on Iraq's participation in the Summer Olympics that year.
* 1430 AH - Presidential elections were held in Mauritania to choose a new president after about a year of military rule that overthrew the elected civilian president Sidi Mohamed Ould Cheikh Abdallah.
* 1431 AH - A suicide bombing in Mominah District, which is part of the federally administered tribal areas in Pakistan, resulted in the deaths of 104 people and injured 120 others.
* 1432 AH - The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, his son Saif al-Islam, and Libyan intelligence chief Abdullah al-Senussi on charges of crimes against humanity in Libya, following the ongoing fighting in Libya after the outbreak of the revolution against the ruling regime.
* 1439 AH - More than 257 people were killed when an Algerian Air Force Il-76 aircraft crashed near Boufarik Military Airport in Algeria.

Births

* 833 AH - Mehmed the Conqueror, seventh Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
* 1166 AH - Ahmed bin Zayn al-Din al-Ahsa'i, a Muslim philosopher and theologian from Ahvaz.
* 1293 AH - Muhammad al-Khidr Husayn, a Tunisian scholar who served as the Sheikh of Al-Azhar.
* 1350 AH - Zeki Müren, Turkish singer.
* 1358 AH - Ali al-Mufadi, Kuwaiti actor.
* 1360 AH - Mohamed Ghannouchi, Tunisian politician.
* 1371 AH - Hala Sarhan, Egyptian journalist.
* 1376 AH - Hanan Thabet, Egyptian actress.
* 1398 AH - Ma'n Abdul-Haq, Syrian actor.
* 1400 AH - Khalid Abd al-Qaddus, Kuwaiti football player.

Deaths

* 681 AH - Ibn Khallikan, a Muslim historian and judge.
* 725 AH - Abu al-Walid Ismail I, fifth king of Granada.
* 992 AH - Abdul Rahman bin al-Farfur, a Shami scholar, jurist, and poet.
* 1370 AH - Mansour bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud, Saudi Minister of Defense and Aviation.
* 1393 AH - Mahmoud Taimur, Egyptian writer, storyteller, and playwright.
* 1408 AH - Abdul Latif Muhammad al-Ghanim, Kuwaiti President of the Constitutional Assembly.
* 1413 AH - Um Shadi, Egyptian actress and singer.
* 1414 AH - Mitri Naaman, Lebanese playwright, poet, publisher, and translator.
* 1426 AH - Ely Sanafer, Lebanese actor.
* 1429 AH - Abdul Aziz al-Matani, Egyptian preacher.
* 1433 AH - Nayef bin Abd al-Aziz Al Saud, Saudi prince.

External links

* The Day: What happened on this day.
* Story of Islam: Events in the month of Rajab.