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The title was sometimes regarded to denote the de facto Caliph of Islam, [1] but it mainly refers to the ruler taking the responsibility of guarding and maintaining the two holiest mosques in Islam: Al-Haram Mosque (Arabic: اَلْمَسْجِدُ ٱلْحَرَامُ, romanized: Al-Masjid al-Ḥarām, "The Sacred Mosque") in Mecca and the ...
The central hotel tower, which is the Makkah Clock Royal Tower, is the fourth-tallest building and sixth-tallest freestanding structure in the world. [7] The clock tower contains the Clock Tower Museum that occupies the top four floors of the tower.
The General Presidency was founded on 8 May 2012 by a royal decree from King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia, who also appointed Abdul-Rahman al-Sudais as its president. He has been re-appointed to the position twice since by King Salman of Saudi Arabia, in 2016 and 2020 as is the current incumbent.
The Royal Commission for Makkah City and Holy Sites is a Saudi commission that was established on 2 June 2018 by a royal decree issued by Saudi Arabia's King Salman. [1] The commission is responsible for the improvement of services as well as the establishment of a sustainable system at the Grand Mosque in Makkah and the holy sites.
The tallest building in Mecca is the 601 meter megatall skyscraper Abraj Al-Bait Royal Clock Tower. It is the world's fourth tallest building and houses the Fairmont Makkah Clock Royal Tower Hotel. The high rise construction boom has extended the skyline of in the past two decades, with the PIF Tower , completed in 2021, becoming Riyadh's ...
Mecca has been referred to by many names. As with many Arabic words, its etymology is obscure. [24] Widely believed to be a synonym for Makkah, it is said to be more specifically the early name for the valley located therein, while Muslim scholars generally use it to refer to the sacred area of the city that immediately surrounds and includes the Ka'bah.
After the conquest of Mecca by Ibn Saud's forces in 1924, it served as the seat for several nascent government departments like the General Directorate of Public Security, [4] Directorate of Knowledge [5] and the Shoura Council. [6] In September 1932, Ibn Saud issued a royal decree that renamed the Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd as the Kingdom of ...
The Mecca region has 17 governorates, of which 5, Jeddah, Rabigh, Ta'if, Qunfudhah, and Laith, have been classified Category A, while the rest are Category B. The City of Mecca (Arabic: أمانة مكة) constitutes Mecca and the area surrounding the city and is the administrative center and capital of the province.