Security on the Mecca Pilgrimage Routes

Name: Security on the Mecca Pilgrimage Routes
Start: 1661
End: 1670

Type Event Region Arabia Time 1661–1670

In the 1660s, the Ottoman Empire, through the Hijaz governorate and cooperation with the sharifs of Mecca and Medina, maintained the security of pilg…

Timeline

1661–1665Damascus–Mecca pilgrimage route · HijazOttoman authorities organized pilgrimage caravans from Syria, Egypt, and Anatolia, traveling along established trade routes, and arranged armed escorts to guard against desert raiding.
1666–1670Jeddah · HijazThe Red Sea port of Jeddah handled the landing and provisioning of pilgrims arriving by sea; the Ottomans and the Sharif of Mecca cooperated to maintain order in the port, the holy cities, and their surroundings, allowing the large-scale pilgrimage of the 1660s to proceed relatively smoothly.

Sources

Mecca | History https://www.britannica.com/place/Mecca
Hajj https://www.britannica.com/topic/hajj