The twenty-fourth of Jumada al-Akhira:

It happened on this day in history ,,

* Year 20 AH / June 641 AD Amr ibn al-As leads the Muslims to eliminate the last Roman strongholds in Alexandria, about a year after the conquest of most of Egypt

* Year 941 AH / December 1534 AD: The Ottomans succeed under the leadership of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent in conquering the city of Baghdad, It was in the hands of the Safavid state.

* In 1133 AH / April 1721 AD, the Ottoman Empire sentenced the execution of the Ecumenical Patriarch Gregory V of Constantinople in connection with the Greek Revolution, which killed thousands of civilian Muslims in Greece.

* In 1340 AH / February 1922 AD, Britain ends its protectorate imposed on Egypt about 8 years ago.

The twenty-fourth of Jumada al-Akhira:

* Year 1365 AH / May 1946 AD Prince Abdullah becomes King of the Emirate of Transjordan after pledging allegiance as king, and changing the name of the emirate to the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

* In 1396 AH / June 1976 AD, the arrival of the vanguards of the Arab deterrence forces begins in Lebanon after the decision of the Arab League to send them to stop the fighting there.

* Year 1426 AH / Yoyo 2005 AD South Sudanese leader John Garang was killed in the crash of the helicopter carrying him from Uganda.

Prepared by/a. Mohamed Hamdi Maddokh