Today in Islamic History
What happened On This Day in Islamic History
- Births
- 1888 (137 years ago) (11 November) Noted Indian freedom fighter, Islamic scholar and first education minister of India, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was born in Makkah, Ottoman Hejaz (present-day Saudi Arabia).
- Deaths
- 0683 (1342 years ago) (11 November) The second Umayyad ruler Yazid bin Muawiyah died in Damascus, Syria. Yazid died when his army was besieging the holy city of Makkah.
