| A camel caravan of pilgrims heading from Najd to Mecca, each camel is strapped to a Howdaj a carriage for ease of transporting more than one person at a time | A scene from Khobar city, donkey carriages were part of everyday life and commonly donkeys would have brown patches of skin due to the application of medicating Henna |
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| Saudi soldiers fighting their way into the Kaaba underground beneath the Grand Mosque of Mecca during the events of the 1979 after approximately a two week stand off | The city was sacked by the forces of Ibrahim Basha in the aftermath of his final battle against the first Saudi Kingdom, which he won, effectively ending the first Saudi Kingdom |
Sharif Hussein would remain the ruler of Mecca, later declaring independence from the Ottomans during the events of the Arab Revolt.
4| During the same year, the railway was blown up by orders of British army officer Thomas Lawrence as part of the Arab Revolt | |
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| Earlier that day, several armed militants from AlQaeda took control of the compound, holding its inhabitants hostage for 18 hours | Of note is the vast empty spaces around the stadium at the time |
Sanat AlHadim Year of Demolishing witnessed a great flood in Najd and Qaseem when rain did not stop for fifty eight consecutive days.
5| Saudi Arabia later purchased the MIM-104 surface-to-air missile SAM system from the United States to shield itself against Iraqi missiles | The was a ceremonial portable shrine that departed Damascus headed to Mecca each pilgrimage season |
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| Prior to the year 2000, the borders between the two countries were disputed for over six decades, until the matter was eventually solved peacefully in the that year | The attacker was discovered and apprehended at the doors of the mosque and resorted to detonating himself outside, most likely reducing the number of casualties and taking only the lives of the local heroes who stopped him |
A public water fountain constructed upon the orders of King Abdulaziz in Mecca, which was a rare sight at the time.
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