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April 21, 1926

On April 21, 1926, al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis. Jean-Noël Tremblay, Jean-Noël Tremblay, Jean-Noël Tremblay would arrive in the same year.

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1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1926th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 926th year of the 2nd millennium, the 26th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1920s decade.

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On April 21, 1926

  1. 1926 Al-Baqi cemetery, former site of the mausoleum of four Shi'a Imams, is leveled to the ground by Wahhabis.

    First Islamic cemetery of Medina, Saudi Arabia

    Jannat al-Baqī is the oldest and first Islamic cemetery of Medina located in the Hejaz region of present-day Saudi Arabia. It is also known as Baqi al-Gharqad.

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Jean-Noël Tremblay 1926– Canadian lawyer and politician (died 2020)
Jean-Noël Tremblay 1926– Canadian lawyer and politician (died 2020)
Jean-Noël Tremblay 1926– Canadian lawyer and politician (died 2020)
Jean-Noël Tremblay 1926– Canadian lawyer and politician (died 2020)

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