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Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Wednesday, April 21, 1926. The Day of Sorrow.

The Al-Baqi' cemetery in Medina was razed under orders of Saudi King Abdulaziz ibn Saud in what some Muslims recall as The Day of Sorrow (Persian: روز غم Ruz-e Gham, Urdu: یوم غم Yaum-e Gham). The act was done primarily to enforce Wahhabi doctrine forbidding building structures over graves, viewing that as idolatry.

The cemetery before it was flattened. Numbered buildings are 1. Bayt al-Aḥzān (Arabic: بَيْت ٱلْأَحْزَان), House of the sorrow of Fatimah bint Muhammad 2. Mausoleum of four Shia Imams: Hasan ibn Ali (2nd), Ali ibn Husayn al-Sajjad (4th), Muhammad ibn Ali al-Baqir (5th), Ja'far ibn Muhammad as-Sadiq (6th) 3. Daughters of Muhammed 4. Wives of the Muhammed 5. 'Aqil and Abdullah ibn Ja'far 6. Malik and Nafi' 7. Ibrahim, the little son of the Muhammed 8. Halimah al-Sa'diyyah 9. Fatimah bint Asad 10. Uthman, the third Caliph.

The act was protested by both Sunni and Shiia clerics.

Queen Elizabeth II was born.

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Saturday, April 17, 1926.

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Lex Anteinternet?

This blog has been around since 2009. In the very first post, we asked the question: "What the heck is this blog about?"

Our answer to the question was: "The intent of this blog is to try to explore and learn a few things about the practice of law prior to the current era. That is, prior to the internet, prior to easy roads, and the like. How did it work, how regional was it, how did lawyers perceive their roles, and how were they perceived?"

We also noted: "Part of the reason for this, quite frankly, has something to do with minor research for a very slow moving book."

All of this is still true, but the focus of the blog has changed somewhat. It now focuses on the era from 1890 to 1920 in general, rather than on the law and lawyers specifically, although that may be far from obvious. It's also become the location where we comment on anything we feel moved to comment on.

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