| This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Mahmal article. This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject. |
Article policies
|
| Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL |
 | This article is rated B-class on Wikipedia's content assessment scale. It is of interest to the following WikiProjects: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 | A fact from Mahmal appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 28 May 2021 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
|  |
Did you know nomination edit
- The following is an archived discussion of the DYK nomination of the article below. Please do not modify this page. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as this nomination's talk page, the article's talk page or Wikipedia talk:Did you know), unless there is consensus to re-open the discussion at this page. No further edits should be made to this page.
The result was: promoted by Kingsif (talk) 20:40, 18 May 2021 (UTC)
( )
Cover for a Damascus mahmal
- ... that, on arriving at Mecca with a pilgrim caravan, the mahmal was given an elaborate fabric covering (example pictured)? "During the journey it was covered in simple cloths. [...] [t]he mahmal was carried with the pilgrim groups. Once it arrived in Mecca, it was covered with costly fabrics, such as brocade, and gilded decorations" [1]
- Reviewed: John W. Tyler
Moved to mainspace by MartinPoulter (talk). Self-nominated at 18:46, 11 May 2021 (UTC).
This interesting article is new enough and long enough. The image is suitably licensed, the hook facts are cited inline, the article is neutral, and I detected no copyright issues. A QPQ has been done. Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:24, 15 May 2021 (UTC)
Suggested additions edit
Making a link to Talk:History of the Hajj#Many additions needed to record User:Bzzzing's criticisms of this article. As this article's main author, I can affirm that I'm not a Muslim and I don't have a pro- or anti-Saudi agenda. I've just summarised what was in the sources I've seen. I'm happy to be pointed to sources about the Saudis making the mahmal illegal. MartinPoulter (talk) 14:03, 27 March 2023 (UTC)
- This is a good start. This link has a number of citations at the close of the article. Look into them and you'll find plenty of neutral, objective sources.
- https://www.ihrc.org.uk/whose-hajj-is-it-anyway/
- Bzzzing (talk) 20:55, 27 March 2023 (UTC)