{"slug": "jeddah", "label": "Jeddah", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeddah", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q374365", "qid": "Q374365", "description": "city in Saudi Arabia", "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [646, 1997], "span_label": ["646 CE", "1997 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 2}, {"title": "Religion & Belief", "count": 1}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Jeddah, Saudi Arabia"], "related": [{"slug": "saudi-arabia", "label": "Saudi Arabia", "shared": 5}, {"slug": "red-sea", "label": "Red Sea", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "february", "label": "February", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "raynald-of-chatillon", "label": "Raynald of Châtillon", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "ethiopia", "label": "Ethiopia", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kingdom-of-aksum", "label": "Kingdom of Aksum", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "mecca", "label": "Mecca", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "hajj", "label": "Hajj", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "uthman-ibn-affan", "label": "Uthman ibn Affan", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "nigeria", "label": "Nigeria", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "boeing-707", "label": "Boeing 707", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 646, "year_label": "646 CE", "section": "Religion & Belief", "date": null, "text": "Caliph Uthman ibn Affan founds the city of Jeddah (Saudi Arabia) on the coast of the Red Sea. He establishes a port for Muslim pilgrims making the required Hajj to Mecca.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340804476#Arabian_Empire", "title": "646", "revid": 1340804476, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 702, "year_label": "702 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Ethiopian (Axumite) raiders occupy the port of Jeddah (modern Saudi Arabia).", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1340807070#Arabian_Empire", "title": "702", "revid": 1340807070, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 1183, "year_label": "1183 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "February", "text": "February – Raynald of Châtillon has at least five ships freighted over the Isthmus of Suez, which he then uses to pillage the shores of the Red Sea around Jeddah.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360552635#Near_East", "title": "1183", "revid": 1360552635, "section": "Events › By area › Asia › Near East"}}, {"year": 1517, "year_label": "1517 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "April 12", "text": "April 12 – Lopo Soares de Albergaria of Portugal begins the siege of Jeddah (now part of Saudi Arabia), attempting to invade, but is unable to land because of artillery fire from the Ottoman and Mamluk defenders. Bad weather prevents the Portuguese fleet of 15 ships from navigating for the next two weeks.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366649067#April–June", "title": "1517", "revid": 1366649067, "section": "Events › April–June"}}, {"year": 1973, "year_label": "1973 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 22", "text": "January 22 – A Royal Jordanian Boeing 707 flight from Jeddah crashes in Kano, Nigeria; 176 people are killed.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373239256#January", "title": "1973", "revid": 1373239256, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1991, "year_label": "1991 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "July 11", "text": "July 11 – Nigeria Airways Flight 2120, a Douglas DC-8 operated by Canadian airline Nolisair, catches fire and crashes soon after takeoff from Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, killing all 261 people on board.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371487470#July", "title": "1991", "revid": 1371487470, "section": "Events › July"}}, {"year": 1997, "year_label": "1997 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "April", "text": "April - A flight delivering 105 Muslim pilgrims from Libya to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia causes diplomatic backlash, as it violates a ban on international Libyan flights in place since 1992.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341750157#Events", "title": "1997 in Libya", "revid": 1341750157, "section": "Events"}}]}