Wikipedia's first sentence called it “special passport used only for a hajj pilgrimage to mecca”. Today it says “special passport used only for entry into saudi arabia for the purpose of performing hajj”.
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The opening as it read in 2025
Special passport for pilgrimage to Mecca Algerian hajj passport (2008) Indonesian hajj passport (before 2009) A Hajj passport was a special passport used only for entry into Saudi Arabia for the purpose of performing hajj (Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca and adjacent sites). This passport is no longer used, as Saudi Authorities have required ordinary passports since 2009. Special hajj passport issued on November 2nd, 1905 by Imperial Russian authorities to a Tatar man for a pilgrimage to Mecca and Medina . Indian Ministry of External Affairs . 2013-03-14 .
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The opening as it stood in 2010
A Hajj passport is a special passport used only for a hajj pilgrimage to Mecca .
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The opening as it stood in 2020
A Hajj passport is a special passport used only for entry into Saudi Arabia for the purpose of performing hajj (Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca and adjacent sites).
Red text was written in or rewritten since the previous snapshot. Their copy is revision 963026815.
The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
Special passport for pilgrimage to Mecca Algerian hajj passport (2008) Indonesian hajj passport (before 2009) A Hajj passport was a special passport used only for entry into Saudi Arabia for the purpose of performing hajj (Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca and adjacent sites).This passport is no longer used, as Saudi Authorities have required ordinary passports since 2009.Indian Ministry of External Affairs . 2013-03-14 .
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Today
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “special passport used only for a hajj pilgrimage to mecca”. Today it says “special passport used only for entry into saudi arabia for the purpose of performing hajj”. Read the current article and compare.
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Then
special passport used only for a hajj pilgrimage to mecca
Now
special passport used only for entry into saudi arabia for the purpose of performing hajj
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