Mawlid Ceremonies in the Ottoman Empire
Mawlid in the Blue Mosque There is no definite information about how the ceremonies that were organized to celebrate Prophet Muhammad's birthday, or Mawlid, which is generally accepted as falling on 12 Rabi’ al-Awwal, started in the official Ottoman protocol. The general opinion, arrived at by working from the records of some waqfs (charitable foundations) is that the celebration of this occa...
