This lightbulb was among the first to be used to light up Masjid-e-Nabwi back in September 1908.

This lightbulb was among the first to be used to light up Masjid-e-Nabwi back in September 1908.
It is displayed in the Dar AlMadinah Museum.

Electricity was first introduced in Madinah by the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Majid.

Masjid-e-Nabwi was originally lit by palm fronds. The first person to light an oil lamp in the mosque was the Sahabi Tameem Al-Dari (r.a.) in 9AH.