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Kufa (Arabic: الْكُوفَة “al-Kūfah”), also spelled Kufah, is a city in Iraq, about 170 kilometres (110 mi) south of Baghdad, and 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) northeast of Najaf. It is located on the banks of the Euphrates River. The estimated population in 2003 was 110,000.
The Great Mosque of Kufa (Arabic: مَسْجِد ٱلْكُوفَة ٱلْمُعَظَّم/ٱلْأَعْظَم, romanized: Masjid al-Muʿaẓẓam/al-ʾAʿaẓam), or Masjid al-Kufa, is located in Kufa, Iraq and is one of the earliest surviving mosques in the world.
Kūfah, medieval city of Iraq that was a centre of Arab culture and learning from the 8th to the 10th century. It was founded in 638 ce as a garrison town by ʿUmar I, the second caliph. The city lay on the Hindiyyah branch of the Euphrates River, about 7 miles (11 km) northeast of Al-Najaf.
Feb 14, 2005 · Being the home of the encyclopaedic scholar Al-kindi and the great chemist Jabir Ibn Hayan, Kufa had a key role in the history of science. Kufa, Iraq. The house of the Caliphate. In 638 CE, Caliph Omar was visited at Medina by a deputation of Arabs from Al-Meda’in, a town on the Tigris recently conquered by the Muslims. [1] .
Kūfa (Arabic: الکوفة), also spelled Kufah, is located in the south of Iraq, ten Kilometers northeast of Imam Ali's shrine in Najaf and it is the second city built by Muslims. It was chosen as the capital by Imam 'Ali (a) in 36 /656-7, where he was martyred. Most of Shi'a Muslims were inhabitants of Kufa in the 1st/ 7th century.
Jun 20, 2017 · KUFA, a city about 105 kms south of Baghdad. Kufa was founded as a garrison city (meṣr) in 17/638 by Saʿd b. Abi Waqqāṣ, after his victory at the battle of Qādesiya. It replaced Ḥira as the local administrative center for several former Sasanian provinces (Morony, p. 154).
Kufa, Iraq One of the earliest mosques in Islam, the original Great Mosque at Kufa was built on a square site determined by lances thrown outwards in the four cardinal directions. It was constructed in the middle of the 7th century after the Caliph Omar established the city.
KUFA (Al-Kūfa), town on the banks of the Euphrates in central *Iraq, founded by the Muslims in 638. Kufa was at first a military camp, but rapidly became an important Muslim religious and cultural center, especially from the time of the reign of Caliph Alī ibn Abū Ṭālib.
The Great Mosque of Kufa is a grand and significant religious site located in the city of Kufa, Iraq. This majestic mosque is revered by Muslims worldwide and holds immense importance in Islamic history.
The Great Mosque of Kufa, also known as Masjid al-Kūfa, is one of the oldest and holiest surviving mosques in the entire world, and it is located in the city of Kufa, within the central part of the Republic of Iraq.
