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Great Mosque of Kufa

The Great Mosque of Kufa (Arabic: مَسْجِد ٱلْكُوفَة ٱلْمُعَظَّم/ٱلْأَعْظَم, romanizedMasjid al-Muʿaẓẓam/al-ʾAʿaẓam), or Masjid al-Kufa, is located in Kufa, Iraq and is one of the earliest surviving mosques in the world. The mosque, built in the 7th century, was home to Ali ibn Abi Talib, the 4th Rashidun caliph; and contains the shrine of Muslim ibn Aqeel, his companion Hani ibn Urwa, and the revolutionary, Al-Mukhtar.[1] The mosque has been significantly rebuilt and restored multiple times in its history.

Mosque of Kufa

Active

670 CE

11,000 square metres (120,000 sq ft)

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Holiest sites in Shia Islam

in Medina

Prophet's Mosque

in Mecca

Masjid al-Haram

(Al-Aqsa) in Jerusalem

Temple Mount

in Karbala

Imam Husayn Shrine

in Cairo

Al Hussein Mosque

in Mazar-i-Sharif, Afghanistan

Mausoleum of Imam Ali

in Najaf, Iraq

Imam Ali Shrine

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