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Kufa

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. Currently, Kufa and Najaf are joined into a single urban area that is mostly commonly known to the outside world as 'Najaf'.

For other uses, see Kufa (disambiguation).

Kufa
الْكُوفَة

 Iraq

Najaf

230,000

GMT+3

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Along with Samarra, Karbala, Kadhimiya and Najaf, Kufa is one of five Iraqi cities that are of great importance to Shi'ite Muslims. The city was founded in 638 CE (17 Hijrah) during the reign of the second Rashidun Caliph, Umar ibn Al-Khattab, and it was the final capital of the last Rashidun Caliph, Ali ibn Abi Talib. Kufa was also the founding capital of the Abbasid Caliphate. During the Islamic Golden Age it was home to the grammarians of Kufa. Kufic script is named for the city.

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Geography[edit]

Kufa is located on the banks of the Euphrates River.[1] It is 170 kilometres (110 mi) south of Baghdad, and 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) northeast of Najaf.

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The was constructed in the middle of the 7th century, after the Caliph Umar established the city. The mosque contains the remains of Muslim ibn Aqeel — first cousin of Husayn ibn Ali, his companion Hani ibn Urwa, and the revolutionary Al-Mukhtar. The Mosque also contains many important sites relating to Prophets and Ali ibn Abi Talib, including the place where he was fatally struck on the head, while in Sujūd (Arabic: سُجود, 'prostration').

Great Mosque of Kufa

Ali's house

The tomb of

Zayd ibn Ali

which contains some of the skin that was ripped off Husayn posthumously by his adversaries

Al-Hannanah Mosque

The tomb of

Maytham al-Tammar

The tomb of

Kumayl ibn Ziyad

which is associated with the Twelfth Imam of the Twelver Shia

Al-Sahlah Mosque

The town has produced several Shi'ite Muslim scholars.[6] It also contains buildings of importance to Shi'ites:

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Ali ibn Abi Talib

Asbat ibn Muhammad

Husayn bin Ali

Muslim ibn Aqeel

Mukhtar al-Thaqafi

Yaqub ibn Ishaq al-Kindi

Abu Hanifa

Sufyan al-Thawri

Alqama ibn Qays

Dawud al-Zahiri

Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud

Abd-Allah ibn Aamir Hadhrami

Al-Aswad ibn Yazid

Masruq ibn al-Ajda'

Jabir ibn Hayyan

Al-Qa'qa' ibn Amr al-Tamimi

Al-Kindi

Al-Hirah

Ghurabiyya Shia

Great Mosque (Kufa)

Arfaja al-Bariqi

Shiism

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