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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.
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.
Kufa (en árabe: الكوفة Al-Kūfa) es una ciudad de Irak situada a unos 170 km al sur de Bagdad y a 10 km al noroeste de Náyaf. Tenía 110.000 habitantes en 2003. Es, junto a Karbala y Náyaf una de las tres grandes ciudades chiíes de Irak.
31 de mar. de 2018 · Published in nine volumes, A’lamuKufa traces the entire history of Kufa by exploring the minds that enriched its culture and were instrumental in its ascendance as the cultural capital of the region.
KUFAKUFA (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 ( 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.
Mosque of Kūfa (Arabic: مسجد الکوفة) is a great mosque in the Islamic world. For Shi'as, it is the fourth important mosque after al-Masjid al-Haram, al-Masjid al-Nabi, and Masjid al-Aqsa. It is also the oldest and the most important visiting place in Kufa.
