Kairouan (UK: /ˌkaɪər(ʊ)ˈwɑːn/, US: /kɛərˈ-/), also spelled El Qayrawān or Kairwan (Arabic: ٱلْقَيْرَوَان, romanized: al-Qayrawān [æl qɑjrɑˈwæːn] , Tunisian...
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The Great Mosque of Kairouan (Arabic: جامع القيروان الأكبر), also known as the Mosque of Uqba (جامع عقبة بن نافع), is a mosque situated in the UNESCO World...
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(Arabic: الشبيبة الرياضية القيروانية) or Chabiba is a football club from Kairouan in Tunisia. Founded in 1942, the team plays in green and white colours...
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Kairouan Governorate (Tunisian Arabic: ولاية قيروان Wilāyat Qiyrwān; French: Gouvernorat de Kairouan) is one of the twenty-four governorates of Tunisia...
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Berber Revolt (section Offensive on Kairouan)
Umayyad rule. After failing to capture the Umayyad provincial capital of Kairouan, the Berber rebel armies dissolved, and the western Maghreb fragmented...
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(modern Tunisia and eastern Algeria) starting in 944. Abu Yazid conquered Kairouan for a time, but was eventually driven back and defeated by the Fatimid...
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Chebika, Kairouan is a town in the Kairouan Governorate, Tunisia. List of cities in Tunisia Manbat - Chebika 35°37′07″N 9°55′34″E / 35.618651°N 9.925976°E...
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The Kairouan Synagogue (Hebrew: בית הכנסת של קירואן) is a former Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Kairouan, Tunisia. The synagogue operated...
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Carthage dating back to the 9th century BC, as well as the Great Mosque of Kairouan. Known for its ancient architecture, souks, and blue coasts, it covers...
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Ifriqiya (section Abbasid governors in Kairouan)
was briefly Carthage, then Qayrawan (Kairouan), then Mahdia, then Tunis. The Aghlabids, from their base in Kairouan, initiated the invasion of Southern...
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The Yeshiva of Kairouan (Hebrew: ישיבת קירואן; Arabic: يشيفا القيروان) was a Talmudic Academy in Kairouan during the era of the Geonim sages. It was one...
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The yeshiva of Kairouan is a former center for the study of Torah and Talmud located in Kairouan, Tunisia. The yeshiva was founded by Ḥushi'el b. Elhanan...
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2014-11-23. p. 16. Great Mosque of Kairouan (discoverislamicart.org) Archived 2013-04-07 at the Wayback Machine "Kairouan – UNESCO World Heritage Centre"...
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University of Kairouan is a public research university located in Kairouan, Tunisia, and it was founded 2 September 2004. The university of Kairouan is formed...
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The Fool of Kairouan (Arabic: مجنون القيروان; transliteration: Majnun al-Kairawen; French: Fou de Kairouan), produced in 1939, is the first Tunisian musical...
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Jeunesse Sportive Kairouan, also known as JS Kairouan or Chabiba , is a Tunisian professional basketball club from Kairouan. The club competes in the...
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September 824 the rebels had occupied Tunis and Kairouan, but the Aghlabids managed to repel them from Kairouan a month later and killed Mansur. Another chief...
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hypostyle-plan mosques is the Great Mosque of Kairouan (also called the Mosque of Uqba) in the city of Kairouan, Tunisia. The hypostyle is widely used in...
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Kairouan Airfield Kairouan Airfield is an abandoned military airfield in Tunisia, located approximately 11 km south-southeast of Kairouan, and126 km south...
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period, the city of Kairouan was founded in 670 and served as the regional capital of the Maghreb. The Great Mosque of Kairouan, the city's congregational...
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the city of Kairouan in Tunisia, were sentenced to six years in prison for allegedly having sex with other men and were banned from Kairouan for five years...
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the capital. In 948, they shifted their capital to al-Mansuriyya, near Kairouan. In 969, during the reign of al-Mu'izz, they conquered Egypt, and in 973...
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Al-Mansur Billah (section Battle for Kairouan)
born Isma'il, in early January 914, in the palace city of Raqqada near Kairouan. He was the son of the then heir-apparent and future second Fatimid imam–caliph...
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Hilalian invasion of Ifriqiya (redirect from Looting of Kairouan (1057))
annual tribute, placing the Hammadids under Hilalian vassalage. The city of Kairouan was looted by the Banu Hilal in 1057 after it was abandoned by the Zirids...
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This is a list of mosques in Kairouan, Tunisia. Great Mosque of Kairouan Mosque of the Three Doors Mosque of the Barber (Zawiya of Sidi Sahib) List of...
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Ali Abdi (footballer) (category JS Kairouan players)
and the Tunisia national team. Abdi made his professional debut with JS Kairouan in a 0–0 Tunisian Ligue Professionnelle 1 tie with EGS Gafsa on 25 December...
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The Tunisian city of Kairouan (Hebrew: קירואן, Arabic: قيروان Qirwān), also known as Kirwan or al-Qayrawan was a world center of Talmudic and Halakhic...
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Ifriqiya, with the local governors appointed by the Muslim governor in Kairouan. The indigenous Berber tribes adopted Islam, but retained their customary...
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Győr, Hungary. Ribbed cupola crowns the minaret of the Mosque of Uqba, in Kairouan, Tunisia. Inside of Armenian Orthodox church cupola in Lviv, Ukraine. View...
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The Great Mosque of Kairouan in Tunisia, founded by Arab general Uqba ibn Nafi in 670, one of the oldest and most notable mosques in North Africa....
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