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    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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    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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  • 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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    (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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  • 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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    The Kairouan Synagogue (Hebrew: בית הכנסת של קירואן) is a former Tunisian synagogue located in Kairouan, Tunisia. The city of Kairouan had a large Jewish...
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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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • The Kairouan Power Station, also Kairouan Solar Park 3, is a 120 MW (160,000 hp) solar power plant under development in Tunisia. The power station is...
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    foundation, which he favoured over Kairouan. Ashir continued to be the capital of the Zirids in the central Maghreb, while Kairouan was the capital of Ifriqiya...
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    The Great Mosque of Kairouan (also known as the Mosque of Uqba) in the city of Kairouan, Tunisia, was, particularly from the 9th to 11th century, an important...
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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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