/ˌkaɪər(ʊ)ˈwɑːn/, US: /kɛərˈ-/), also spelled El Qayrawān or Kairwan (Arabic: ٱلْقَيْرَوَان, romanized: al-Qayrawān [æl qɑjrɑˈwæːn] , Tunisian Arabic: Qeirwān...

seat is the town of Sinjar. The district has two subdistricts, al-Shemal and al-Qayrawan. The district is one of two major population centers for Yazidis...

the Fihrids was Uqba ibn Nafi al-Fihri, the Arab Muslim conqueror of North Africa in 670-680s, and founder of al-Qayrawan. Several of his sons and grandsons...

established the town of Al-Qayrawan about 160 kilometers south of present-day Tunis and used it as a base for further operations. Abu al-Muhajir Dinar, Uqba's...

368–74 AH (978–84 CE); returned to al-Qayrawān for three years (during which time he studied with the jurists al-Qābisī (d. 403/1011) and Ibn Abī Zayd...

school in al-Qayrawān (Kairouan). Al-Qābiṣī's father was born in the village of al-Maʿāfiriyyīn near Qabis (Gabès) and his mother was from al-Qayrawān. According...

established the town of Qayrawan about 160 kilometres south of modern Tunis and used it as a base for further operations. Abu al-Muhajir Dinar, Uqba's successor...

of Ifriqiya (817–838), the Al-Dimnah Hospital, constructed in the Dimnah region close to the great mosque of Al Qayrawan, was quite ahead of its time...

administration he organized the markets of al-Qayrawan and restored the city mosque. Yazid died in al-Qayrawan on March 13, 787, after a reign of fifteen...

Kairouan (Hebrew: קירואן, Arabic: قيروان Qirwān), also known as Kirwan or al-Qayrawan was a world center of Talmudic and Halakhic scholarship: 29  for at least...

to make his way into al-Qayrawan, bringing with him food, mounts and other provisions. Following 'Umar's arrival in al-Qayrawan, Abu Hatim returned to...

Governorate (Al Qayrawan) Kasserine Governorate (Al Qasrayn) Kebili Governorate (Qibili) Kef Governorate (Al Kaf) Mahdia Governorate (Al Mahdiyah) Manouba...

Al-Ghadir Al-Nafil Imam Muhammad ibn Saud University main campus Al-Qayrawan Al-Aqiq Al-Arid Al-Naseem Al-Naseem (East) Al-Naseem (West) As-Salam Al-Manar...

Buluggin ibn Ziri, who was appointed by the Faṭimid caliph al-Muʿizz as governor of al-Qayrawān and any other territory his nation, the Zirid Dynasty might...

and elsewhere". Abd al-Aziz ibn Shaddad was a Zirid chronicler and prince. He wrote Kitab al-Jam' wa 'l-bayan fi akhbar al-Qayrawan (كتاب الجمع والبيان...

Tamim al-Tamimi was launched in Tunis and quickly gathered a large degree of support. Muhammad engaged the rebels as they marched toward al-Qayrawan, but...

organization, stating: "The mujahidin brothers in KUBN from the land of al-Qayrawan show support, help, and aid for the Islamic Caliphate State…give victory...

Sharaf al-Judhāmī al-Qayrawānī, was born in al-Qayrawān in AD 1000 (AH 390). He had only one good eye. He learned poetry under Abu ʾl-Ḥasan al-Qābisī...

poet (approximate date) Swanton, Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, pp.  62–63. "Al-Qayrawan hospital, Tunisia in 830". Archived from the original on April 25, 2012...

(13th century, updated by Abu al-Fadl Abu al-Qasim ibn Naji in the 15th century), Ma'alim al-Aman fi Ma'arufat Ahl al-Qayrawan. Critical Arabic edition by...

A woman weaving a carpet using a handloom in 1961 in al-Qayrawan...

Kutamah tribe. Al Mahdi established himself at the former Aghlabid residence at Raqqadah, a suburb of Al-Qayrawan in Tunisia. In 920, Al Mahdi took up...

from its starting point in Gibraltar – to say nothing about its base in al-Qayrawan – had already spent itself and reached a natural limit." The view that...

and Qayrawan throughout the region along with Islam, as the Quran was studied and transcribed. Qayrawani Kufic script developed in al-Qayrawan from the...

Feddane el Begar. It is 15 kilometres (590,000,000 mils) southwest of Al Qayrawān. A number of Roman ruins dot the opposite bank of the Oued El Hatech...

mapped on the Hertzsprung–Russell diagram. Cox starts this episode in Al-Qayrawan, Tunisia to analyse the orbit of the planets around the Sun, with details...

conquest transformed the whole country and founded a new city called Al-Qayrawan, a renowned center for religious and intellectual pursuits. With the...

القمر al-Qamar / Al-Qumur. Comoros قنا Qinā. Qina, Egypt القنيطرة al-Qunayṭiraḧ. Quneitra, Syria قونكة Qūnkaḧ. Cuenca, Spain القيروان al-Qayrawān. Kairouan...

violence against Jews in North Africa during World War II. Gabes, like al-Qayrawan, had been an important Jewish center during the Middle Ages. Though there...

be an original composition that drew from the Risalah of Abi Zayd of al-Qayrawan. Some accounts, including that of Reverend Dwight York (aka Imam Isa)...