Place:Kufa, Al-Najaf, Iraq

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NameKufa
Alt namesAl-Kufasource: Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) p 34
Al-Kūfahsource: Getty Vocabulary Program
TypeCity or town
Coordinates32.017°N 44.383°E
Located inAl-Najaf, Iraq     (600 - )
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Kufa, also spelled Kufah, is a city in Iraq, about south of Baghdad, and 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'.

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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