Kufa

GPTKB entity

Statements (64)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:city
gptkbp:areaCode +964 33
gptkbp:country gptkb:Iraq
gptkbp:distanceFromBaghdad about 10 km
gptkbp:founded 638 CE
gptkbp:founder gptkb:Sa'd_ibn_Abi_Waqqas
gptkbp:governorate gptkb:Najaf_Governorate
gptkbp:historicalSignificance center of Islamic scholarship
early Islamic capital
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kufa
gptkbp:language gptkb:Arabic
gptkbp:locatedOn gptkb:Euphrates_River
gptkbp:notableBuilding gptkb:Kufa_University
gptkb:Shrine_of_Al-Mukhtar_al-Thaqafi
gptkb:Shrine_of_Hani_ibn_Urwa
gptkb:Shrine_of_Muslim_ibn_Aqil
gptkb:Great_Mosque_of_Kufa
gptkbp:notableBurials gptkb:Al-Mukhtar_al-Thaqafi
gptkb:Hani_ibn_Urwa
gptkb:Muslim_ibn_Aqil
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Karbala_movement
gptkb:Revolt_of_Al-Mukhtar
Battle of Jamal aftermath
Battle of Siffin aftermath
Umayyad and Abbasid periods
assassination of Ali ibn Abi Talib
base of operations for Al-Mukhtar al-Thaqafi
center for Arabic grammar
center for Hadith transmission
center for Islamic jurisprudence
center for Quranic studies
center for Shia scholarship
early Islamic caliphate capital
early Islamic civil wars
support for Husayn ibn Ali
gptkbp:notableInstitution gptkb:Kufan_school_of_Arabic_grammar
gptkb:Kufan_school_of_Islamic_jurisprudence
gptkb:Kufan_school_of_Quranic_recitation
gptkb:Great_Mosque_of_Kufa
gptkbp:notableResident gptkb:Ali_ibn_Abi_Talib
gptkb:Al-Mukhtar_al-Thaqafi
gptkb:Muslim_ibn_Aqil
gptkbp:population approximately 110,000
gptkbp:postalCode 54001
gptkbp:region gptkb:Mesopotamia
gptkbp:religiousSignificance Shia Islam
Sunni Islam
gptkbp:timezone gptkb:Arabian_Standard_Time
gptkbp:university gptkb:University_of_Kufa
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Abbasid_Caliphate
gptkb:Al-Kindi
gptkb:Al-Mutanabbi
gptkb:Rashidun_Caliphate
gptkb:Al-Kisai
gptkb:Hafs_an_Asim
gptkb:Arab_Caliphate
gptkb:Imam_Bukhari
gptkb:Kufic
gptkb:Abbasid_dynasty
gptkb:Abu_Hanifa
gptkb:Ibn_Qutaybah
gptkb:Zayd_ibn_Ali
gptkb:Kufic_script
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5