al-Kufa

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/al-Kufa
GPTKB entity
Statements (31)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:city
gptkbp:areaCode 33
gptkbp:climate hot desert climate
gptkbp:distanceFromBaghdad about 10 km
about 170 km south
gptkbp:foundedBy gptkb:Sa'd_ibn_Abi_Waqqas
gptkbp:foundedIn 638 CE
gptkbp:historicalSignificance center of Islamic scholarship
early Islamic capital
center of Shia Islam
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label al-Kufa
gptkbp:language gptkb:Arabic
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Iraq
gptkb:Najaf_Governorate
gptkbp:locatedOnRiver gptkb:Euphrates
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Battle_of_the_Camel
gptkb:Revolt_of_al-Mukhtar
Ali's caliphate capital
gptkbp:notableInstitution 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:notableResident gptkb:Ali_ibn_Abi_Talib
gptkb:Al-Mukhtar_al-Thaqafi
gptkb:Muslim_ibn_Aqil
gptkb:Abu_Hanifa
gptkbp:population approximately 230,000
gptkbp:postalCode 54001
gptkbp:timezone gptkb:Arabian_Standard_Time
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Abu_al-Atahiya
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5