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Kairouan: see Qayrawan, Al Qayrawan, Al (äl kīräwän`) or Kairouan ..... Click the link for more information. , Tunisia. Kairouanor Al-QayrawanCity (pop., 1994: 102,600), northeastern Tunisia. A religious centre of Islam, it was founded in 670 by the Arab general Sidi 'Uqbah and became the first Arab city in the Maghrib. It was chosen as the Maghrib capital by the Aghlabid dynasty c. 800. It served as an administrative, commercial, religious, and intellectual centre under the Fatimid and Zirid dynasties. The rise of Tunis, the new capital, led to Kairouan's decline and its devastation by Bedouin in the 11th century. It is the site of the 9th-century Great Mosque of the Qayrawan, one of the city's 150 mosques. Kairouan, Kairwan, Qairwan a city in NE Tunisia: one of the holy cities of Islam; pilgrimage and trading centre. Pop.: 124 000 (2005 est.) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Vansina's ultimate example of the proper historical study of an African monument is the much more conventionally documented Great Mosque of Qairawan in Tunisia rather than his own studies of the Kuba people. 22) In the rural towns of Qairawan, Haffouz and Makthar, there is a lesser acceptance of this notion (30. |
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