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Kufa · Alexandria

Place

Kufa

Also known as

Al Kufa
Al Kufah
Al-Kufa
Al-Kufa
Al-Kufa
Al-Kufah

Image illustrating Kufa — archival plate · Wikimedia Commons · Kufasee Wikimedia Commons

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Connected to

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place of death ofAl-Ahnaf
place of death ofAl-Ash'ath ibn Qays599 CE
place of death ofAl-Aswad ibn Yazid
birthplace ofal-Fazārī8th c. CE
birthplace ofAl-Haytham ibn 'Adi738 CE
birthplace ofal-Jarīrī

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