Kairouan
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Kairouan, also spelled El Qayrawān or Kairwan, is the capital of the Kairouan Governorate in Tunisia and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The city was founded by the Umayyads around 670, in the period of
The Aghlabid Basins
Bab Chouhada Street in 1899
Paranoma of the old city of Kairouan
The Great Mosque of Kairouan also known as the Mosque of Uqba (Great Mosque of Sidi-Uqba)
Uqba ibn Nafi
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ʿUqba ibn Nāfiʿ ibn ʿAbd al-Qays al-Fihrī al-Qurashī, also simply known as Uqba ibn Nafi, was an Arab general serving the Rashidun Caliphate since the reign of Umar and later the Umayyad Caliphate dur
A statue of Uqba bin Nafi in Algeria
The grave of Uqba in Sidi Okba, Algeria
Great Mosque of Kairouan or Mosque of Uqba ibn Nafi in Tunisia, with its minaret being one of the oldest standing minarets in the world
Minaret of the Sidi Okba Mosque in Algeria