koofa

koofa
Kufa / اaلaكaوaفaةa‎
कूफ़ा is located in Iraq
koofa
iraak mein sthiti
soochana
praant va desh: najaf praant, iraak
janasankhya (2003): 1,10,000
mukhya bhaasha(eain): arabi
nirdeshaank: 32°a02′aN 44°a24′aE / 32.033°aN 44.4°aE / 32.033; 44.4


mahaan koofa masjid, 1915 mein li gayi tasveer

koofa (arabi: اaلaكaوaفaةa‎, al-koofa; angreji: Kufa) iraak ke najaf praant mein furaat nadi ke kinaare sthit ek shahar hai. yeh iraak ki rajdhani bagdaad se 170 kimi dakshin mein aur praanteeya rajdhani najaf se 10 kimi poorvottar mein padta hai.

dhaarmik mahatva

saamarra, karabala, kaajimiya aur najaf ke saath koofa shiya islaam ke paanch sabse mahatvapoorn iraaki shaharon mein gina jaata hai. yeh islaam ke paigmbar muhammad ke daamaad, Ali ibn abu taalib ki antim rajdhani thi. islaam ki sabse praacheen masjidon mein se ek, mahaan koofa masjid, isi shahar mein sthit hai.[1]

inhein bhi dekhein

sandarbh

  1. Cities of The Middle East and North Africa: A Historical Encyclopedia, Michael Dumper, Bruce E. Stanley, pp. 226, ABC-CLIO, 2007, ISBN 978-1-57607-919-5, ... The principal event in the early history of Kufa, one that set the pattern for its future evolution, was that Ali b. Abi Talib,first cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet and last and most controversial of the rashidun (rightly guided) caliphs, chose Kufa as his residence.Therefore,for five years,between 656 and 661,Kufa was the capital of Islam ...