Kairouan: Perbedaan antara revisi

'''Kairouan''' ({{lang-ar|القيروان}} ''{{audio|help=no|9erouen.wav|Qeirwān}}''), also spelled '''Al Qayrawān''' ({{audio|help=no|Al Qayrawan.wav|listen}}) or '''Kairwan''', is the capital of the [[Kairouan Governorate]] in [[Tunisia]]. It is a [[UNESCO]] [[World Heritage site]]. The city was founded by the [[Umayyads]] around 670.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=ScBbJdau_ZUC&pg=PA1006&dq=kairouan+founded+by+the+arabs&hl=fr&ei=r8IPTc7JEMe08QOoysCFBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CCoQ6AEwATgU#v=onepage&q=kairouan%20founded%20by%20the%20arabs&f=false Nagendra Kr Singh, ''International encyclopaedia of Islamic dynasties''. Anmol Publications PVT. LTD. 2002. page 1006]</ref> In the period of [[Caliphate|Caliph]] [[Mu'awiya I|Mu'awiya]] (reigned 661–680), it became an important centre for [[Sunni]] Islamic scholarship and [[Qur'an|Quranic]] learning,<ref>{{cite book|editor1-last=Luscombe|editor1-first=David|editor2-last=Riley-Smith|editor2-first=Jonathan|title=The New Cambridge Medieval History, Volume 2; Volume 4|date=2004|publisher=Cambridge University Press|isbn=9780521414111|page=696}}</ref> and thus attracting many Muslims from various parts of the world, next only to [[Mecca]] and [[Medina]]. The holy [[Mosque of Uqba]] is situated in the city.<ref name=EP>Europa Publications "General Survey: Holy Places" ''The Middle East and North Africa 2003'', p. 147. Routledge, 2003. {{ISBN|1-85743-132-4}}. "The city is regarded as a holy place for Muslims."</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Hutchinson Encyclopedia 1996 Edition |publisher=Helicon Publishing Ltd, [[Oxford]] |year=1996 |page=572 |isbn=1-85986-107-5}}</ref>

 

 

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