At a glance
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
- Identifiers
- GeoNames
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
In time
On screen
- Mokhtarnameh· Series · Set in · historical drama
- Imam Ali· Series · Set in · historical drama
Summary
A garrison city in Iraq, founded around 638 CE. It was the seat of the caliphate of Ali ibn Abi Talib and an early centre of learning.
Location
Its approximate coordinates are 32.0511 north and 44.4402 east. 1
In the museum
The museum's material on this place includes people who lived there: 11, polities it was capital of: 1, and buildings: 1.
People who lived here
- Saad ibn Abi Waqqas
- Abd Allah ibn Masud
- Adi ibn Hatim
- Al-Walid ibn Uqba ibn Abi Mu'ayt
- Al-Ash'ath ibn Qays
- Al-Bara ibn Azib
- Dimam ibn Tha'laba
- Jabir ibn Samura
Polities it was capital of
- The Rashidun Caliphate (632 CE)
Buildings here
What this page covers
This page gathers what the museum links to the place: events, people and buildings. It is not a full historical description of the place. The description and history of the place, from the original sources, will be added in the next batches.
Connections
- Home of
- Abdullah ibn Mas'ud· Adi ibn Hatim· al-Ash'ath ibn Qays· al-Bara' ibn Azib· al-Walid ibn Uqba ibn Abi Mu'ayt· Dimam ibn Tha'laba· Furat ibn Hayyan· Jabir ibn Samura· Ka'b ibn Ujra· Labid ibn Rabi'a· Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas· Uthman ibn Hunayf· Wa'il ibn Hujr
- Ruled by
- Hani ibn Hawdha al-Nakha'i
- Under the rule of
- Qaraza ibn Ka'b al-Ansari
- Site of
- Ali burns people in Kufa who claimed he was God· Ali burns the village of Zarara where wine was sold· ʿAli's dispatch of his own governors to the garrison towns (36 AH)· Ali enters Kufa in 36 AH· Ali's judgment on a slap over a debased dirham in Kufa· Ali's rounds in the market of Kufa· Ali moves the capital to Kufa· Ali's inquiry into a missing traveller and his wealth· Ali empties the treasury and prays in it· The Arabization of Iraq's Kharaj Diwan· Battle of al-Namarq (13 AH)· The Building of the Hashimite City at Kufa· The Jund Shahanshah's Conversion — the Hamra' Daylam· The Karkh–Sunni reconciliation and joint pilgrimage to the two shrines· al-Khirrīt ibn Rāshid and Banū Nājiya's break with ʿAli (38 AH)· The killing of Muslim ibn Aqil in Kufa· Storm and hail at Kufa and Basra, 285· Qarmatian entry into Kufa on the Eid al-Adha, 293· Ma'n ibn Za'ida's Engraving on the Caliphal Seal· The revolt of al-Mukhtar ibn Abi Ubayd in Kufa· The Kufans' Complaint against Sa'd and the Succession of Governors· al-Walid ibn 'Uqba's dismissal from Kufa (30 AH)
- Has part
- al-Najraniyya
- Contains
- Great Mosque of Kufa
- Mentioned in
- Muwatta 1· Muwatta 80
- Setting of
- Mokhtarnameh· Imam Ali
People and things also explored
Ali ibn Abi Talib· al-Mughira ibn Shu'ba· Umar ibn al-Khattab· Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas· Muhammad· Medina· The three years of the secret call· The Battle of Badr
Sources
- GeoNames gazetteer
- al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi
- Muruj al-Dhahab — al-Masʼudi
- The Umayyad State — Bakr Muhammad Ibrahim Bakr (1st ed., Markaz al-Raya lil-Nashr wal-I'lam, Cairo 2002)
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Kufa”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/kufa/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-27.