Name: El Kef
Address: El Kef, Maghreb

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Qayrawan

Qayrawan is a town in central Tunisia that began as an Arab military base, traditionally founded by Uqba ibn Nafi' in 50/670, and became the capital of Ifriqiya and the oldest and most prestigious Muslim city of the Islamic West. It peaked under the Aghlabids, with its Great Mosque and a school of Maliki law that includes Sahnun's Mudawwana among its landmarks. It declined sharply after the Fatimid move to Cairo and the Banu Hilal invasion in the mid-5th/11th century, and remained a revered town.

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