Kairouan
القيروان
City in Tunisia founded around 670 CE by Uqba ibn Nafi as a base for the conquest of the Maghreb; its Great Mosque is among the oldest in the Islamic West.
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islam.museum contributors. “Kairouan”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/kairouan/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.