Qayrawan

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Qayrawan (Kairouan) is a historic city in central Tunisia renowned as an early center of Islamic scholarship and a major religious and cultural hub in North Africa.

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Label Occurrences
Qayrawan canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf city ⓘ
municipality ⓘ
alternativeName Al-Qayrawān ⓘ
linked to: Kairouan

Kairouan ⓘ
architecturalStyle Aghlabid architecture ⓘ
early Islamic architecture ⓘ
capitalOf Kairouan Governorate ⓘ
climate semi-arid climate ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Tunisia ⓘ
distanceFromTunis approximately 150 km southwest ⓘ
foundedBy Umayyad Caliphate ⓘ
Uqba ibn Nafi ⓘ
foundingDate 670 ⓘ
governingCountryCapital Tunis ⓘ
heritageDesignation Islamic holy city ⓘ
historicalDynasty Aghlabid dynasty ⓘ
Fatimid Caliphate ⓘ
Zirid dynasty ⓘ
historicalRegion Ifriqiya ⓘ
linked to: North Africa
historicalRole early center of Islamic scholarship ⓘ
major cultural hub in North Africa ⓘ
major religious hub in North Africa ⓘ
languageUsed Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn North Africa ⓘ
central Tunisia ⓘ
notableBuilding Aghlabid Basins ⓘ
Great Mosque of Kairouan ⓘ
Mosque of the Three Doors ⓘ
Zaouia of Sidi Sahab ⓘ
notableFor early Islamic architecture ⓘ
religious pilgrimage ⓘ
traditional carpet weaving ⓘ
partOf Kairouan Governorate ⓘ
primaryReligion Islam ⓘ
region Maghreb ⓘ
linked to: North Africa
religiousInstitution Great Mosque of Kairouan as major center of Maliki jurisprudence ⓘ
religiousSignificance one of the holiest cities in Islam in North Africa ⓘ
servedAs capital of Ifriqiya ⓘ
capital of the Aghlabid dynasty ⓘ
timeZone Central European Time ⓘ
transportConnection linked by road to Sousse ⓘ
linked by road to Tunis ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria cultural ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageInscriptionYear 1988 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageStatus World Heritage Site ⓘ
urbanType medina (historic walled city) ⓘ
UTCOffset +1 ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sahnun → birthPlace → Qayrawan ⓘ
Sahnun → deathPlace → Qayrawan ⓘ