Great Mosque of Kufa

The Great Mosque of Kufa, or Masjid al-Kufa, is a Shi'ite and shrine, located in , in the of . Completed in 670 CE, it is one of the earliest surviving mosques in the world.
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  • Type: Mosque
  • Description: mosque in Iraq
  • Also known as: “Great Kufa Masjid”, “Masjid al Kufah”, “Masjid al Kūfah”, “Masjid al Kūfah al Mu‘az̧z̧am”, “Masjid al-Kufah”, “Masjid Kūfah”, and “Большая мечеть Куфы”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Al-Sahlah Mosque.

Mosque
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The is a Twelver Shia and… is situated 2½ km northwest of Great Mosque of Kufa.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Najaf.

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Great Mosque of Kufa

Latitude
32.02906° or 32° 1′ 45″ north
Longitude
44.4012° or 44° 24′ 4″ east
Elevation
33 metres (108 feet)
Open location code
8H462CH2+JF
Geo­Names ID
9289816
Wiki­data ID
Q3906396
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In Other Languages

From Achinese to Western Panjabi—“Great Mosque of Kufa” goes by many names.
  • Achinese: “Meuseujid Kufah”
  • Arabic: “مسجد الكوفة المعظم”
  • Arabic: “مسجد الكوفة”
  • Arabic: “مسجد كوفة”
  • Azerbaijani: “Böyük Kufə məscidi”
  • Bengali: “মসজিদ আল-কুফা”
  • Dutch: “Great Mosque of Kufa”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مسجد الكوفه”
  • Esperanto: “Granda Moskeo de Kufa”
  • French: “Grande mosquée de Koufa”
  • French: “Grande Mosquée de Koufa”
  • Georgian: “კუფის დიდი მეჩეთი”
  • Georgian: “ქუფის დიდი მეჩეთი”
  • German: “Große Moschee von Kufa”
  • Hebrew: “המסגד הגדול של כופה”
  • Hindi: “कूफा की महान मस्जिद”
  • Hindi: “कूफ़ा बड़ी मस्जिद”
  • Indonesian: “Masjid Agung Kufah”
  • Interlingue: “Grand Moské de Kufa”
  • Italian: “Grande moschea di Kufa”
  • Italian: “Grande Moschea di Kufa”
  • Japanese: “クーファの大モスク”
  • Kashmiri: “کوفہ مَسجِد”
  • Kinyarwanda: “Umusigiti wa Kufa”
  • Northern Luri: “مٱسجد کۊفٱ”
  • Persian: “مسجد کوفه”
  • Portuguese: “Mesquita de Cufa”
  • Portuguese: “Mesquita de Kufa”
  • Russian: “Великая мечеть Куфы”
  • Sanskrit: “घ्रेअत् ंओस्क़ुए ओफ़् खुफ़”
  • Slovenian: “Velika mošeja v Kufi”
  • Swedish: “Kufa-moskén”
  • Turkish: “Büyük Kufe Camii”
  • Turkish: “Büyük Kûfe Mescidi”
  • Urdu: “مسجد کوفہ”
  • Western Mari: “Эль-Куфа кого мечеть”
  • Western Panjabi: “مسجد کوفہ”

Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Ḩayy al Jumhūrīyah and Ḩayy al Mu‘allimīn.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Bilāl al Ḩabashī and Al Ḩikmah.

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