Great Mosque of Kufa
The Great Mosque of Kufa, or Masjid al-Kufa, is a Shi'ite mosque and shrine, located in Kufa, in the Najaf Governorate of Iraq. Completed in 670 CE, it is one of the earliest surviving mosques in the world.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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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”, and “Masjid Kūfah”
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Al-Sahlah Mosque.
Al-Sahlah Mosque
Mosque
The Al-Sahlah Mosque is a Twelver Shi'ite mosque and shrine, located in the city of Kufa, in the Najaf Governorate of Iraq. The mosque is of great importance to Twelver Shia Muslims, and it is believed that the mosque was initially established in Kufa as a neighborhood mosque for the followers of Ali, the early members of the Shia. Al-Sahlah Mosque is situated 2½ km northwest of Great Mosque of Kufa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Najaf.
Najaf
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Najaf is the capital city of the eponymous Najaf Governorate in central Iraq, about 160 km south of Baghdad. Its estimated population in 2024 was about 1.41 million people.
Great Mosque of Kufa
- Category: religion
- Location: Kufa District, Najaf Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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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 الكوفه”
- 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: “कुफा की महान मस्जिद्”
- Hindi: “कूफा की महान मस्जिद”
- Hindi: “मस्जिद अल -कुफा”
- 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: “Большая мечеть Куфы”
- 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”
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