Citation for Kufa

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"Kufa." In The Oxford Dictionary of Islam. Ed. John L. Esposito. Oxford Islamic Studies Online. Jan 24, 2021. <http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/article/opr/t125/e1321>.

Chicago

"Kufa." In The Oxford Dictionary of Islam. , edited by John L. Esposito. Oxford Islamic Studies Online, http://www.oxfordislamicstudies.com/article/opr/t125/e1321 (accessed Jan 24, 2021).

Kufa

Major city in Iraq. Became a center for political and cultural development during the first centuries of Islam. Has always had strong associations with Shiism and remains a Shii center today. Founded as a military city in 638 by the general Sad ibn Abi Waqqas and served as a base for Muslim expansion into Iran and the East. During the first civil war in 656 , Caliph Ali ibn Abi Talib (the first Shii imam) made Kufa his capital. Ali's tomb is located close to the city in Najaf.