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KUFA , a Moslem city, situated on the shore of the Hindieh canal, about 4 M. E. by N. of Nejef (32 4' N., 440 20' E.), was founded by the Arabs
battle
caliph
capital of his caliphate
capital to Bagdad, in the middle
century , Kufa lost its importance and began to fall into decay. At the beginning of the 19th century , travellers reported extensive and important ruins as marking the ancient site. Since that time the ruins have served as quarries for bricks for the building of Nejef, and at the present time little remains but holes in the ground, representing excavations for bricks, with broken fragments of brick and glass strewn over a considerable area. A mosque still stands on the spot where 'Ali is reputed to have worshipped. (For history
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