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	Kairouan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is the capital of the Kairouan Governorate.
		Kairouan was founded in about the year 670 when the Arab general Uqba ibn Nafi selected a site in the middle of a dense forest, then infested with wild beasts and reptiles, as the location of a military post.
		Amongst Tunisians, Kairouan is famous for its pastries (e.g., zlebia and makroudh).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kairouan (663 words)

	Wikinfo \| Kairouan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Kairouan (Kairwan, Al Qayrawan) is a city in Tunisia, about 160 kilometres south of Tunis.
		Kairouan was founded in about the year 670 when the Muslim general Uqba ibn Nafi selected a site in the middle of a dense forest, then infested with wild beasts and reptiles, as the location of a military post.
		Kairouan is a holy city for many Muslims, and many Sunni Muslims consider it the fourth holiest city of Islam, after Mecca, Medina and Jerusalem, and the holiest city of the Maghreb.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Kairouan (481 words)

	Kairouan
		It is the capital of Kairouan governorate with 590,000 inhabitants (2005 estimate) and an area of 6,712 km².
		Kairouan is counted as the most holy city of North Africa.
		Kairouan was through much of its history a city that only allowed non-Muslim visitors with a special permit — much similar to the most holy cities and sites of Islam.
	i-cias.com /e.o/kairouan.htm (456 words)

	The Holly Islamic City of Kairouan
		Kairouan is situated 160 km south of Tunis.
		The military architecture of the coastal cities of Tunisia was inspired by the Kairouan, square fortresses with walls flanked by semicircular towers.
		Kairouan became a holy city to the extent that seven pilgrimages to it were considered equal to one pilgrimage to Mecca.
	www.mizyana.com /Kairouan.htm (349 words)

	Kairouan, Tunisia
		As the chief Islamic center in North Africa Kairouan draws millions of pilgrims and is one of Tunisia's leading tourist centers.
		Kairouan itself has little water, and since its foundation supplies have had to be brought to the town from great distances.
		Although Tunis was now the uncontested political capital of Tunisia, Kairouan retained its religious importance for the Muslims of North Africa; and seven pilgrimages to Kairouan are regarded as equivalent to the prescribed pilgrimage to Mecca.
	www.planetware.com /tunisia/kairouan-tun-kr-k.htm (445 words)

	Kairouan,Tunisia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Kairouan grew in size and beauty and no where was this more evident than in the construction and continuing elaboration of its Great Mosque.
		From the 11th century onward, however, Kairouan ceased to be the capital of Arab Ifriqiya.
		Yet, as a holy city, Kairouan grew in importance with the passing centuries and its splendid mosque became a magnet for pilgrims from Muslim territories throughout Northern and Saharan Africa.
	www.sacredsites.com /africa/tunisia.html (1265 words)

	Kairouan, Tunisia - Travel Tunisia for just a few clicks!
		One of the entrances to the medina of Kairouan.
		Kairouan is where Islam gained its foothold in the Northern African continent.
		In Kairouan, a convenient place to stay near the central medina is Hotel Tunisia in Avenue de la Republique, telephone 77 231 855.
	members.tripod.com /travelsnapz/tunisiakairouan.html (804 words)

	Places to go, Kairouan - Tunisia.
		As Kairouan is the oldest and most renowned carpet center in Tunisia, the selection is enormous.Undoubtedly the hand knotted pile carpet reigns supreme with the typical design of Kairouan, Alloucha, being of natural wool colors with a large border of parallel stripes of geometric patterns and a central lozenge with a floral design.
		Kairouan also produces a woven carpet the margoum, using mainly geometric Berber designs, lighter in weight and in a multitude of colors.
		Kairouan is also noted for its brasswork, intricately designed trays, vases and bowels, embossed or engraved as well as leatherwork ranging from camel saddles to fine slippers.
	www.tourismtunisia.com /togo/kairouan/kairouan.html (476 words)

	BikeAbout Trip Log: October 28–29, 1997
		Arriving in Kairouan and riding our bikes along the walls of the city, we were very impressed with their ochre color and excellent state of preservation.
		Kairouan is most important Islamic city in North Africa, and its Great Mosque (see the Place of the Day) is the fourth holiest in the world (after Mecca, Medina, and Jerusalem).
		The importance of this legend is that Kairouan became the Arab capital of North Africa, serving both as a base for future military campaigns in the Maghreb and Spain, but also as the administrative capital once the Arab expansion ended.
	www.bikeabout.org /journal/notes_22.htm (1603 words)

	Kairouan (Tunisia) > Pilot operations \| RehabiMed (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Kairouan has preserved the authenticity of its urban fabric and contains several monuments that are references in Muslim art, such as the Great Mosque, the Aghlabite pools and the Mosque of the Three Doors.
		The cultural role of the medina of Kairouan and in particular of Place Jraba needs to be strengthened.
		The interest it excites among the town’s population and the attachment of Kairouan’s inhabitants to the medina are proof that it is an essential component of the identity of their town.
	www.rehabimed.net /www_ang/tunisia_ang.asp (1324 words)

	Kairouan, Tunisia: The holy city
		Kairouan is defined as the holiest city of Tunisia, being the oldest Islamic settlement, having the oldest mosque in North Africa and the world's oldest minaret.
		But there is more to the story: In 670, the general of the invading Arab forces, Oqba bin Nafi, found a golden cup in the sands here, a golden cup that he had lost in the holy well of Zamzam in Mecca a few years earlier.
		Kairouan is a great tourist destination, being the best place in Tunisia to learn about the country's Islamic history.
	lexicorient.com /tunisia/kairouan.htm (311 words)

	Tunisia: Images and Sights
		Kairouan’s name comes from the Arabic word qayrawan, meaning ‘military camp.’ Founded in 670 AD, Kairouan’s medina is still the heart of the city and is quite authentic and colorful.
		Once inside an upstairs room, we were encouraged to sit down and enjoy a cup of sweet mint tea as the store clerk and his assistants began unrolling rugs lining the perimeters of the room.
		Some of the wool rugs for which Kairouan is so famous were in the knotted style and others were woven.
	homepage.mac.com /melissaenderle/tunisia/kairouan.html (1357 words)

	Tunisia's muslim and arab heritage, history
		In 910, the Berbers seized Kairouan and established the Hafcides dynasty in Ifriquiya.
		The thing left to Kairouan is her spiritual side, a reputation for being a great religious center.
		Even today, seven pilgrimages to Kairouan are equal, in the eyes of the believers, to one trip to Mecca.
	www.promotunisia.com /history4.html (695 words)

	KAIROUAN : informations hôtels météo carte plan de la ville
		Kairouan est située au centre de la Tunisie et compte 150 000 habitants.
		Kairouan est fondée par Okba Ibn Nafaâ en 670, malgré l'hostilité des populations berbères, qui se révoltèrent sous la conduite de la prophétesse Al Kahéna.
		Aujourd'hui Kairouan est devenue agricole, malgré son climat semi aride, grâce aux barrages érigés tout autour.
	www.nachoua.com /Kairouan/kairouan.htm (480 words)

	Tunesie - zo dichtbij... zo gastvrij.
		Omdat Kairouan de oudste en meest bekende tapijtencentrum van Tunesië is, is de keuze enorm.
		Kairouan produceert ook het gewoven tapijt, 'de margoum', gebruikmakend van geometrische Berber designs, zijn deze tapijten lichter in gewicht en bevatten ze een grote hoeveelheid aan kleuren.
		Kairouan is eveens bekend om haar koperwerk, rijkversierde dienbladen, vazen en schalen, geëmbossed of gegrafeerd evenals lederenproducten variërend van kamelenzadels tot fijne slippers.
	www.ontdektunesie.nl /lokaties/kairouan.html (595 words)

	www.investintunisia.com :: Kairouan
		The Governorate of Kairouan lies in the central-west of the country, in the privileged geographic position of a crossroads between the north, the south, the east and the west of the country.
		Kairouan produces sufficiently large quantities of vegetables (peppers, tomatoes) and fruit (apricots, almonds, olives) to meet demand from other regions (Sousse, Greater Tunis and Sfax).
		Kairouan is the most industrialized of the central-west governorates, due to its closeness to the Capital and to coastal areas.
	www.investintunisia.tn /site/en/article.php?id_article=729 (528 words)

	Tunisian carpets and tapestries, kilims and mergoums
		Legend attributes to “Kamla”, the daughter of a Turkish governor of Kairouan, the introduction in 1830 of the knot of “Ghiords” (ghorza) of Anatolian (Turkish) conception.
		The “Kairouan”, which inherited the name of the city where it was originally produced, is the ascendant of a variety of present day Tunisian carpets.
		At the same time as the introduction of the “Kairouan”, vivacious colour schemes were increasingly adopted in function of the imagination of the artisans.A graduating of blue, green, fl and white with an influx of shades and lights, usually settled on a desert yellow, where dunes are always moving.
	www.raken.com /info/eng/historique/tapis_tapisserie.asp (609 words)

	Kairouan
		De stad Kairouan (betekent "karavaan") bevindt zich in het midden van het desolate droge en warme steppegebied.
		Deze moskee van Kairouan is de oudste en ook een van de grootste moskee's van de Maghreb.
		Vandaar dat Kairouan ook gedurende eeuwen, vóór Tunis, eveneens de administratieve, culturele en economische hoofdstad was van Tunesië.
	home.tiscali.be /f.vanlil/Tunesie/Kairouan.htm (570 words)

	Kairouan (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.tamu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Kdo mě zná, ví, že moc na hygienu a na pořádek nehraju, ale Kairouan byl i na mě dost silná káva. Odpadky se válejí doslova všude, ve starém i novém městě.
		Kairouan založil nějaký muslimský dobyvatel už v sedmém století, hned jak Arabové přišli.
		Kairouan měl být jako svaté město protějškem Kartágu, které tou dobou ještě žilo.
	tunisko.rovnou.cz.cob-web.org:8888 /tunis/kairouan.html (588 words)

	Kairouan, Tunisia
		The Great Mosque of Kairouan was the first Muslim place of prayer in North Africa, and remains an important pilgrimage destination.
		In the 9th century Kairouan was a major endpoint of the lucrative trans-Sahara trade routes, and it became wealthy and powerful, but the city fell to the Fatmids in 909 AD and declined after the capital was moved to Mahdia.
		Kairouan was again sacked in 1057 during the Hilalian invasions, and never regained its political prominence.
	www.sacred-destinations.com /tunisia/kairouan.htm (419 words)

	Great Mosque, Kairouan
		The Sidi Oqba Mosque, or Great Mosque, stands at the northeast corner of the Medina in Kairouan, its massive minaret incorporated in the town walls.
		The oldest and most important Islamic building in North Africa and the model for all later Moorish sacred architecture, it was originally built by Oqba ibn Nafi, the Arab commander who founded Kairouan, in 672.
		After being pulled down, rebuilt, altered and enlarged on various occasions it was given its present form about 836, in the reign of the Aghlabid ruler Ziyadet Allah.
	www.planetware.com /kairouan/great-mosque-tun-kr-ksom.htm (490 words)

	Kairouan travel guide
		Kairouan is an important religious center in Tunisia, some guidebooks even call it the fourth holiest city of Islam.
		This is no doubt an exageration, but it is a fact that Kairouan was the oldest center of the Moslems in the Maghreb.
		Built for the first time 1200 years ago, the Aghlabid basins, are worth the detour just north of town centre.
	www.world66.com /africa/tunisia/kairouan (210 words)

	Round trip through Tunisia,sahara desert, oasis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Kairouan (caravan) is a pure Arabic city build in the past on a intersection of several important caravan-tracks.
		Kairouan is within the Islam a holly city with many Mosque's, Sidi Sahbi (Mosque of the barber) and the Big Mosque are the most important.
		Kairouan is the center of the carpet industry.
	www.storiesfromdouwe.com /tunisia.html (1258 words)

	Kairouan \| city guide \| Baron & Baron
		Kairouan est à 150 km de Tunis (3h en autocar, en peu moins en voiture), et à 70 km de Sousse et de El Jem (1h de route).
		Kairouan est une ville arabe comme on en rêve.
		On l’aura compris, Kairouan est une ville qui, comme les meilleurs mets, se déguste au rythme de chacun.
	www.baronbaron.com /tunisie/kairouan.html (1203 words)

	Kairouan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03)
		Kairouan was founded in 666ad originally as a resting post for Arab soldiers and their animals.
		It found favour as an Islamic city and seven pilgrimages to Kairouan came to be regarded as the equivalent of one to Mecca, hence fulfilling the requirement of Islamic law.
		From the arable land around Tunis we passed through olive plantations, (Tunisia is the fourth largest olive oil producer), then into sparse arid land.
	website.lineone.net /~sophiemac/kairouan.htm (288 words)

	Kairouan - Wikipédia
		Kairouan est la quatrième ville construite par les musulmans après Bassorah, Koufa et Al Foustat.
		Kairouan possède alors une double fonction militaire et religieuse, assurant à la fois la guerre sainte et la défense des terres nouvellement conquises.
		Kairouan offre un témoignage exceptionnel sur la civilisation des premiers siècles de l'hégire en Ifriqiya.
	fr.wikipedia.org /wiki/Kairouan (907 words)

	Archived conservation news articles on Kairouan
		The academy of Kairouan (in present-day Tunisia) produced the first commentaries that were written, as separate books â” of exegesis â” external to the...
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	conservation.mongabay.com /news/Kairouan.htm (1048 words)

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