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title: Kairouan Mosque Courtyard
author: Colin Hepburn
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8319/kairouan-mosque-courtyard/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Kairouan Mosque Courtyard
_Authored by Colin Hepburn_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/8319.jpg)
## Image Caption
Part of the courtyard of the Great Mosque of Kairouan, modern-day Tunisia, with the main prayer hall. The mosque was established by the Arab general Uqba ibn Nafi in 670 CE along with the town of Kairouan itself, which was used as a base from which to launch his campaigns toward [Mauretania](https://www.worldhistory.org/Mauretania/) in the west.
## Cite This Work
### APA
Hepburn, C. (2018, March 15). Kairouan Mosque Courtyard. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Hepburn, Colin. "Kairouan Mosque Courtyard." *World History Encyclopedia*, March 15, 2018. .
### MLA
Hepburn, Colin. "Kairouan Mosque Courtyard." *World History Encyclopedia*, 15 Mar 2018, .
## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kairouan_Mosque_Courtyard.jpg) by [**Colin Hepburn**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kairouan_Mosque_Courtyard.jpg). Submitted by [Emma Groeneveld](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/emmagroeneveld1/ "User Page: Emma Groeneveld"), published on 15 March 2018. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon a work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.