the umayyads moved the capital of the muslim empire to kufa.
the umayyads moved the capital of the muslim empire to kufa.
where did the umayyads move the capital of the muslim empire?
kufa
shaykh al-mufid writes that before the battle of karbala, hussein ibn ali and the commander of the enemy forces, umar ibn saad, met at night and talked together for a long time. after that meeting umar ibn saad sent a letter to the governor of kufa, ubayd-allah ibn ziyad in which he wrote that hussein ibn ali has suggested that he go to ‘one of the border outposts’ of the rapidly expanding muslim empire as a way of resolving conflict. other traditions name that border outpost as al hind or india. even though hussein ibn ali himself was not able to go to india, some of the shia did emigrate there for various reasons, including those who came as refugees from umayyads and abbasids persecution. these refugees brought with them rituals which kept alive the remembrance of karbala and their shia identity.
shia islam in india
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inowrocław county () is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in kuyavian-pomeranian voivodeship, north-central poland. it came into being on january 1, 1999, as a result of the polish local government reforms passed in 1998. its administrative seat and largest town is inowrocław, which lies south-west of toruń and south-east of bydgoszcz. the county contains four other towns: kruszwica, lying south of inowrocław, janikowo, lying south-west of inowrocław, gniewkowo, north-east of inowrocław, and pakość, west of inowrocław.
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