# Uqba ibn Nafi Founding Legacy

Kairouan, Tunisia

The Arab general who founded Kairouan in 670 as the first Muslim city of the Maghreb. The Great Mosque bears his name, and his sweeping conquests to the Atlantic ended in his death in battle in 683.

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Coordinates: 35.6814, 10.1036

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