Place

Kufa

Abbasid Caliphate · Modern Iraq

An early Islamic garrison city in southern Iraq. Birthplace of Al-Kindi. A center of Arabic grammar and early Islamic scholarship.

Thinkers Connected to Kufa

Al-Kindi

c. 801 CE – c. 873 CE

The Philosopher of the Arabs. He opened the door between Greek thought and the Islamic world, and walked through it first.

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