الأبعاد الإستراتيجية لاختيار مدينة الكوفة عاصمة للدولة العربية الإسلامية : (دراسة في الجغرافية السياسية)‎

Abstract EN

The Arab Islamic State expanded from the city to the Arabian Peninsula and then expanded and expanded the time of the Caliphs in Iraq and the Levant, Until it opened two wings to the east and west, where Persia and the country beyond the river to the east, It also expanded westward in Egypt and parts of North Africa and Nubia (1), not far from some Mediterranean islands.

When Imam al-Imam bin Abi Talib (pbuh) assumed the Caliphate in 35 AH, he worked on transferring the capital of the Arab Islamic State from Madinah to Kufa.

The change was a strategic dimension that formed a political, military and religious pressure to change the capital's headquarters.

And these dimensions are linked to the location and shape of the state and its area, which expanded significantly, in addition to the presence of factors It is a crime, rebellion and disobedience led by Muawiya bin Abi Sufyan against the Islamic Caliphate, Not to mention the strategic location of Kufa of these challenges.