the town of Sinjar. The district has two subdistricts, al-Shemal and al-Qayrawan. The district is one of two major population centers for Yazidis, the other
Muhammad's governorship here, claiming that he returned to Iraq after the people of al-Qayrawan opened their gates for Tammam Kennedy 1981, p. 193. Ibn al-Athir
Mashreqi scripts. The Arabic script in its Iraqi Kufic form spread from centers such as Fes, Cordoba, and Qayrawan throughout the region along with Islam
of the mihrab, this device, named "T shape", which is also found in two Iraqi mosques in Samarra (around 847) has been adopted in many North African and