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Starting point of Flood during Hz. Nuh عليه اسلام

Also known as Makam-e-Kashti Nuh عليه اسلام, this is the starting point of flood during the time of Hz. Nuh عليه اسلام

Kufa, Iraq

Coordinates: 32.028611, 44.400833

According to some traditions of the mosque this is the very spot where 3 key point hapened according to some shia historians:

This place is said to be the home where Hz. Nuh عليه اسلام lived and built his ark.

The spot where the fountain is located is the place where water started to come out flooding the whole world.

And this is the spot where, after every disbeliever was drowned, the earth started to re-absorb the water of the flood.

Note: Some of the information in this article comes from Shia historians.

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