Bir-Abdallah

Bir-Abdallah is a locality in southern Tunisia, in North Africa. It is located at 35° 33' 10" N, 9° 56' 28" E.
The site has a well from antiquity and is nearby to El Mejabra, Ghedir el Mahfoura and Feddane el Begar. It is southwest of Al Qayrawān.

History

A number of Roman ruins dot the opposite bank of the Oued [El Hatech]. During the Roman Empire, Bir Abdallah was the site of a Roman town which was the seat of an ancient Christian Bishopric, which survives to this day as a titular see of the Roman [Catholic Church].
The history of the town changed forever with the foundation of Kairouan around 670, when the Arab general Uqba [ibn Nafi] of Amir Muauia selected the nearby village of Kamounia as the location of a military post for the conquest of the Maghreb. Kairouan is today one of the Holy cities of Islam.