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Akkaz church
Akkaz (former island, now Shuwaikh port area), Kuwait Bay, Kuwait · Gulf
29.354, 47.910
Attested. Reported from excavation, but the publication record is thin; date (early Abbasid) is from the excavators' summary.
Akkaz church
Akkaz (former island, now Shuwaikh port area), Kuwait Bay
A joint Kuwaiti-French expedition in 1993 found a church at Akkaz in Kuwait Bay, in the East Syriac style and similar in plan to the al-Qusur church on Failaka. It is dated to the early Abbasid period. The site also has Parthian and Sasanian remains.
Source stance: neutral. Archaeology.
People and groups named here
- Kuwaiti-French expedition (1993)
Related places
Sources
- Christianity in pre-Islamic Arabia (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors. Accessed 2026-11-11.
- Shuwaikh Island (Akkaz) (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia contributors. Accessed 2026-11-11.
Further reading
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