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Xi Cephei (ξ Cep ξ Cephei) is a star in the constellation Cepheus. It has the traditional name Kurhah or Alkirdah or Al Kirduh and the name was from Al Ḳurḥaḥ (القرحة – al-qurhah) an Arabic word that translated as a white spot or blaze in the face of a horse and other suggestion was Al Ḳirdah (ألقردة – al qírada) the Ape. Xi Cephei belongs to spectral class A3/6Vm and has apparent magnitude +4.29.