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Basra

Basra (Arabic: ٱلْبَصْرَة, romanized: al-Baṣrah) or Basrah is a port city in southern Iraq. It is the capital of the eponymous Basra Governorate, as well as the third largest city in Iraq overall, behind Baghdad and Mosul. Located near the Iran–Iraq border, the city is situated along the banks of the Shatt al-Arab that empties into the Persian Gulf. It…

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Founded
636 AD
Area code
(+964) 40
Country
Iraq
Elevation
5 m (16 ft)
Governorate
Basra
Time zone
UTC+3 (AST)

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Basra

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Avg. degree1.99
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Basra

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related to Bibliography · 78
Basra → Abd Allah, African Studies, Between Arabs, Brill Online, Bulletin, Cambridge University Press, DC, Denis, Emoluments, Encyclopaedia, Encyclopaedia Iranica, Etat, Everett, Evolution, Fasc, Floor, Gerald, Gudrun, Hallaq, In Fleet
related to Abbasid Caliphate and its Golden Age: 750–1258 · 38
Basra → Abbasid Caliphate, Abbasids, Abu, Adud, Arab, Baghdad, Baridis, Basra School, Basrans, Buyid, Buyids, Dawla, Diya, During, Emir, From, Grammar, Habashi, Haytham, Ibn
related to Foundation by the Rashidun Caliphate (636–661) · 38
Basra → Abi, Abu Musa, Al-Basrah, Ali, Amir, Arab, Arabic, Arabs, As, Ash'ari, Basra's, Caliph, Ghazwan, Hanif, Ibn Amir, Imam Ali Mosque, In, Islamic, Khuzestan, Kings
related to Umayyad Caliphate: 661–750 · 36
Basra → Abi Sufyan, Abihi, Ali's, Allah, Allah's, Aqil, Azraq's Kharijite, Harith, Husayn, Husayn's, Ibn, In, Islamic, Karbala, Karballah, Khuzestan, Kufa, Kufans, Ma'mar Finally, Mosul
related to Urban Landscape · 34
Basra → Abu Al-Khasib, Arab, Arabian, Babylon Square, Badr Shakir, Basra International Hotel, Basra Sheraton Hotel, Basra Sports City, Basrah Corniche, Bridge, Bridge Khaled, Corniche, Euphrates Rivers, Four Palaces, Iraq War, Islam, Lion, Middle East, Miinaalmakl, Nada' Kadhum
related to Demographics · 28
Basra → Adnanite, African, African Muslim, Afro-Iraqi, Al-Badr, Al-bo Mohammed, Al-Maʿqil, Al-shwelat, Al-Ubadi, Al-ʿAshar, Arabs, Bani Malik, Basra Metropolitan Region, Feyli Kurds, In, In Basra, Iraq, Kenya, Marsh Arabs, Qahtanite
related to Religion · 27
Basra → Akhbari Shiism, Assyrians, Az Zubayr, But, Christians, Cradle, However, In, India, Iraq, Iraqi Shias, ISIS, Islamic Culture, It, Kuwait, Mosul, Nineveh, Nineveh Plains, Ottoman, Shia
related to In fiction · 24
Basra → Abu, Afterblight Chronicles, Ahmad, Andrews, Bagdad, Bassora, Come, Flame, Grand Vizier, In, In Prince, In Scott, In Voltaire's Zadig, Jaffar, Lee Keegan, Modern State, Operation Motherland, Persia, The, The Shadow
related to External links · 23
Basra → Abu Musa, Analysis Unit Reports, Analysis UnitIraq Image, April, Arthur Jeffery, Ashari, Assessments, August, Basra Satellite Observation Archived, Boomtown BasraMuhammad, Encyclopædia Britannica, Iraq Inter-Agency Information, Iraq's Governorates, Islam, Maps, NIMA, Qur'an, Sanderson Beck Archived, Spread, UN Inter-Agency Information
related to Post-Saddam period: 2003–present · 23
Basra → American, April, Armoured Brigade, August, Basra Governorate, British, In March, Iraq, Iraq War, Iraqi, Iraqi Sunnis, January, Kurds, May, On, Political, South-East, Steven Vincent, The British, The Multi-National Division

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city iraq war one ibn iraqi located ottoman british first also two gulf population arab iran control baghdad zanj persian

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BasraArea code(+964) 401.00infobox
BasraCountryIraq1.00infobox
BasraElevation5 m (16 ft)1.00infobox
BasraFounded636 AD1.00infobox
BasraGovernorateBasra1.00infobox
BasraTime zoneUTC+3 (AST)1.00infobox
BasraWebsitewww.basra.gov.iq1.00infobox
Basra• Density8,000/km2 (21,000/sq mi)1.00infobox
Basra• MayorAsaad Al Eidani1.00infobox
Basra• Metro181 km2 (70 sq mi)1.00infobox
Basra• Metropolis50–75 km2 (19–29 sq mi)1.00infobox
Basra• Metropolis1,485,0001.00infobox
Basra• Rank3rd in Iraq1.00infobox
Basra• TypeMayor–council1.00infobox
Basrais afirst mosque in Islam outside the Arabian peninsula0.90text
Basrais astreet which runs on the shore of the Shatt al-Arab0.90text

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