• The University of Basra (Arabic: جامعة البصرة Jāmi'at Al Basrah) is situated in the city of Basra, Iraq. For historic reasons the final -h is retained...
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    Basra (Arabic: ٱلْبَصْرَة, romanized: al-Baṣrah) is a port city in southern Iraq. It is the capital of the eponymous Basra Governorate, as well as the...
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    Basra Governorate (Arabic: محافظة البصرة‎ Muḥāfaẓa al-Baṣra), also called Basra Province, is a governorate in southern Iraq in the region of Arabian Peninsula...
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    The siege of Basra, code-named Operation Karbala-5 (Persian: عملیات کربلای ۵) or The Great Harvest (Arabic: الحصاد الاكبر), was an offensive operation...
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    other films. Basra died of suicide by hanging in 2020, Reports suggest it could be murder but the case was closed as no evidence was found. Basra was born...
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    Basra Vilayet (Arabic: ولاية البصرة, Ottoman Turkish: ولايت بصره, romanized: Vilâyet-i Basra) was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of the...
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  • Riaz Basra (1967 – 14 May 2002) was a Pakistani militant leader, who in 1996 founded the militant organization Lashkar-e-Jhangvi alongside Malik Ishaq...
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  • following is a timeline of the history of the city of Basra, Iraq. 638 CE - Military camp established by Utbah ibn Ghazwan per order of Omar ibn al-Khattab...
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    The Battle of Basra began on 25 March 2008, when the Iraqi Army launched an operation (code-named Saulat al-Fursan, meaning Operation Charge of the Knights...
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  • from the University of Karachi and is a qualified advocate. Basra hails from the town of Haroonabad in the Bahawalnagar District of Punjab. Basra began his...
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    Qarmat Ali (category Basra)
    of Basra to its south, and another bridge connecting it to Al-Maqal. Some government institutions are located on its banks, including the University of...
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    The Battle of Basra was a battle of World War I which took place south of the city of Basra (modern-day Iraq) between British and Ottoman troops from November...
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    The Battle of the Camel (Arabic: مَعْرَكَة اَلْجَمَلِ, romanized: Maʿrakat al-Jamal) took place outside of Basra, Iraq, in 36 AH (656 CE). The battle...
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    centre. Initially, the university also managed colleges in Mosul and Basra. In 1966 a law was passed under which the private universities were converted into...
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  • The first Grammarians of Baṣra lived during the seventh century in Al-Baṣrah. The town, which developed out of a military encampment, with buildings being...
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  • Sack of Basra was the capture and looting of the Abbasid city of Basra by the Qarmatians of Bahrayn, and took place in August 923. It was the first of a...
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  • Bastra (redirect from Basra (game))
    Basra is a fishing card game, similar to cassino, and popular in Cyprus. The game is also popular in Egypt, Lebanon, and other Middle Eastern countries...
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    The Battle of Basra was a major engagement of the Zanj Rebellion, fought on September 7–10, 871. Zanj rebels and allied Arab tribesmen, led by Yahya ibn...
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    Muhannad Al-Shawi (category People from Basra)
    was born in Basra, studied in its schools, and graduated from the University of Basra in 1998. He won several literary awards, and several Iraqi satellite...
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    Majid al-Nasrawi (category Governors of Basra Governorate)
    Bachelors in Medicine from the University of Basra, and has also studied medicine at Cardiff University and the University of Queensland. Nasrawi took over...
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  • Technical University Faculty of Agriculture, University of Babylon Faculty of Agriculture, University of Baghdad Faculty of Agriculture, University of Basra Faculty...
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  • Gabriel of Baṣra (fl. 884–893) was a bishop and jurist of the Church of the East. Little is known of Gabriel's life other than that he was metropolitan of Baṣra...
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    Small Indian mongoose (category Mammals of the Caribbean)
    abundance and biological indicators of mammals' community in east Hammar (M.Sc. Thesis). Basra, Iraq: University of Basra, Iraq. Karami, M.; Hutterer, R.;...
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    Abu Sa'id ibn Abi al-Hasan Yasar al-Basri, often referred to as Hasan of Basra or Hasan al-Basri, was an ancient Muslim preacher, ascetic, theologian,...
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  • Abdulaziz Abdul Ghani Ibrahim (category Historians of the United Arab Emirates)
    of the Omani Coast, a documentary study, Center for Arabian Gulf Studies, University of Basra, 1978 The Regional Expansion of Iran in the Emirates of...
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    Khan, with an army of 30,000, besieged Basra in April 1775. The Arab tribe al-Muntafiq, which was allied with the governor of Basra, quickly withdrew without...
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  • southern Iraq Basra Province, Ottoman Empire Basra International Airport University of Basrah Basra-ye Bala, Mazandaran Province, Iran Basra-ye Pain, Mazandaran...
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    Al-Hariri of Basra (Arabic: أبو محمد القاسم بن علي بن محمد بن عثمان الحريري, romanized: Abū Muhammad al-Qāsim ibn ʿAlī ibn Muhammad ibn ʿUthmān al-Harīrī;...
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  • Asaad Al Eidani (category Governors of Basra Governorate)
    the Governor of Basra Province since August 2017. He is also deputy secretary-general of the Iraqi National Congress Party. Mid-2017, Basra witnessed large...
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    Battle of Basra was initiated by the Mahdi Army (Jaysh al-Mahdi) to capture the city of Basra in 2007. Following the reported major failure of the coalition...
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