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ID: 7016465
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Record Type: administrative |
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Basra (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 30 29 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 30.4833 decimal degrees |
| Long: 047 49 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 47.8167 decimal degrees |
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Note: Flourished as Abbasside center; taken by Turks 1668; declined as trade center, but revived during World War I; occupied by British in World War II; became important for transshipment of supplies to Turkey & Soviet Union. |
Names: |
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| Al-Baṣrah (preferred,C,V)
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| Bosrâ (C,V)
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| Bostra (C,V)
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| Busrâ (C,V)
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| Bosra (C,O)
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| Al Basrah (C,O)
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| Basra (C,O,English-P,U,N)
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| Bussora (C,O)
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| Bussorah (C,O)
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| Busra (H,V)
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| Busrah (H,V)
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Hierarchical Position: |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Iraq (nation) (P) |
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Basra (inhabited place) (P) |
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Place Types: |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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founded 638 by Caliph Omar I |
| city (C) |
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| administrative center (C) |
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| commercial center (C) |
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| educational center (C) |
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| port (C) |
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| regional capital (C) |
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| archiepiscopal see (H) |
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| fort (H) |
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