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![Hierarchy of Basra (inhabited place)](/global/images/global_hierarchy.gif) |
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. |
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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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בצרה (C,U,Hebrew )
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Busra (H,V)
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Busrah (H,V)
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Asia (continent) (P) |
![Hierarchy of Iraq (nation)](/global/images/global_hierarchy.gif) |
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Iraq (nation) (P) |
![Hierarchy of Basra (inhabited place)](/global/images/global_hierarchy.gif) |
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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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