Basra (Arabic: ٱلْبَصْرَة, romanized: al-Baṣrah) is a city in southern Iraq. It is the capital and largest city of the eponymous Basra Governorate, as...
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Basra may refer to: Battle of the Camel (656), conflict over succession to the caliphate Battle of Basra (871), Zanj capture of Basra Battle of Basra...
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The Basra Vilayet (Arabic: ولاية البصرة, Ottoman Turkish: ولايت بصره, romanized: Vilâyet-i Basra) was a first-level administrative division (vilayet) of...
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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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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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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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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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Asif Basra (27 July 1967 – 12 November 2020) was an Indian actor who worked in Bollywood films and TV serials. He is best known to Western audiences for...
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Geeta Basra Singh (born 13 March 1984) is a British former actress who has appeared in Bollywood films. She is married to Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh...
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Look up Basra in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Basra is the capital of Basra Governorate, in Iraq. Basra may also refer to: Basra Governorate, a governorate...
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