• Thumbnail for Basra
    Basra (redirect from Bassorah)
    claim that the name actually originates from the Persian word Bas-rāh or Bassorāh, meaning "where many ways come together." In 639, Umar established this...
    65 KB (7,454 words) - 18:58, 9 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Hassan of Basra
    Mediterranean tales of the swan maiden "have affinities" with Hassan of Bassorah, probably following a diffusion by Islam to the West. In a tale from the...
    97 KB (15,860 words) - 02:04, 10 October 2024
  • Bassorah Fossa is a trough south of Ali Baba crater on Saturn's moon Enceladus. Bassorah Fossa was first seen in Voyager 2 images. It is located at 45...
    770 bytes (73 words) - 01:28, 18 August 2023
  • Bassorah (687) Ibrahim of Mosul and the Devil (688) The Lovers of the Banu Uzrah (689–691) The Badawi and His Wife (692–693) The Lovers of Bassorah (694–695)...
    32 KB (5,129 words) - 21:31, 4 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy of Basra
    The Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy (or Archdiocese) of Basra (or Bassorah) is a non-metropolitan Archeparchy (Eastern Catholic archdiocese) of the Chaldean...
    4 KB (467 words) - 16:43, 22 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Battle of the Camel
    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 was...
    65 KB (7,702 words) - 11:14, 8 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Cape lion
    Charles Benjamin Incledon featuring a Mesopotamian lion from the vicinity of Bassorah, Cape lion, tiger from the East Indies, panther from Buenos Aires, Hyaena...
    18 KB (1,919 words) - 22:18, 2 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Jumada al-Thani
    fifth Abbasid caliph. 10 Jumada al-Thani, victory of Ali in the Battle of Bassorah (Jamal). 13 Jumada al-Thani, death of Umm al-Banin (the mother of Abbas...
    6 KB (536 words) - 19:18, 11 September 2024
  • Thumbnail for Hyena
    Incledon featuring feliforms: the Mesopotamian lion from the vicinity of Bassorah, Cape lion, tiger from the East Indies, panther from Buenos Aires, Hyaena...
    66 KB (6,307 words) - 07:55, 8 October 2024
  • Thumbnail for Basra Governorate
    Basra (Bassorah) Vilayet in 1897...
    8 KB (674 words) - 12:12, 3 September 2024