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...

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...

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...

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)...

The Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy (or Archdiocese) of Basra (or Bassorah) is a non-metropolitan Archeparchy (Eastern Catholic archdiocese) of the Chaldean...

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...

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...

Incledon featuring feliforms: the Mesopotamian lion from the vicinity of Bassorah, Cape lion, tiger from the East Indies, panther from Buenos Aires, Hyaena...

Charles Benjamin Incledon featuring a Mesopotamian lion from the vicinity of Bassorah, Cape lion, tiger from the East Indies, panther from Buenos Aires, Hyaena...

Basra (Bassorah) Vilayet in 1897...