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    Basra (redirect from Bassorah)
    other sources claim the name originates from the Persian word Bas-rāh or Bassorāh meaning "where many ways come together." In 639, Umar established this...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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  • 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)...
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    The Chaldean Catholic Archeparchy (or Archdiocese) of Basra (or Bassorah) is a non-metropolitan Archeparchy (Eastern Catholic archdiocese) of the Chaldean...
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    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...
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    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...
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    Incledon featuring feliforms: the Mesopotamian lion from the vicinity of Bassorah, Cape lion, tiger from the East Indies, panther from Buenos Aires, Hyaena...
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    Charles Benjamin Incledon featuring a Mesopotamian lion from the vicinity of Bassorah, Cape lion, tiger from the East Indies, panther from Buenos Aires, Hyaena...
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    Sarandib Planitia Sulci Harran Sulci Labtayt Sulci Samarkand Sulci Fossae Bassorah Fossa Daryabar Fossa Isbanir Fossa Craters Ahmad Al-Bakbuk Al-Fakik Al-Haddar...
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