The following is a

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of the

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of the city of

Basra Basra ( ar, ٱلْبَصْرَة, al-Baṣrah) is an Iraqi city located on the Shatt al-Arab. It had an estimated population of 1.4 million in 2018. Basra is also Iraq's main port, although it does not have deep water access, which is hand ...

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

Prior to 16th century

* 638 CE - Military camp established by

Utbah ibn Ghazwan Utba ibn Ghazwan al-Mazini ( ar, عُتبة بن غَزْوان المازني, ʿUtba ibn Ghazwān al-Māzinī) (–638) was a well-known companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was the seventh person to convert to Islam and participated in ...

per order of

Omar ibn al-Khattab ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb ( ar, عمر بن الخطاب, also spelled Omar, ) was the second Rashidun caliph, ruling from August 634 until his assassination in 644. He succeeded Abu Bakr () as the second caliph of the Rashidun Caliphate o ...

. * 646 - Abdallah ibn Amer becomes governor. * 658 -

Battle of the Camel The Battle of the Camel, also known as the Battle of Jamel or the Battle of Basra, took place outside of Basra, Iraq, in 36 AH (656 CE). The battle was fought between the army of the fourth caliph Ali, on one side, and the rebel army led by ...

. * 664 -

Ziyad ibn Abihi Abu al-Mughira Ziyad ibn Abihi ( ar, أبو المغيرة زياد بن أبيه, Abū al-Mughīra Ziyād ibn Abīhi; – 673), also known as Ziyad ibn Abi Sufyan ( ar, زياد بن أبي سفيان, Ziyād ibn Abī Sufyān), was an adminis ...

becomes governor. * 673 -

Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Ziyād ( ar, عبيد الله بن زياد, ʿUbayd Allāh ibn Ziyād) was the Umayyad governor of Basra, Kufa and Khurasan during the reigns of caliphs Mu'awiya I and Yazid I, and the leading general of the Umayyad army unde ...

becomes governor. * 683 - Uprising against

Umayyads Umayyads may refer to: *Umayyad dynasty, a Muslim ruling family of the Caliphate (661–750) and in Spain (756–1031) *Umayyad Caliphate (661–750) :*Emirate of Córdoba (756–929) :*Caliphate of Córdoba The Caliphate of Córdoba ( ar, خ ...

. * 684 - The governor Mas'ud ibn Amr is killed by the '' asāwira'' under Māh-Afrīdūn * 691 -

Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan ibn al-Hakam ( ar, عبد الملك ابن مروان ابن الحكم, ʿAbd al-Malik ibn Marwān ibn al-Ḥakam; July/August 644 or June/July 647 – 9 October 705) was the fifth Umayyad caliph, ruling from April 685 ...

in power. * 701 - Uprising against the

. * 772 - Ramparts built. * 820 -

Zott ''Zott'' ( ar, زط; singular ''Zottī'') is the Arabic term for gypsies, Romani people, and Dom people. The Zott were musicians who migrated in great numbers from northern India to the Middle East about 1000 years ago. Their name was later applie ...

conflict. * 868 -

Zanj Rebellion The Zanj Rebellion ( ar, ثورة الزنج ) was a major revolt against the Abbasid Caliphate, which took place from 869 until 883. Begun near the city of Basra in present-day southern Iraq and led by one Ali ibn Muhammad, the insurrection invol ...

. * 871 - City sacked during

. * 923 - Qaramitah conflict. * 10th century - Public library active. * 1052 - Traveller

Nasir Khusraw Abu Mo’in Hamid ad-Din Nasir ibn Khusraw al-Qubadiani or Nāsir Khusraw Qubādiyānī Balkhi ( fa, ناصر خسرو قبادیانی, Nasir Khusraw Qubadiani) also spelled as ''Nasir Khusrow'' and ''Naser Khosrow'' (1004 – after 1070 CE) w ...

visits city. * 1122 -

Imad ad-Din Zengi Imad al-Din Zengi ( ar, عماد الدین زنكي; – 14 September 1146), also romanized as Zangi, Zengui, Zenki, and Zanki, was a Turkmen atabeg, who ruled Mosul, Aleppo, Hama, and, later, Edessa. He was the namesake of the Zengid dyna ...

in power. * 1123 - City wall rebuilt. * 1258 - City sacked by

Mongols The Mongols ( mn, Монголчууд, , , ; ; russian: Монголы) are an East Asian ethnic group native to Mongolia, Inner Mongolia in China and the Buryatia Republic of the Russian Federation. The Mongols are the principal membe ...

. * 1327 - Traveller

Ibn Battuta Abu Abdullah Muhammad ibn Battutah (, ; 24 February 13041368/1369),; fully: ; Arabic: commonly known as Ibn Battuta, was a Berbers, Berber Maghrebi people, Maghrebi scholar and explorer who travelled extensively in the lands of Afro-Eurasia, ...

visits city. * 1411 -

Kara Koyunlu The Qara Qoyunlu or Kara Koyunlu ( az, Qaraqoyunlular , fa, قره قویونلو), also known as the Black Sheep Turkomans, were a culturally Persianate, Muslim Turkoman "Kara Koyunlu, also spelled Qara Qoyunlu, Turkish Karakoyunlular, En ...

in power.

16th-19th centuries

* 1546 -

Ottomans The Ottoman Turks ( tr, Osmanlı Türkleri), were the Turkic founding and sociopolitically the most dominant ethnic group of the Ottoman Empire ( 1299/1302–1922). Reliable information about the early history of Ottoman Turks remains scarce, ...

in power. * 1547 -

Basra Eyalet Basra Eyalet ( ar, إيالة البصرة, ota, ایالت بصره, Eyālet-i Baṣrâ) was an eyalet of the Ottoman Empire. Its reported area in the 19th century was . It had a Defterdar and Kehiya of the Chavushes but neither Alai-beg nor ...

(administrative region) formed. * 1556 - Portuguese attempt to take city. * 1596 - Afrasiyab becomes governor. * 1604 - Population: 50,000 (approximate); number of houses: 10,000 (approximate). * 1645 - English factory in business. * 1668 - City was conquered by the Turks. * 1694 -

Muntafiq Al-Muntafiq ( ar, المنتفق) was a large Arab tribal confederation of southern Iraq and Kuwait. The confederation's tribes predominantly settled in Iraq's southern provinces and northern Kuwait. The confederation is not homogeneous in terms ...

tribes in power. * 1733 - City becomes part of

Baghdad Eyalet , common_name = Baghdad Eyalet , conventional_long_name =Eyalet of Baghdad , subdivision = Eyalet , nation = the Ottoman EmpireUnder Safavid Iran, Safavid occupation (1624–1638) , year_start = 1 ...

(administrative region). * 1763 -

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in business. * 1773 - Epidemic. * 1777 - City besieged by Persian forces led by

Sadiq Khan Zand Sadeq Khan Zand ( fa, صادق‌خان زند, d. 1781), also known as Mohammad Sadeq, was the fourth Shah of the Zand dynasty of Iran from August 22, 1779 until March 14, 1781. Biography Background and early life Sadeq Khan belonged to the ...

. * 1779 - Turks in power. * 1823 - Population: 55,000 (approximate). * 1832 -

Muhammad Ali of Egypt Muhammad Ali Pasha al-Mas'ud ibn Agha, also known as Muhammad Ali of Egypt and the Sudan ( sq, Mehmet Ali Pasha, ar, محمد علي باشا, ; ota, محمد علی پاشا المسعود بن آغا; ; 4 March 1769 – 2 August 1849), was ...

in power. * 1840 - Turks in power. * 1865 - Baghdad-Basra telegraph begins operating. * 1884 - Basra Vilayet (administrative region) formed.

20th century

* 1901 - Consulate of

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established. * 1910 - Cholera and bubonic plague outbreak. * 1911 ** Consulate of

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established. ** Cholera epidemic. * 1913 - Reform Society of Basra founded. * 1914 -

Battle of Basra (1914) The Battle of Basra was a battle of World War I which took place south of the city of Basra (modern-day Iraq) between British and Ottoman troops from November 11 to November 22, 1914. The battle resulted in the British capture of Basra. Backgro ...

; British in power. * 1915 - April: Turkish forces attempt to take city. * 1919 - Baghdad-Basra Railway in operation. * 1920 ** Uprising against British occupation. ** Population: 40,000 (approximate). * 1947 - Population: 101,535. * 1964 -

University of Basrah The University of Basra ( ar, جامعة البصرة ''Jāmi'at Al Basrah'') is situated in the city of Basra, Iraq. For historic reasons the final ''-h'' is retained on ''Basrah'' in the name of the university. Founded in 1964 to meet the needs ...

established. * 1965 - Population: 310,950. * 1967 -

Basrah Medical College The Basrah Medical College ( ar, كلية طب البصرة, translit=Kulleyat Teb Al Basrah) is situated in the city of Basra, Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, ...

established. * 1982 - July: Iranian forces

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to take city. * 1984 - Iranian forces attempt to take city. * 1987 ** January–February: Iranian forces

to take city. ** Population: 406,296. * 1991 ** 1 March:

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against

Saddam Hussein Saddam Hussein ( ; ar, صدام حسين, Ṣaddām Ḥusayn; 28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 16 July 1979 until 9 April 2003. A leading member of the revolution ...

. **

Marsh Arab The Marsh Arabs ( ar, عرب الأهوار ''ʻArab al-Ahwār'' "Arabs of the Marshlands"), also referred to as the Maʻdān ( ar, معدان "dweller in the plains") or Shroog (Iraqi ar, شروق, "those from the east")—the latter two often ...

population in city expands. * 1999 ** 25 January: Bombing by United States forces. ** Uprising.

21st century

* 2003 ** March–April:

Battle of Basra (2003) The Battle of Basra lasted from 21 March to 6 April 2003 and was one of the first battles of the 2003 invasion of Iraq. The British 7 Armoured Brigade fought their way into Iraq's second-largest city, Basra, on 6 April coming under constant atta ...

; British forces in power. ** August: Oil strike. * 2004 -

21 April 2004 Basra bombings On 21 April 2004, a series of large car bomb explosions ripped through Basra, Iraq. Seventy-four people died and more than 100 were injured. The attacks were some of the deadliest in southern Iraq since the fall of President Saddam Hussein. T ...

. * 2005 - July: Oil strike. * 2007 ** June: Al-Ashrah Al-Mubashra mosque bombed. ** December: British military occupation ends. ** Population: 1,912,533 (estimate). * 2008 - Battle of Basra (2008). * 2011 - 2011 Basra bombings. * 2012 - 14 January 2012 Basra bombing.

References

Bibliography

in English

;Published in 19th century * * * * * * . Also
The Makamah of Basra
* * ;Published in 20th century * * * * . (Includes description of Basra in the 14th century) * * * * * ;Published in 21st century * * * * * * * *

in other languages

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External links

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basra Basra ( ar, ٱلْبَصْرَة, al-Baṣrah) is an Iraqi city located on the Shatt al-Arab. It had an estimated population of 1.4 million in 2018. Basra is also Iraq's main port, although it does not have deep water access, which is hand ...