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Basra - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Basra ; Arabic: 'al-basra ... Capital of the Basra province. The economic base of Basra is refining and exporting of oil and chemicals, as well as being the centre of an agricultural area that produces wool, grain and dates. For centuries Basra has been a very important centre for science and culture.
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Basra, Iraq. The city of Sinbad the Sailor and Iraq's 3rd largest city and main seaport, founded by order of Caliph Omar in 636 AD as a military base ... The region of Basra, the city of Sinbad the Sailor and the starting point of his famous adventurous voyages to the World, is, some would say, the most beautiful part of...
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A selection of articles related to Basra ... A Wisdom Archive on Basra ... Basra - Early history Basra - Basra in Islamic theology and scholarship Basra - Early literary mentions of Basra Basra - Second World War Basra - 1945-1990: peacetime and the Iran-Iraq War Basra - Persian Gulf War Basra - Iraq War and occupation Basra -
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Basra is a Middle Eastern fishing game, somewhat similar to the Western game Casino. This page is based mainly on four accounts: ... Thierry Depaulis has found another short description Lebanese Basra by Fuad I. Khuri, which is reproduced near the end of the page; the book from which this comes also gives the alternative...
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Find out current local time in Basra – Iraq. Get Basra's weather and area codes, time zone and DST. Explore Basra's sunrise and sunset, moonrise and moonset. ... Weather in Iraq - Basra...
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Basra Area 1942 (423K) map key and scale (185K) Part of sheet H-38 L Basra. Edition June 1942. Original scale 1:253,440 Compiled and Reproduced by India Field Survey Company, December 1942. Published by the U.S. Army Map Service, May 1943.
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The General Union of Oil Employees in Basra, Iraq, has its roots in the Southern Oil Company Trade Union, which was established after the occupation began in April 2003. The goal of the union, is to re-organise the relationship between workers and the company’s administration in order to fight for workers’ rights...
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Britain's legacy in Iraq: Basra ... Basra's bid for autonomy stalls ... Basra seeks to flex muscles in Iraq...
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