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Basra is the capital of Basra Governorate, in Iraq.

Contents

• Places
• Iraq
• Other places
• Battles
• People
• Other uses
• See also

Basra may also refer to:

Places

Battles

• Battle of Basra (1914), a battle between British and Ottoman troops in World War I
• Battle of Basra (2003), one of the first battles of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, involving the British 7 Armoured Brigade
• Battle of Basra (2008), an operation by the Iraqi Army to drive the Mahdi Army militia out of the city

People

• Al-Hariri of Basra (1054–1122), Arab poet, scholar of the Arabic language and a high government official of the Seljuk Empire
• Asif Basra (1967–2020), Indian actor
• David of Basra (3rd- and 4th-century CE), Christian Metropolitan bishop
• Geeta Basra (born 1984), Bollywood actress
• Riaz Basra (1967–2002), Pakistani militant

Other uses

• Basra (game), a card game widely played in Lebanon, Egypt and Syria
• Basra (album), a 1965 Blue Note jazz album by Pete La Roca, featuring Joe Henderson
• Basra (2008 film), a 2008 Egyptian film
• Basra, a 2010 Hindi film directed by Navdeep Singh

See also

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• 1991 uprising in Basra, the scene of the beginning of the unrest in Iraq following the Gulf War
• Basra reed warbler, a bird endemic in Iraq and Israel
• Basara (disambiguation)
• Basar (disambiguation)
• Barsa (disambiguation)
• All pages with titles beginning with Basra
• All pages with titles containing Basra

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