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Basra is known as "Iraq's economic and industrial capital". [58] The strategic location made the city, had transformed the city an important hub of trade and commerce. [59] Basra's economy is largely dependent on the oil and heavy industry. In the early 1970s, Basra was chosen as a nodal point for Iraq's development.
Basra Governorate (Arabic: محافظة البصرة Muḥāfaẓa al-Baṣra), also called Basra Province, is a governorate in southern Iraq in the region of Arabian Peninsula, bordering Kuwait to the south and Iran to the east. The capital is the city of Basra, located in the Basrah district.
The old airport was situated about 6 miles to the east from the current one, on the right bank of Shatt Al-Arab (so it can accommodate the seaplanes).In 1937-1938 an airport terminal for Imperial Airways was built by British architects James Mollison Wilson and Harold Mason with an unusual appearance resembling an imperial palace.
The Mausoleum of Imam Hasan of Basra (Arabic: مرقد الإمام الحسن البصري) is a historic shrine in Basra commemorating the renowned ulama Hasan of Basra. [1] Hasan of Basra was a Sunni Islamic ulama, nicknamed as Abi Sayeed, born two years before the end of the era of the second Caliph Umar. The mausoleum is located in the ...
'Basra the Red'), was a settlement and historic town in northwestern Morocco. It was founded in 833 by the Idrisid dynasty , under the reign of the Emir Muhammad ibn Idris II . [ 1 ] It was originally the summer capital of the Idrisid dynasty from the 8th to 10th centuries after they were driven out of Fes by the Fatimids .
638 CE - Military camp established by Utbah ibn Ghazwan per order of Omar ibn al-Khattab. [1]646 - Abdallah ibn Amer becomes governor. [2]658 - Battle of the Camel. [1]664 - Ziyad ibn Abihi becomes governor.
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