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The Fun City of Basra, which is now called Basra Land, is one of the oldest theme-park entertainment cities in the south of the country, and the largest involving a large number of games giants. It was damaged during the war, and has been rebuilt. Akhora Park is one of the city's older parks. It is located on al-Basra Street.
Basra (Arabic: ٱلْبَصْرَة), nicknamed Basra al-Hamra (Arabic: ٱلْبَصْرَة الحَمْراءُ, lit. '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]
The siege of Basra was initiated by the Mahdi Army (Jaysh al-Mahdi) to capture the city of Basra in 2007. Following the reported major failure of the coalition forces, whose purpose was to stabilise Basra and prepare it for the turning over of security to Iraqi government forces, the city was overrun by insurgent forces from three different Iraqi factions including the Mahdi Army, and the ...
1982 - July: Iranian forces attempt to take city. [1] 1984 - Iranian forces attempt to take city. [1] 1987 January–February: Iranian forces attempt to take city. Population: 406,296. [17] 1991 1 March: Uprising against Saddam Hussein. Marsh Arab population in city expands. [1] 1999 25 January: Bombing by United States forces. Uprising ...
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.
Historical photographs of Basra reveal that the city was once surrounded by walls, including a distinct fortification at the entrance to Al-Ashar River. Inside these walls stood Gardalan Castle, constructed in 1677. The Shatt al-Arab offered additional natural defense for the fortress, while the surrounding land was primarily agricultural.
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 attack by the Iraqi Army 51st Division and Fedayeen Saddam, [3] while elements of the Parachute Regiment cleared the 'old quarter' of the city that was ...
The first Grammarians of Baṣra lived during the seventh century in Al-Baṣrah. [1] The town, which developed out of a military encampment, with buildings being constructed circa 638 AD, [2] became the intellectual hub for grammarians, linguists, poets, philologists, genealogists, traditionists, zoologists, meteorologists, and above all exegetes of Qur’ānic tafsir and Ḥadīth, from ...