Basra

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city populated place port city

Basra is a historic port city in southern Iraq, strategically located near the Persian Gulf and long significant as a commercial and cultural hub of the region.

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All labels observed (10)

Label	Occurrences
Basra canonical	96
Basra Governorate	6
Basra, Iraq	4
Basra (early campaign)	1
Basra Air Station	1
Basra old city	1
Basra region	1
Basra school	1
Basra urban area	1
city of Basra	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city ⓘ populated place ⓘ port city ⓘ
capitalOf	Basra self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Basra Governorate
continent	Asia ⓘ
coordinateLocation	30.5°N 47.8°E ⓘ
country	Iraq ⓘ
countryCapital	no ⓘ
elevationAboveSeaLevel	5 m ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Arabs ⓘ Iraqi Marsh Arabs ⓘ
foundedBy	Umar ibn al-Khattab ⓘ surface form: Caliph Umar ibn al-Khattab Rashidun Caliphate ⓘ
foundingDate	636 ⓘ
hasClimate	hot desert climate ⓘ
hasPort	Khor al-Zubair Port ⓘ Port of Basra ⓘ Umm Qasr Port ⓘ
historicalEvent	Gulf War ⓘ Iraq War ⓘ surface form: Iraq War (2003) Iran–Iraq War ⓘ surface form: Iraq–Iran War
historicalRegion	Lower Mesopotamia ⓘ
historicalRole	cultural center ⓘ important Islamic learning center ⓘ major commercial hub ⓘ
knownFor	Iraq’s main seaport ⓘ oil export terminals ⓘ strategic location near Persian Gulf ⓘ
KöppenClimateClassification	BWh ⓘ
languageUsed	Arabic ⓘ
locatedIn	southern Iraq ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory	Basra self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Basra Governorate
locatedNear	Persian Gulf ⓘ
locatedOn	Basra Canal ⓘ Shatt al-Arab ⓘ
majorityReligion	Shia Islam ⓘ
maximumRecordedTemperature	around 53°C ⓘ
minorityReligion	Sunni Islam ⓘ
nearRiverConfluence	Euphrates ⓘ Tigris ⓘ
officialLanguage	Arabic ⓘ
partOf	Lower Mesopotamia ⓘ surface form: Mesopotamia
primaryEconomicActivity	oil industry ⓘ petrochemicals ⓘ port services ⓘ trade ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
river	Shatt al-Arab ⓘ
timeZone	Arabia Standard Time ⓘ
UTCOffset	+3 ⓘ
writingSystem	Arabic script ⓘ

Referenced by (113)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Umayyad Caliphate → majorPortCity → Basra ⓘ

Abbasid Caliphate → culturalCenter → Basra ⓘ

Mesopotamian Arabic → spokenInCity → Basra ⓘ

Tigris → passesThroughCity → Basra ⓘ

Operation Telic → mainAreaOfOperations → Basra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Basra Governorate

Operation Telic → notableBase → Basra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Basra Air Station

Islamic Golden Age → centerOfActivity → Basra ⓘ

Light Dragoons → notableDeployment → Basra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Basra, Iraq

Persian Corridor → keyPort → Basra ⓘ

Welsh Guards → notableDeployment → Basra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Basra, Iraq

al‑Hallaj → residence → Basra ⓘ

subject surface form: al-Hallaj

Persian Gulf states → hasKeyPortCity → Basra ⓘ

Rabia al‑Adawiyya → placeOfOrigin → Basra ⓘ

subject surface form: Rabia al-Adawiyya

Rabia al‑Adawiyya → regionOfActivity → Basra ⓘ

subject surface form: Rabia al-Adawiyya

Republic Day → locationOfCelebration → Basra ⓘ

subject surface form: Republic Day (Iraq)

Basra school of grammar → locatedIn → Basra ⓘ

Sibawayh → educatedIn → Basra ⓘ

Sibawayh → regionOfActivity → Basra ⓘ

Basra → locatedInAdministrativeTerritory → Basra self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Basra Governorate

Basra → capitalOf → Basra self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Basra Governorate

southern Iraq → contains → Basra ⓘ

subject surface form: Southern Iraq

southern Iraq → contains → Basra ⓘ

subject surface form: Southern Iraq

this entity surface form: Basra Governorate

southern Iraq → hasMajorCity → Basra ⓘ

subject surface form: Southern Iraq

Battle for Basra (2003) → location → Basra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Basra Governorate

Operation Charge of the Knights → location → Basra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Basra Governorate

Operation Charge of the Knights → theater → Basra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Basra urban area

Shaibah Logistics Base → locatedNear → Basra ⓘ

Iraqi Jews → historicallyCenteredIn → Basra ⓘ

Shatt al-Arab → passesThrough → Basra ⓘ

Shatt al-Arab → nearbyCity → Basra ⓘ

Dicle → hasMajorCityOnBanks → Basra ⓘ

Amarah → roadConnection → Basra ⓘ

Indian Expeditionary Force D → primaryBaseOfOperations → Basra ⓘ

Indian Expeditionary Force D → garrisonOrHeadquarters → Basra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Basra (early campaign)

Abdullah ibn Ibad → associatedWith → Basra ⓘ

Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen) → birthPlace → Basra ⓘ

subject surface form: Ibn al-Haytham

Ibn al-Haytham (Alhazen) → residence → Basra ⓘ

subject surface form: Ibn al-Haytham

Battle of Shaiba (1915) → primaryDefendedCity → Basra ⓘ

Kingdom of Iraq → territoryIncludes → Basra ⓘ

Mulla Sadra → placeOfDeath → Basra ⓘ

Ikhwan al-Safa → placeOfActivity → Basra ⓘ

Operation New Dawn → location → Basra ⓘ

al-Harith al-Muhasibi → birthPlace → Basra ⓘ

Basra school of early Sufism → mainLocation → Basra ⓘ

Abu Musa al-Ashari → regionActive → Basra ⓘ

Battle of the Camel → place → Basra ⓘ

this entity surface form: Basra region

Municipality of The Hague → hasTwinTown → Basra ⓘ

Buyid period → hasImportantCity → Basra ⓘ