Timeline of Basra

Timeline of Basra
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Basra, Iraq.
Prior to 16th century
638 CE - Military camp established by Utbah ibn Ghazwan per order of Omar ibn al-Khattab.
646 - Abdallah ibn Amer becomes governor.
658 - Battle of the Camel.
664 - Ziyad ibn Abihi becomes governor.
673 - Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad becomes governor.
683 - Uprising against Umayyads.
684 - The governor Mas'ud ibn Amr is killed by the asāwira under Māh-Afrīdūn
691 - Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan in power.
701 - Uprising against the Umayyads.
772 - Ramparts built.
820 - Zott conflict.
868 - Zanj Rebellion.
871 - City sacked during Zanj Rebellion.
923 - Qaramitah conflict.
10th century - Public library active.
1052 - Traveller Nasir Khusraw visits city.
1122 - Imad ad-Din Zengi in power.
1123 - City wall rebuilt.
1258 - City sacked by Mongols.
1327 - Traveller Ibn Battuta visits city.
1411 - Kara Koyunlu in power.
16th-19th centuries
1546 - Ottomans in power.
1547 - Basra Eyalet (administrative region) formed.
1556 - Portuguese attempt to take city.
1596 - Afrasiyab becomes governor.
1604 - Population: 50,000 (approximate); number of houses: 10,000 (approximate).
1645 - English factory in business.
1668 - City was conquered by the Turks.
1694 - Muntafiq tribes in power.
1733 - City becomes part of Baghdad Eyalet (administrative region).
1763 - British East India Company in business.
1773 - Epidemic.
1777 - City besieged by Persian forces led by Sadiq Khan Zand.
1779 - Turks in power.
1823 - Population: 55,000 (approximate).
1840 - Turks in power.
1865 - Baghdad-Basra telegraph begins operating.
1884 - Basra Vilayet (administrative region) formed.
20th century
1901 - Consulate of Russia established.
1910 - Cholera and bubonic plague outbreak.
1911
Consulate of Germany established.
Cholera epidemic.
1913 - Reform Society of Basra founded.
1914 - Battle of Basra (1914); British in power.
1915 - April: Turkish forces attempt to take city.
1919 - Baghdad-Basra Railway in operation.
1920
Uprising against British occupation.
Population: 40,000 (approximate).
1947 - Population: 101,535.
1964 - University of Basrah established.
1965 - Population: 310,950.
1967 - Basrah Medical College established.
1982 - July: Iranian forces attempt to take city.
1984 - Iranian forces attempt to take city.
1987
January–February: Iranian forces attempt to take city.
Population: 406,296.
1991
1 March: Uprising against Saddam Hussein.
Marsh Arab population in city expands.
1999
25 January: Bombing by United States forces.
Uprising.
21st century
2003
March–April: Battle of Basra (2003); British forces in power.
August: Oil strike.
2004 - 21 April 2004 Basra bombings.
2005 - July: Oil strike.
2007
June: Al-Ashrah Al-Mubashra mosque bombed.
December: British military occupation ends.
Population: 1,912,533 (estimate).
2008 - Battle of Basra (2008).
2011 - 2011 Basra bombings.
2012 - 14 January 2012 Basra bombing.
See also
Timelines of other cities in Iraq: Baghdad, Mosul
References
Bibliography
in English
Published in 19th century
. Also: The Makamah of Basra.
Published in 20th century
. (Includes description of Basra in the 14th century)
Published in 21st century
in other languages
External links
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