Basra | Wikipedia audio article
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Date: 2019-10-04

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basra


00:00:47 1 Etymology
00:01:20 2 History
00:01:29 2.1 Rashidun Caliphate (632–661)
00:03:34 2.2 Umayyad Caliphate(661–750)
00:03:48 2.2.1 Sufyanids (661–684)
00:05:47 2.2.2 ʿAbd al-Malik (685–705)
00:06:20 2.3 Abbasid Caliphate (750–1258)
00:07:13 2.3.1 Buyid Dynasty (945–1055)
00:08:01 2.3.2 Seljuq Dynasty (1055–1194)
00:08:26 2.4 Islamic Golden Age
00:10:20 2.5 Period thereafter
00:12:32 2.6 Ottoman Empire
00:13:42 2.7 World Wars
00:14:21 2.8 Post 1945
00:15:41 2.8.1 1999: Second revolt
00:17:25 2.8.2 2003–07: Iraq War and occupation
00:19:51 2.8.3 2008
00:20:28 2.8.4 2014
00:20:58 2.8.5 2018
00:21:20 3 Geography
00:22:08 4 Climate
00:23:48 5 Demographics
00:24:42 5.1 Religion
00:25:55 6 Cityscape
00:28:28 7 Economy
00:30:45 8 Sports
00:31:05 9 In fiction
00:32:16 10 Famous citizens
00:32:31 11 Twin towns – sister cities
00:32:59 12 See also



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Basra (Arabic: البصرة‎ al-Baṣrah) is an Iraqi city located on the Shatt al-Arab. It had an estimated population of 2.5 million in 2012. Basra is also Iraq's main port, although it does not have deep water access, which is handled at the port of Umm Qasr.
The city is one of the ports from which the fictional Sinbad the Sailor journeyed. It played an important role in early Islamic history and was built in 636. Basra is consistently one of the hottest cities in Iraq, with summer temperatures regularly exceeding 50 °C (122 °F). In April 2017, the Iraqi Parliament recognized Basra as Iraq's economic capital.