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Timeline of Basra

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The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Basra, Iraq.

Contents

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.
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • 1832 - Muhammad Ali of Egypt in power.
  • 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).
  • 1964 - University of Basrah established.
  • 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.
  • 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.

    • References

    Timeline of Basra Wikipedia
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