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Basra (other)
Basra is the capital of Basra Governorate, in Iraq. Basra may also refer to: Places Iraq * Basra Governorate, a governorate in southern Iraq * Basra Province, Ottoman Empire * Basra International Airport * University of Basrah Other places * Basra-ye Bala, Mazandaran Province, Iran * Basra-ye Pain, Mazandaran Province, Iran * Basra, Morocco, archaeological site in Morocco * Basra, Pakistan, village in Chakwal District, Pakistan * Basrah, Yemen, a village in Yemen Battles * Battle of Basra (1914), a battle between British and Ottoman troops in World War I * Battle of Basra (2003), one of the first battles of the 2003 invasion of Iraq, involving the British 7 Armoured Brigade * Battle of Basra (2008), an operation by the Iraqi Army to drive the Mahdi Army militia out of the city People * Al-Hariri of Basra (1054–1122), Arab poet, scholar of the Arabic language and a high government official of the Seljuk Empire * Asif Basra (1967–2020), Indian actor * David of Basra (3rd- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basra
Basra ( ar, ٱلْبَصْرَة, al-Baṣrah) is an Iraqi city located on the Shatt al-Arab. It had an estimated population of 1.4 million in 2018. Basra is also Iraq's main port, although it does not have deep water access, which is handled at the port of Umm Qasr. However, there is ongoing constuction of Grand Faw Port on the coast of Basra, which is considered a national project for Iraq and will become one of the largest ports in the world and the largest in the Middle East, in addition, the port will strengthen Iraq’s geopolitical position in the region and the world. Furthermore, Iraq is planning to establish large naval base in the Faw peninsula. Historically, the city is one of the ports from which the fictional Sinbad the Sailor journeyed. The city was built in 636 and has played an important role in Islamic Golden Age. Basra is consistently one of the hottest cities in Iraq, with summer temperatures regularly exceeding . In April 2017, the Iraqi Parli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seljuk Empire
The Great Seljuk Empire, or the Seljuk Empire was a high medieval, culturally Turko-Persian, Sunni Muslim empire, founded and ruled by the Qïnïq branch of Oghuz Turks. It spanned a total area of from Anatolia and the Levant in the west to the Hindu Kush in the east, and from Central Asia in the north to the Persian Gulf in the south. The Seljuk Empire was founded in 1037 by Tughril (990–1063) and his brother Chaghri (989–1060), both of whom co-ruled over its territories; there are indications that the Seljuk leadership otherwise functioned as a triumvirate and thus included Musa Yabghu, the uncle of the aforementioned two. From their homelands near the Aral Sea, the Seljuks advanced first into Khorasan and into the Iranian mainland, where they would become largely based as a Persianate society. They then moved west to conquer Baghdad, filling up the power vacuum that had been caused by struggles between the Arab Abbasid Caliphate and the Iranian Buyid Empire. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basara (other)
Basara may refer to: Places * Basara, Pirot, Serbia * Basara, Telangana, a census town in Nirmal district in the state of Telangana, India (also known as Basar) * Basra, a city in Iraq (also known as Basara) Entertainment * ''Basara'' (manga), a 1990–98 manga series by Yumi Tamura * Basara Nekki, a character in the anime series ''Macross 7'' * Kubikiri Basara, a character in ''Samurai Shodown'' * ''Sengoku Basara'', Japanese name of the video game ''Devil Kings'' ** '' Devil Kings Basara'', a manga series based on the video game * Basara (wrestler), Japanese professional wrestler * Pro-Wrestling Basara, a Japanese professional wrestling promotion founded in 2015 Surname Basara ( sr-cyr, Бaсapa, link=no) is a Serbian surname. It may refer to: * Svetislav Basara (born 1953), Serbian writer * Marko Basara (born 1984), Serbian footballer See also * Basra (other) * Basar (other) Basar may refer to: * Gnana Saraswati Temple, Basar, Hindu temple locat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basra Reed Warbler
The Basra reed warbler (''Acrocephalus griseldis'') is a "warbler" of the genus '' Acrocephalus''. It is an endemic breeder in Southwestern Iran, East and southern Iraq, Kuwait, and Israel in extensive beds of papyrus and reeds. It is easily mistaken for the great reed warbler but is a bit smaller, has whiter underparts and has a narrower, longer and more pointed bill. It winters in East Africa. It is a very rare vagrant in Europe. The call is a gruff ''chaar'', deeper than a reed warbler's. It is found in aquatic vegetation in or around shallow, fresh or brackish water, still or flowing, mainly in dense reedbeds. It is found in thickets and bushland when migrating or wintering. In 2007, the species was discovered as a breeding bird in northern Israel. Due to the drainage of the Mesopotamian marshes throughout the 1980s and the 1990s, and the subsequent near destruction of its native habitat, the Basra reed warbler is considered an endangered species.Jabbar, M. T., & Jingxuan, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1991 Uprising In Basra
File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Philippines, making it the second-largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century; MTS Oceanos sinks off the coast of South Africa, but the crew notoriously abandons the vessel before the passengers are rescued; Dissolution of the Soviet Union: The Flag of the Soviet Union, Soviet flag is lowered from the Kremlin for the last time and replaced with the flag of the Russian Federation; The United States and soon-to-be dissolved Soviet Union sign the START I Treaty; A tropical cyclone 1991 Bangladesh cyclone, strikes Bangladesh, killing nearly 140,000 people; Lauda Air Flight 004 crashes after one of its Thrust reversal, thrust reversers activates during the flight; A United States-led coalition initiates Operation Desert Storm to remove Iraq and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Navdeep Singh (director)
Navdeep Singh (born 1966) is an Indian film director and writer. He is best known for his Bollywood film, '' NH10''. Early life He was born in Delhi to an Army officer and travelled across India when he was young. He graduated in Delhi and started an animation studio with a friend, one of the first in India. He studied film-making at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, graduating in 1997. He lived in the US for eight years and two years in London before moving back to India in 2000. Career After graduating Singh directed commercials and music videos for UGround and Cognito in LA, and Great Guns in London. He then moved to Mumbai in 2001 and has directed a number of award-winning commercials. Bollywood His debut in Bollywood with feature film ''Manorama Six Feet Under'', a murder mystery, was critically acclaimed. It is regarded as one of the best noir films. After a gap of seven years and two aborted films, his 2015 thriller film '' NH10'', with Anushka Sharma's h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basra (2008 Film)
''Basra'' is a 2008 Egyptian film. Synopsis Cairo, March 17, 2003. The US-UK strike against Iraq is imminent. How can an Egyptian photographer, in his thirties, surpass his own disappointments and fears? How can he find an answer to the existential questions pertaining to life, death, sex and logic amidst his awareness of all the absurdity around him? Can this artist remain alive (breathing, thinking, and photographing) and survive this oppressive atmosphere? Or is he going to fall with Baghdad? Prizes * Mostra de Valencia 2008 * El Cairo 2008 * Cine Árabe, Róterdam, 2009 * Cine Árabe, Bruselas, 2009 References External links * 2008 films Egyptian drama films 2000s Egyptian films {{Egypt-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basra (album)
''Basra'' is the debut album by drummer Pete La Roca, recorded in 1965 and released on the Blue Note label.Blue Note Records discography accessed November 23, 2010 Background and recording Bassist recounted that he and La Roca had taken prior to traveling to recording engineer 's New Jersey studio for the session. ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Basra (game)
Basra is a popular fishing card game, similar to cassino, and very popular in Cyprus. The game is also popular in Egypt, Lebanon, and other Middle Eastern countries. The name is Greek borrowing from the Arabic word ''Basra''. In Turkey, the game is known as ''pişti'' or ''pişpirik''.David Parlett, The ''Oxford guide to card games'' pg. 138 Oxford University Press (1990) History The game originated in Greece and is known in different variations such as diloti and kseri. The game has been exported by both the Cypriot and Turkish diasporas, and it is played in Cypriot communities in Australia, Canada, England, and the United States, usually passed on by the first generation of immigrants to their children and grandchildren. Despite this, the game is virtually unknown in these countries outside of the Cypriot and Greek communities. In Turkey, the game is still very popular. The game The game is played with a 52 card deck and can involve two, three, or four players, although ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Riaz Basra
Riaz Basra (1967 – 14 May 2002) was, with Akram Lahori a.k.a. Muhammad Ajmal and Malik Ishaq, a founder of the militant organization Lashkar-e-Jhangvi during 1996. Career Riaz Basra was born to Ghulam Muhammad and Jalal Bibi in Chak Chah Thandiwala, Sargodha, in 1967. He studied at madrassas in Lahore and Sargodha before joining the political party Sipah-e-Sahaba in 1985. Basra allegedly fought in the Afghan War on the mujahideen side, receiving a bullet wound in the leg.Shamsul Islam NaBasra encounter: a poorly staged drama''Dawn (Pakistan)'', 17 May 2002 Among his objectives was the establishment of a Sunni Islamic Emirate in Pakistan and the declaration of Shias as non-Muslims. In 1988, he had also tried his luck, unsuccessfully, for an assembly seat from Lahore, Punjab. Contesting against Nawaz Sharif and winning 9000 votes, the same year he was also made the central-secretary (broadcast and publications) of the SSP. Basra was alleged to be involved in killings of hu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geeta Basra
Geeta Basra Singh (born 13 March 1984) is a British actress who has appeared in Bollywood films. She is married to Indian cricketer Harbhajan Singh. Cricketer Harbhajan Singh and model/actor Geeta Basra got married at a ceremony in a gurudwara near Jalandhar. Bollywood actress, Geeta Basra revealed how she was written off as a married woman, even when she and Harbhajan Singh were just friends. Early life Basra was born to Indian Punjabi Hindu parents in Portsmouth, Hampshire on the south coast of England, but now resides in Mumbai, India. She has one younger brother, Rahul and sister Ruby. She studied acting at the Kishore Namit Kapoor Acting Institute. Career She was first seen in the Emraan Hashmi-starrer ''Dil Diya Hai'' in 2006 in which she played a girl who is sold into prostitution by her lover. Her second release, '' The Train'' (2007), was also opposite Hashmi. She played Roma, a working woman who gets caught up in an extramarital affair. Basra was also seen in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Of Basra
David of Basra, sometimes rendered Dudi of Basra or David of Charax, was a 3rd- and 4th-century CE Christian metropolitan bishop who undertook missionary work in India around the year 300 (295 in some sources). He is among the earliest documented Christian missionaries in India, perhaps later only than the apostle Thomas, who may have visited India in the 1st century, though sources for the period are fragmentary and sometimes confused. Sources The account of David's mission comes from an originally Syriac-language source that appears in the Arabic-language '' Chronicle of Seert'', a history of the Nestorian Church. The ''Chronicle'' was compiled some time after the 9th century from a number of Syriac sources, and constitutes a major early source on the history of eastern Christianity. The original document was also translated by the Assyrian historian Alphonse Mingana in his ''Woodbrooke Studies'' collection of early Christian Documents in Syriac, Arabic, and Garshuni. It state ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
