Basra (irq)

Basra

Basra ranks 566th in number of biographies on Pantheon, behind Pristina, Bissau, and Colorado Springs, Colorado. Memorable people born in Basra include Ibn al-Haytham, Rabia of Basra, and Al-Ash'ari. Memorable people who died in Basra include Rabia of Basra, Zubayr ibn al-Awam, and Abu Dawood. Basra has been the birth place of many religious figures, and writers and the death place of many religious figures, and writers. Basra is located in Iraq.

Basra is a port city in southern Iraq. It is the capital of the eponymous Basra Governorate, as well as the third largest city in Iraq overall, behind only Baghdad and Mosul. Located near the Iran–Iraq border at the north-easternmost extent of the Arabian Peninsula, the city is situated along the banks of the Shatt al-Arab that empties into the Persian Gulf. Basra is consistently one of the hottest cities in Iraq, with summer temperatures regularly exceeding 50 °C (122 °F). The hottest recorded temperature in Basra is 53.9°C. A major industrial center of Iraq, the majority of the city's population are Shi'ite Muslim Arabs. Read more on Wikipedia