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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.[1]
- 646 - Abdallah ibn Amer becomes governor.[2]
- 658 - Battle of the Camel.[1]
- 664 - Ziyad ibn Abihi becomes governor.[2]
- 673 - Ubayd Allah ibn Ziyad becomes governor.
- 683 - Uprising against Umayyads.[1]
- 684 - The governor Mas'ud ibn Amr is killed by the asāwira under Māh-Afrīdūn[3][4]
- 691 - Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan in power.
- 701 - Uprising against the Umayyads.[1]
- 772 - Ramparts built.[5]
- 820 - Zott conflict.[6]
- 868 - Zanj Rebellion.[1]
- 871 - City sacked during Zanj Rebellion.[1]
- 923 - Qaramitah conflict.[6]
- 10th century - Public library active.[7]
- 1052 - Traveller Nasir Khusraw visits city.[7]
- 1122 - Imad ad-Din Zengi in power.
- 1123 - City wall rebuilt.[7]
- 1258 - City sacked by Mongols.[5]
- 1327 - Traveller Ibn Battuta visits city.[1]
- 1411 - Kara Koyunlu in power.
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16th-19th centuries
- 1546 - Ottomans in power.[1]
- 1547 - Basra Eyalet (administrative region) formed.[1]
- 1556 - Portuguese attempt to take city.[1]
- 1596 - Afrasiyab becomes governor.[6]
- 1604 - Population: 50,000 (approximate); number of houses: 10,000 (approximate).[8]
- 1645 - English factory in business.[1]
- 1668 - City was conquered by the Turks.[9]
- 1694 - Muntafiq tribes in power.[1]
- 1733 - City becomes part of Baghdad Eyalet (administrative region).[6]
- 1763 - British East India Company in business.[1]
- 1773 - Epidemic.[1]
- 1777 - City besieged by Persian forces led by Sadiq Khan Zand.[9]
- 1779 - Turks in power.[10][9]
- 1823 - Population: 55,000 (approximate).[11]
- 1840 - Turks in power.[10]
- 1865 - Baghdad-Basra telegraph begins operating.[12]
- 1884 - Basra Vilayet (administrative region) formed.[9]
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20th century
- 1901 - Consulate of Russia established.[1]
- 1910 - Cholera and bubonic plague outbreak.[13]
- 1911
- 1913 - Reform Society of Basra founded.[14]
- 1914 - Battle of Basra (1914); British in power.
- 1915 - April: Turkish forces attempt to take city.[1]
- 1919 - Baghdad-Basra Railway in operation.[1]
- 1920
- 1947 - Population: 101,535.[15]
- 1964 - University of Basrah established.[1]
- 1965 - Population: 310,950.[16]
- 1967 - Basrah Medical College established.[citation needed]
- 1982 - July: Iranian forces attempt to take city.[1]
- 1984 - Iranian forces attempt to take city.[1]
- 1987
- 1991
- 1 March: Uprising against Saddam Hussein.
- Marsh Arab population in city expands.[1]
- 1999
- 25 January: Bombing by United States forces.
- Uprising.[citation needed]
21st century
- 2003
- March–April: Battle of Basra (2003); British forces in power.
- August: Oil strike.[citation needed]
- 2004 - 21 April 2004 Basra bombings.
- 2005 - July: Oil strike.[citation needed]
- 2007
- 2008 - Battle of Basra (2008).
- 2011 - 2011 Basra bombings.
- 2012 - 14 January 2012 Basra bombing.[21]
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