Basra Province
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Basra Province ([البصرة Al Baṣra] error: {{lang-xx}}: text has italic markup (help)) is a province in soothren Iraq, borderin Kuwait tae the sooth an Iran tae the east. The provincial caipital is the ceety o Basra. Ither districts o Basra include Al-Qurnah, Az Zubayr, Al Mudaynah, Shatt Al Arab, Abu Al Khaseeb an Al Faw locatit on the Persie Gulf.
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Ancient history
Modren history
In 1920, efter the defeat o the Ottoman Empire in Warld War I, the Unitit Kinrick took ower the umwhile Ottoman vilayets o Basra, Baghdad an Mosul which haed thegither formed the historical region o Irak Arabi or Irak Babeli, an cried it the Breetish Mandate o Mesopotamie. The mandate wis succeedit bi the Kinrick o Iraq in 1932.
Provincial Govrenment
- Govrenor: Chltag Abboud Al Mayah
- Deputy Govrenor: Nezar Rabeea Al Jabri
- Provincial Cooncil Chairman (PCC): Jabbar Ameen Jabbar
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- Cradle o ceevilization
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