Timeline of Basra

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.
 * 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.
 * 684 - The governor Mas'ud ibn Amr is killed by the asāwira under Māh-Afrīdūn
 * 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.
 * 1668 - City was conquered by the Turks.
 * 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).
 * 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).
 * 1947 - Population: 101,535.
 * 1964 - University of Basrah established.
 * 1965 - Population: 310,950.
 * 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.
 * Population: 406,296.
 * 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.

in English

 * Published in 19th century
 * . Also: The Makamah of Basra.
 * . Also: The Makamah of Basra.
 * . Also: The Makamah of Basra.
 * . Also: The Makamah of Basra.
 * . Also: The Makamah of Basra.
 * . Also: The Makamah of Basra.


 * Published in 20th century
 * . (Includes description of Basra in the 14th century)
 * . (Includes description of Basra in the 14th century)
 * . (Includes description of Basra in the 14th century)
 * . (Includes description of Basra in the 14th century)


 * Published in 21st century