Timeline of Basra
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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.
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]
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]
