Basra province, or Al Basrah province, is a province in the nation of Iraq. Its capital is Basra, the largest city of southern Iraq. Other major cities include [[[Corna (Eden)]]] and Az Zubayi and Umm Qasr. province of Iraq File links The following pages link to this file: Basra Governorate Categories: GFDL images ... Location of Basra Basra (also spelled BaÅŸrah or Basara; historically sometimes written Busra, Busrah, and the early form Bassorah; Arabic: , Al-Basrah) is the second largest city of Iraq with an estimated population of c. ... Cranes at Umm Qasr await cargo. ...

The province has international borders with Kuwait to the south and Iran to the east.

Basra province has an area of 19,070 km², with an estimated population of about 1,500,000 people in 2000. This article is about the year 2000. ...

Historically, under the Ottoman Empire, Basra province included Kuwait. After defeating the Ottoman Empire in World War I, the United Kingdom combined the old Ottoman provinces (vilayets) of Basra, Baghdad and Mosul to form the state of Iraq, which Britain controlled as a League of Nations mandate. (Kuwait had become a separate British protectorate shortly before the outbreak of World War I.) Imperial motto (Ottoman Turkish) Devlet-i Ebed-müddet (the Eternal State) The Ottoman Empire at the height of its power (1683) Official language Ottoman Turkish Capital Sogut (1299-1326), Bursa (1326-1365), Edirne (1365-1453), Ä°stanbul (1453-1922) Imperial anthem Ottoman imperial anthem Sovereigns Padishah of the Osmanli Dynasty... Woodrow Wilson and the American peace commissioners during the negotiations on the Treaty of Versailles. ... This article details the subdivisions of the Ottoman Empire. ... Vilâyet (also eyalet or pashaluk) was the Turkish name for the provinces of the Ottoman Empire. ... Basra Vilayet was a vilayet (province) of the Ottoman Empire. ... Location of Baghdad within Iraq Baghdad (Arabic: , from Persian بغداد , meaning given by God) is the capital of Iraq and of Baghdad Province. ... In 1879 Mosul Vilayet (province) was separated from Baghdad Vilayet. ... League of Nations mandates were territories established under Article 22 of the Covenant of the League of Nations, 28 June 1919. ... For the rule of Oliver Cromwell, see The Protectorate. ...

This was the first stop for the United States and United Kingdom during the attacks on Iraq in March 19, 2003. The local population, long suppressed by Saddam Hussein after the 1991 Shiite Uprising, are generally not hostile towards American and British forces.

A proposal to join Basra with the neighbouring governorates of Dhi Qar and Maysan to form a southeastern state in an eventual Iraqi federation is currently in the talking stages.[1] Dhi Qar (Arabic: ذي قار) is a governorate in Iraq with an area of 12,900 km². In 2003 the estimated population of the governorate was 1,454,200 people. ... Categories: Stub | Provinces of Iraq ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Governorates of Iraq
Al Anbar | Arbil | Babil | Baghdad | Al Basrah | Dahuk | Dhi Qar | Diyala | Al Karbala | Maysan | An Najaf | Ninawa | Al Muthanna | Al Qadisyah | At-Ta'mim | Salah ad Din | As Sulaymaniyah | Wasit