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Bassorah
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
A port in Asiatic Turkey, on the Shatt-el-Arab; a place of great commercial importance when Bagdad was the seat of the caliphate; for a time sank into insignificance, but has of late revived.
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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Bassorah'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/nut/b/bassorah.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.