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Basra

البصرة

Port city in southern Iraq founded as a Muslim garrison town around 636 CE, a centre of grammar, theology and trade.

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Levant & Iraq
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Anas ibn MalikBuraydah ibn al-HusaybSamura ibn JundabUtba ibn Ghazwan

People and things also explored

The AnsarThe Battle of BadrThe brotherhood of the Muhajirun and AnsarExpedition of NakhlaExpedition of RabighThe first migration to AbyssiniaArba'un 13 — loving for one's brotheral-Bara' ibn Malik

Sources

  • GeoNames gazetteer
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The Ansar

'The Helpers' — the Muslims of Medina, of Aws and Khazraj, who invited the Prophet to their city, sheltered the refugees, and supplied the community's fighting strength.