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| <p> 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. </p> | | <p> 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. </p> |
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Latest revision as of 17:53, 15 October 2021
Bassorah [1]
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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