battle, medieval

Battle of Basra

Name: Battle of Basra
Location: Basra, Iraq

Battle of Basra was a battle fought in AD 871 at Basra, in what is now Iraq. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Basra. It was part of the Zanj Rebellion, which ran from AD 869 to AD 883. The recorded result: Zanj victory.

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FoughtAD 871

WhereBasra, Iraq30.515N, 47.810E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeZanj victory

BelligerentsAbbasid CaliphateagainstZanj rebels

Casualties and lossesLikely above 10,000 (including civilians)andUnknown

Part ofZanj RebellionAD 869 to AD 883

Record

Date	AD 871 (year precision) to AD 871
Place	Basra, Iraq 30.515N, 47.810E
Kind	Battle, medieval
Casualties and losses	Likely above 10,000 (including civilians)	Unknown
Commanders	Bughraj Ibrahim ibn Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Hashimi	Yahya ibn Muhammad al-Azraq

Placed at Basra; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Battle of the Camel AD 656, 1.8 km S
Siege of Basra 1987, 1.9 km SW
Battle of Shaiba 1915, 21 km SW
Battle of Basra 1914, 23 km SE
Battle of Khorramshahr 1980, 35 km E

In the same war

Before: Battle of the Barges AD 869

Elsewhere in AD 871

Battle of Reading United Kingdom
Battle of Ashdown United Kingdom
Battle of Marton United Kingdom
Battle of Basing United Kingdom
Siege of Salerno Italy

Battle of Basra is one of 169 engagements of the 9th century in the atlas and one of 173 in present-day Iraq.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q16822499, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Basra (871), revision 1370433539, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.