Approximate map of Basra in the medieval era, showing the tribal divisions, markets (suqs) and canals of the city. This map is primarily based off of the work of A. J. Naji and Y. N. Ali, with additional information by Wheatley, pp. 42-45 and 244-247.
This file was created for the article Battle of Basra (871).

Works Cited:

Naji, A.J., and Y.N. Ali. "The Suqs of Basra: Commercial Organization and Activity in a Medieval Islamic City." Journal of the Economic and Social History of the Orient 24.3 (1981): 298-309.
Wheatley, Paul. The Places Where Men Pray Together: Cities in Islamic Lands, Seventh through the Tenth Centuries. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2001. ISBN 0-226-89428-2
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