Shaibah

Shaibah is the name of a small village and a site of a military airfield near , 7 miles south west of Basrah in . The area was the site of a battle with Turkish Forces during the Mesopotamian campaign of the First World War.
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  • Type: Locality
  • Description: village in Iraq
  • Also known as: Ash Sha‘ībah”, “Ash Shu‘aybah”, “Ash Shu‘aybah al Qadīmah”, “Ash Shu`aybah”, “Sha‘aibeh”, “Shu‘aiba”, “Shu‘aybah”, and “Shuaibah

Shaibah

Latitude
30.41095° or 30° 24′ 39″ north
Longitude
47.65219° or 47° 39′ 8″ east
Elevation
21 metres (69 feet)
Open location code
8H29CM62+9V
Geo­Names ID
98586
Wiki­data ID
Q7462390
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Urdu—“Shaibah” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: الشعيبة
  • Chinese: 沙伊巴
  • Dutch: Shaibah
  • Egyptian Arabic: الشعيبه
  • Hebrew: שוויבה
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Shaibah
  • Persian: شعیبیه
  • Russian: Шуайба
  • Urdu: شیبہ

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