Al Fursī
Al Fursī is a locality in Basrah District, Basra Governorate. Al Fursī is situated nearby to the locality Al ‘Abbāsīyah, as well as near the village Manawi Basha.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Basra Museum and Basra International Hotel.
Basra Museum
Museum
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The Basrah Museum is a museum in the Iraqi city of Basra, housed in a former palace of Saddam Hussein. Its collection is related to Mesopotamian, Babylonian, Persian civilisations, as well as the history of the city itself. Basra Museum is situated 2½ km east of Al Fursī.
Basra International Hotel
Hotel
The Basra International Hotel is a hotel on Shatt al-Arab bank in Al Ashar District, in Basrah, Iraq. The hotel was built in 1981 as the Basrah Sheraton Hotel & Casino.
Basra War Cemetery
Cemetery
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The Basra War Cemetery is a military cemetery in Basra, Iraq, originally a small civil cemetery it was greatly enlarged during WW1 and includes 2,890 graves the majority of which are Commonwealth casualties from WW1 killed during the Mesopotamian campaign in the First World War and in addition a small plot containing graves of Ottoman POW's and 8 Russian refugees from 1920-21. Basra War Cemetery is situated 3½ km northwest of Al Fursī.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Basra.
Basra
Basra is a port city in Southern Iraq, close to the border with Kuwait and Iran. It is Iraq's third largest city with a population of 2,150,000.
Al Fursī
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Al Fursi”
- Location: Basrah District, Basra Governorate, Iraq, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
30.50376° or 30° 30′ 14″ northLongitude
47.83646° or 47° 50′ 11″ eastElevation
7 metres (23 feet)Open location code
8H29GR3P+GHGeoNames ID
445021
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Al Basrah Hospital Maternity and Pediatrics and Jisr ar Ribāţ.
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