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"a city on the Shaṭṭ al-ʿArab waterway, southeast of Baghdad (medieval Basra is located in Zubayr, 20 km southwest of modern Basra)" 1

Place Type: settlement

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  • 1 Emilie Savage-Smith, Simon Swain and G. J. H. van Gelder (eds.), A literary history of medicine: the 'Uyūn al-anbā' fī ṭabaqāt al-aṭibbā' of Ibn Abī Uṣaybi'ah (Leiden: Brill, 2020)., p: 463 (index), entry: 1.9, 8.3.14, 8.3.15, 8.3.22, 8.4.3, 8.7, 8.19.1, 8.19.3, 8.26.17n, 8.29.1, 10.1.4, 11.10, 13.34.1, 14.22.1–2, 14.22.4.3 no. 36, 14.22.4.4, 14.22.5.1 no. 8n, 14.22.5.2 no. 80n, 15.8.8.Link to Zotero Bibliographic Record

Names

  • al-Baṣrah 1
  • Basra 1

How to Cite This Entry

Nathan P. Gibson, “Basra” in Communities of Knowledge: Interreligious Networks of Scholars in Ibn Abi Usaybiʿa’s History of the Physicians version 0.5.0-dev, last modified January 28, 2021, https://usaybia.net/place/89.

Bibliography:

Nathan P. Gibson, “Basra.” In Communities of Knowledge: Interreligious Networks of Scholars in Ibn Abi Usaybiʿa’s History of the Physicians, edited by Nathan P. Gibson. Usaybia.net , 2019-. Version 0.5.0-dev. Entry published January 28, 2021. https://usaybia.net/place/89.

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Entry Title: Basra

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  • Nathan P. Gibson, general editor, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)
  • Nathan P. Gibson, editor, Communities of Knowledge: Interreligious Networks of Scholars in Ibn Abi Usaybiʿa’s History of the Physicians
  • Nathan P. Gibson, entry contributor, “Basra”

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  • The orignal version of this record was adapted from the index entry in A Literary History of Medicine: The “Uyūn al-Anbā” Fī Ṭabaqāt al-Aṭibbā’ of Ibn Abī Uṣaybi’ah, 5 vols. (Leiden: Brill, 2020) by Emilie Savage-Smith Simon Swain G. J. H. van Gelder
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