Editing Basra (section)

==In fiction==
*In [[Voltaire]]'s ''[[Zadig]]'' "Bassora" is the site of an international market where the hero meets representatives of all the world religions and concludes that "the world is one large family which meets at Bassora."
*The city of Basra has a major role in [[H. G. Wells]]'s 1933 [[future history]] "[[The Shape of Things to Come]]", where the "Modern State" is at the centre of a [[world state]] emerging after a collapse of civilization, and becomes in effect the capital of the world.
*In the 1940 film ''[[The Thief of Bagdad (1940 film)|The Thief of Bagdad]]'', Ahmad and Abu flee to the city from Bagdad. Ahmad falls in love with the sultan's beautiful daughter, who is also desired by his enemy, and former Grand Vizier, Jaffar.
*In [[Scott Andrews (author)|Scott K. Andrews']] "Operation Motherland", the second book in the post-apocalyptic "[[Abaddon Books|Afterblight Chronicles]]", the character Lee Keegan crash lands his plane in the streets of Basra during the opening chapter.
*In [[Prince of Persia 2: The Shadow and the Flame]], the protagonist travels to a city called Basra in a flying carpet, explores its ruins, and finds a throne room where he receives a vision that he is of royal lineage and is the only survivor of a massacre in the area after his parents sacrificed their lives to save him.