Bastra
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Basra is a fishing card game, similar to cassino, and popular in Cyprus. The game is also popular in Egypt, Lebanon, and other Middle Eastern countries. . The name is Greek borrowing from the Arabic word Basra. In Turkey, the game is known as pişti or pişpirik..
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21 sectionsContents
- History
- The game
- The play
- Scoring
- Collecting cards
- Jack
- Basra
- Placement of collected cards
- End of game
- Related games
- Egyptian basra
- Yemeni basra
- Ethiopian basra
- Lebanese basra
- Variant A
- Ashush
- Palestinian Basra
- Jordanian Basra
- Syrian Basra
- See also
- References
Basra is a fishing card game, similar to cassino, and popular in Cyprus. The game is also popular in Egypt, Lebanon, and other Middle Eastern countries. . The name is Greek borrowing from the Arabic word Basra. In Turkey, the game is known as pişti or pişpirik..
== History ==