Shaibah
Sign in to saveShaibah () is the name of a small village and a site of a military airfield near Az Zubayr, south west of Basrah in Iraq. The area was the site of a battle with Turkish Forces during the Mesopotamian campaign of the First World War.
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- الشعيبة القديمة
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- محافظة البصرة
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- العراق
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Shaibah () is the name of a small village and a site of a military airfield near Az Zubayr, south west of Basrah in Iraq. The area was the site of a battle with Turkish Forces during the Mesopotamian campaign of the First World War.
It was the site of RAF Shaibah from 1920 until 1956 when it was then handed over to the Iraqi Air Force.
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Iraq
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geographic coordinate system
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Basra
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Basra Governorate
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governorate of Iraq
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Az Zubayr
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Mesopotamian campaign
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Iraqi Army
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Iraqi Air Force
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Anglo-Iraqi Treaty
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Al-Zubair District
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Battle of Shaiba
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Iraqi attack on USS Stark
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district of Iraq
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