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It goes the long journey from Busrah to Bagdad over five hundred miles or even to Hillah and the other towns on the Euphrates river.

From Topsy-Turvy Land Arabia Pictured for Children by Zwemer, Samuel Marinus

His boldest exploit was to attack the fortified town of Busrah.

From The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers by Gosse, Philip

Large steamships are loaded down with these boxes and many of them leave Busrah every year with no other cargo than dates.

From Topsy-Turvy Land Arabia Pictured for Children by Zwemer, Samuel Marinus

Rose-water: 200 to Arab coast of Persian Gulf, and 1,000 to Koweit, Busrah, and Bagdad.

From Scientific American Supplement, No. 275, April 9, 1881 by Various

Of the six provinces only three are occupied by missionaries, and in the coast-line of 4,000 miles there are workers in only four centers—Aden, Muscat, Bahrein, and Busrah, and not one in the interior.

From The Call of the World or, Every Man's Supreme Opportunity by Doughty, W. E.