Places of worship and knowledge in Basra During the Ottoman era

Abstract

The study of the history of cities is one of the most important historical studies, and perhaps the most important centers that reveal the antiquity of those cities and their heritage are the places of worship and the places of knowledge, as researchers for these antiquities return to them in all parts of the world. Temples of all kinds are the evidence of originality in scientific research, especially in survey studies that  It depends on the field study of those places.  In my study, I relied on the places of worship and knowledge in Basra during the Ottoman era, since the Ottomans entered Basra in the year 1546 to the year 1678, which were considered the most important religious and scientific institutions in the center of the city of Basra during that era, represented by mosques and religious schools.

 The study relied on the Ottoman documents found in the state archives in Istanbul, which are the beginning of recording details about Basra after the Ottomans entered it, namely the editorial books in the year 1552 until the year 1678 AD, in which mosques and religious schools were registered in the financial affairs book.  During those years, many details were recorded regarding the places of worship and knowledge in the city of Basra, and most of these places are still visible in Basra to this day.