Category: War, from Wikidata’s class “battle”
Battle of Qurna
Part of: Mesopotamian campaign
Wikidata classes on our event-class list: battle (all its classes: Wikidata item)
The Battle of Qurna (3 to 9 December 1914) was between British forces and Ottoman forces that had retreated from Basra, which they lost at the Battle of Basra (1914) during the Mesopotamian campaign of World War I.
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Battle of Qurna. (2026, August 22). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Qurna&oldid=1370586998
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“Battle of Qurna.” Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia, Wikimedia Foundation, 22 Aug. 2026, en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Qurna&oldid=1370586998.
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Wikipedia, “Battle of Qurna,” last modified August 22, 2026, 00:13 (UTC), https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Battle_of_Qurna&oldid=1370586998.
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Wikipedia, “Battle of Qurna.”
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