موارد المياه في مدينة البصرة حتى سنة (656 ه-1258 م)‎

Abstract EN

The Muslim Ar, during their conquest of Iraq, dealt very cautiously with water resources.

It had a negative and a positive side.

And upon the Egyptianization of Basra and Kufa, the Caliph Omar Ibn Al-Khattab instructed the way of dealing with water resources.

When the situation stabilized and Basra turned from a camp to a city, the problem of fresh water appeared, despite the availability of surface water (Shatt al-Arab), but this water is salty and unpalatable.

The caliphs and governors tried to put a solution to the problem of fresh water scarcity in Basra by digging rivers, but the problem remained.

Also, there is little rain in the city and it cannot be relied upon, and the groundwater is salty.

On the other hand, the rivers of Mosul were distinguished by a feature that was not found in the rivers of any other city in Iraq.