Al-Zubair District, Az Zubayr
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Al-Zubair District is a district in Basra Governorate, Iraq. It seat is the city of Al-Zubair. In the 1880s some Najd tribes immigrated to al-Zubair due to the fact that Najd had nothing to offer, but around 1945s they returned to their home after it has changed notably. In the early 1990s, Saddam Hussein hoped to make al-Zubair province number 19 and annex it to Kuwait after invading. The failure of the Invasion of Kuwait put rest to this idea. The district is majority Sunni of Maliki. ()
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Az Zubayr
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Al-Zubair District – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)
Nearby attractions include: Basra Sports City, Mausoleum of Imam al-Hasan of Basra, Al Fayhaa Stadium, Karbala Sports City.