Battle of Bubiyan

The Battle of Bubiyan was a naval engagement of the Gulf War that occurred in the waters between Bubiyan Island and the Shatt al-Arab marshlands, where the bulk of the Iraqi Navy, which was attempting to flee to Iran, much like the Iraqi Air Force, was engaged and destroyed by Coalition warships and aircraft.

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1991  Wikidata
naval battle, United States, United Kingdom, Iraq, 

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1991-01-29T00:00:00Z

1991-02-02T00:00:00Z

1991 Battle of Bubiyan

1396-01-01T00:00:00Z

1397-01-01T00:00:00Z

1396 — 1397 Muhammad Sultan Mirza's Persian Gulf campaign

1552-01-01T00:00:00Z

1554-01-01T00:00:00Z

1552 — 1554 Ottoman campaign against Hormuz

1980-11-29T00:00:00Z

1980-11-29T00:00:00Z

1980 Operation Morvarid

1987-07-24T00:00:00Z

1988-09-26T00:00:00Z

1987 — 1988 Operation Earnest Will

1987-10-08T00:00:00Z

1987-10-08T00:00:00Z

1987 Iran–U.S. naval skirmish on 8 October 1987

1988-04-18T00:00:00Z

1988-04-18T00:00:00Z

1988 Operation Praying Mantis

1991-01-24T00:00:00Z

1991-01-29T00:00:00Z

1991 Battle of Qurah and Umm al Maradim

1993-06-01T00:00:00Z

1993-06-01T00:00:00Z

1993 1993 cruise missile strikes on Iraq

1507-01-01T00:00:00Z

1625-01-01T00:00:00Z

1507 — 1625 Portuguese–Safavid wars

1790-01-01T00:00:00Z

1820-01-01T00:00:00Z

1790 — 1820 British campaigns against the Al-Qasimi

1812-01-01T00:00:00Z

1814-01-01T00:00:00Z

1812 — 1814 Qajar-Wahhabi War

1867-01-01T00:00:00Z

1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

1867 — 1868 Qatari–Bahraini War

1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

1974 — 2011 Persian Gulf Wars

1980-09-22T00:00:00Z

1988-08-20T00:00:00Z

1980 — 1988 Iran–Iraq War

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Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
event	armed conflict	1396	Muhammad Sultan Mirza's Persian Gulf campaign	Timurid Empire, military campaign, Ormus	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1552	Ottoman campaign against Hormuz	Ottoman Empire, military campaign, Portuguese Empire, Ormus	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1980	Operation Morvarid	Iran, Iraq, naval battle, military operation, air battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1987	Operation Earnest Will	naval battle, United States, military operation	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1987	Iran–U.S. naval skirmish on 8 October 1987	skirmish	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1988	Operation Praying Mantis	United States, Iran, battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1991	Battle of Qurah and Umm al Maradim	United States, Saddam Hussein, Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah, Norman Schwarzkopf Jr., battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1991	Battle of Bubiyan	United States, United Kingdom, Iraq, naval battle	Wikidata
event	armed conflict	1993	1993 cruise missile strikes on Iraq	airstrike	Wikidata
event	war		The first British campaign against Al-Qawasim 1800	war	Wikidata
event	war	1507	Portuguese–Safavid wars	Portuguese Empire, series of wars, Safavid Iran	Wikidata
event	war	1790	British campaigns against the Al-Qasimi	war	Wikidata
event	war	1812	Qajar-Wahhabi War	war, First Saudi State, Omani Empire, Qajar Iran	Wikidata
event	war	1867	Qatari–Bahraini War	war	Wikidata
event	war	1974	Persian Gulf Wars	Iraqi insurgency, Ba'athist Iraq, Coalition of the Gulf War, series of wars	Wikidata
event	war	1980	Iran–Iraq War	Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq, People's Mojahedin Organization of Iran, Democratic Revolutionary Front for the Liberation of Arabistan, war, Iran, Iraq, Sudan, annexation, war of aggression, Kurdistan Democratic Party, Democratic Party of Iranian Kurdistan	Wikidata