<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safavid_Iran" id="mwQA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Safavid Iran">Safavid</a> troops retreat from <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basra" id="mwQQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Basra">Basra</a>, <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Safavid_occupation_of_Basra_(1697–1701)" id="mwQg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Safavid occupation of Basra (1697–1701)">ending a three-year occupation</a>.<sup about="#mwt36" class="mw-ref reference" data-mw='{"name":"ref","attrs":{"name":"FOOTNOTEMatthee2006b"},"body":{"extsrc":"[[#CITEREFMatthee2006b|Matthee 2006b]]."},"parts":[{"template":{"target":{"wt":"sfn","href":"./Template:Sfn"},"params":{"1":{"wt":"Matthee"},"2":{"wt":"2006b"}},"i":0}}]}' id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEMatthee2006b_6-0" rel="dc:references" typeof="mw:Transclusion mw:Extension/ref"><a href="./March_9#cite_note-FOOTNOTEMatthee2006b-6" id="mwQw" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 6;"><span class="mw-reflink-text" id="mwRA">[6]</span></a></sup>