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Bahrain, officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, is an island country in West Asia. Situated on the Persian Gulf, it comprises a small archipelago of 50 natural islands and an additional 33 artificial islands, centered on Bahrain Island, which makes up around 83 percent of the country's landmass. Bahrain is situated between Qatar and the northeastern coast of Saudi Arabia, to which it is connected by the King Fahd Causeway. The population is 1,501,635 as of 2023, of whom 712,362 (47% of the population) are Bahraini nationals and 789,273 are expatriates spanning 2,000 ethnicities (53% of the population). Bahrain spans some 760 square kilometres (290 sq mi) and is the third-smallest nation in Asia after the Maldives and Singapore. The capital and largest city is Manama.

According to archeologist Geoffrey Bibby, Bahrain is the site of the ancient Dilmun civilization. It has been famed since antiquity for its pearl fisheries, which were considered the best in the world into the 19th century. Bahrain was one of the earliest areas to be influenced by Islam, during the lifetime of Muhammad in 628. Following a period of Arab rule, Bahrain was ruled by the Portuguese Empire from 1521 until 1602, when they were expelled by Shah Abbas the Great of the Safavid Iran. In 1783, the Bani Utbah and allied tribes captured Bahrain from Nasr Al-Madhkur, and it has since been ruled by the Al Khalifa royal family, with Ahmed al Fateh as Bahrain's first hakim.

In the late 19th century, following successive treaties with the British, Bahrain became a protectorate of the United Kingdom. In 1971, it declared independence. Formerly an emirate, Bahrain was declared a semi-constitutional monarchy in 2002, and Article 2 of the constitution made sharia a principal source for legislation. In 2011, the country experienced protests inspired by the regional Arab Spring. The ruling Sunni Muslim Al Khalifa royal family has been criticised for violating the human rights of groups including dissidents, political opposition figures, and its Shia Muslim population.

Bahrain is known as one of the first post-oil economies in the Persian Gulf, the result of decades of investing in the banking and tourism sectors; many of the world's largest financial institutions have a presence in Manama. Oil revenues still constitute a significant part of its government budget. It is recognized by the World Bank as a high-income economy. Bahrain is a member of the United Nations, Non-Aligned Movement, Arab League, Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, and the Gulf Cooperation Council. It is a Dialogue partner of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization. (Full article...)

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Hubail with Bahrain in 2006

A'ala Ahmed Mohamed Hubail (Arabic: علاء أحمد محمد حبيل; born 25 June 1982) is a Bahraini former professional footballer who played as a striker. With the Bahrain national team. (Full article...)

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Abu Sa'id Hasan ibn Bahram al-Jannabi (Arabic: أبو سعيد حسن بن بهرام الجنابي, romanized: Abū Saʿīd Ḥasan ibn Bahrām al-Jannābī; 845/855–913/914) was a Persian Shia and the founder of the Qarmatian state in Bahrayn (an area comprising the eastern parts of modern Saudi Arabia as well as the Persian Gulf). By 899, his followers controlled large parts of the region, and in 900, he scored a major victory over an Abbasid army sent to subdue him. He captured the local capital, Hajar, in 903, and extended his rule south and east into Oman. He was assassinated in 913, and succeeded by his eldest son Sa'id.

His religious teachings and political activities are somewhat unclear, as they are reported by later and usually hostile sources, but he seems to have shared the millennialist Isma'ili belief about the imminent return of the mahdī, hostility to conventional Islamic rites and rituals, and to have based the Qarmatian society on the principles of communal ownership and egalitarianism, with a system of production and distribution overseen by appointed agents. The Qarmatian "republic" he founded would last until the late 11th century. (Full article...)

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Image 1The Sasanian Empire at its greatest extent c. 620, under Khosrow II (from History of Bahrain)
Image 2The Isa ibn Ali Al Khalifa house is an example of traditional architecture in Bahrain. (from Bahrain)
Image 3Map of Manama in 1926. (from History of Bahrain)
Image 4The podium ceremony at the 2007 Bahrain Grand Prix (from Bahrain)
Image 5Topography (from Bahrain)
Image 6Over 100,000 of Bahrainis taking part in the "March of Loyalty to Martyrs", honoring political dissidents killed by security forces, on 22 February. (from History of Bahrain)
Image 7Ambulance in International Hospital of Bahrain (from Bahrain)
Image 8Manama souq in 1965 (from Bahrain)
Image 9Map showing the locations of the ancient burial mounds. There are an estimated 350,000 burial mounds. (from Bahrain)
Image 10Female students at the University of Bahrain dressed in traditional garb (from Bahrain)
Image 11Artistic depiction of Nasr Al-Madhkur in Bushehr (from History of Bahrain)
Image 12Manama skyline as viewed from Juffair (from Bahrain)
Image 13First Oil Well, Bahrain. (from History of Bahrain)
Image 14The view from outside one of the entrance gates at the Avenues (from Bahrain)
Image 15The cities of Muharraq (foreground) and Manama (background) (from Bahrain)
Image 16Mixed Martial Arts hosted by BRAVE Combat Federation event in Bahrain (from Bahrain)
Image 17An artisan making pottery using the traditional mud and water mixture on a revolving wheel. (from Bahrain)
Image 18The Shrinathji temple in Manama (from Bahrain)
Image 19Bahrain province before Independence, was simultaneously part of Iran, a British protectorate whilst at the same time it was ruled "locally" by the Al-Khalifa tribe. (from History of Bahrain)
Image 20The Persian Empire in the Sassanid era on the eve of the Arab conquest, c. 600 AD. (from Bahrain)
Image 21The emir Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa heads the opening session of the first conference on the formation of a union of the Gulf emirates in February 1968. (from History of Bahrain)
Image 22Facsimile of a letter sent by Muhammad to Munzir ibn-Sawa al-Tamimi, governor of Bahrain, in AD 628 (from Bahrain)
Image 23The Portuguese Fort in 1870. (from History of Bahrain)
Image 24This photograph shows the coronation of Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa as the Hakim of Bahrain in February 1933. (from Bahrain)
Image 25Inside Riffa Fort (from History of Bahrain)
Image 26The Portuguese Fort of Barém, built by the Portuguese when they ruled Bahrain from 1521 to 1602. (from Bahrain)
Image 27Map of Bahrain in 1825. (from Bahrain)
Image 28Protesters at the Pearl Roundabout just before it was demolished. (from Bahrain)
Image 29GDP per capita development in Bahrain (from Bahrain)
Image 30The Khamis Mosque in 1956. (from History of Bahrain)
Image 31Overview of Manama, 1953. (from Bahrain)
Image 32Manama seen from Muharraq (from Bahrain)
Image 33Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, the King of Bahrain (from Bahrain)
Image 34Bahrainis observing public prayers in Manama (from Bahrain)
Image 35Dilmun burial mounds in 1918. (from History of Bahrain)
Image 36A view of the Grand Avenue section of the Avenues (from Bahrain)
Image 37Bahrain is the eleventh most water stressed country in the world. (from Bahrain)
Image 38The proposed federation of Arab emirates (from History of Bahrain)
Image 39The Bahrain Fort, location of Dilmun artifacts. (from History of Bahrain)
Image 40The Bahrain national football team playing Australia on 10 June 2009, in a World Cup qualifier (from Bahrain)
Image 41The King Fahd Causeway as seen from space (from Bahrain)
Image 42King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa meets American president Donald Trump in May 2017 (from Bahrain)
Image 43A view of Arad Fort (from History of Bahrain)
Image 44Facsimile of the letter written by Muhammed to the ruler of Bahrain. (from History of Bahrain)
Image 45Coronation of Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa as the Hakim of Bahrain in 1933. (from History of Bahrain)
Image 46Al-Hidaya Al-Khalifia Boys school. (from History of Bahrain)
Image 47The historical region of Bahrain on a 1745 Bellin map (from History of Bahrain)
Image 48A photograph of the First Oil Well in Bahrain, with oil first being extracted in 1931 (from Bahrain)
Image 49Manama Souq on Bahrain National Day (from Bahrain)
Image 50Purple – Portuguese in the Persian Gulf in the 16th and 17th centuries (modern boundaries shown). Main cities, ports and routes. (from Bahrain)
Image 51Greater flamingos (Phoenicopterus roseus) are native to Bahrain. (from Bahrain)
Image 52The new terminal of the Bahrain International Airport (from Bahrain)
Image 53Location of the Dilmun burial mounds in Bahrain. (from History of Bahrain)
Image 54Phoenicians man their ships in service to Assyrian king Sennacherib, during his war against the Chaldeans in the Persian Gulf, ca. 700 BC (from History of Bahrain)
Image 55A 1745 Bellin map of the historical region of Bahrain (from Bahrain)
Image 56Manama Harbour, c. 1870 (from Bahrain)
Image 57The National Union Committee members in 1954 (from History of Bahrain)
Image 58National Evangelical Church, Manama (from Bahrain)
Image 59National Library of Bahrain at Isa Cultural Centre (from Bahrain)
Image 60Bahraini protests against the ruling Al Khalifa family in 2011 (from Bahrain)
Image 61Several people held a sit-in in solidarity with human rights activist Nabeel Rajab (from Bahrain)
Image 62The Tree of Life, a 9.75 meter high Prosopis cineraria tree that is over 400 years old (from Bahrain)

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