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Bahrain ( ) is a historical region in eastern Arabia that was known as the Province of Bahrain ( ) until the 16th century. It stretched from Basra
Basra

Al-Ba?rah is the capital of Basra Province, and had an estimated population of 1,052,200 as of 2003. Basra is also Iraq's main port. The city is the historic location of Sumer, the home of Sinbad the Sailor, and a proposed location of the Garden of Eden....
 south along the Persian Gulf
Persian Gulf

The Persian Gulf, in the Southwest Asian region, is an extension of the Indian Ocean located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula. Historically and commonly known as the Persian Gulf, this body of water is sometimes Persian Gulf naming dispute referred to as the Arabian Gulf by certain Arab countries or simply The Gulf, although nei...
 coast and included the regions of Kuwait
Kuwait

The State of Kuwait is a sovereign Arab emirate on the coast of the Persian Gulf, enclosed by Saudi Arabia to the south and Iraq to the north and west....
, Al-Hasa
Al-Hasa

Al-Ahsa is the largest Governorates of Saudi Arabia in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia, named after Al-Hasa. The name Al-Ahsa is also given to the biggest city in the region, Hofuf....
, Qatif
Qatif

Qatif or Al-Qatif is a historic, coastal oasis region located on the western shore of the Persian Gulf in the Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia of Saudi Arabia....
, Qatar
Qatar

Qatar , officially the State of Qatar , is an Arab emirate in Southwest Asia, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the larger Arabian Peninsula....
, and the Awal islands (present-day Bahrain
Bahrain

The Kingdom of Bahrain, in , , literally Kingdom of the Two Seas).Bahrain is an Arabic island country in the Persian Gulf ruled by the Al Khalifa regime....
). The name means "two seas" in Arabic.

l Bahrain embraced Islam in AD 629, it was a center for Nestorian Christianity.






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Bahrain ( ) is a historical region in eastern Arabia that was known as the Province of Bahrain ( ) until the 16th century. It stretched from Basra
Basra

Al-Ba?rah is the capital of Basra Province, and had an estimated population of 1,052,200 as of 2003. Basra is also Iraq's main port. The city is the historic location of Sumer, the home of Sinbad the Sailor, and a proposed location of the Garden of Eden....
 south along the Persian Gulf
Persian Gulf

The Persian Gulf, in the Southwest Asian region, is an extension of the Indian Ocean located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula. Historically and commonly known as the Persian Gulf, this body of water is sometimes Persian Gulf naming dispute referred to as the Arabian Gulf by certain Arab countries or simply The Gulf, although nei...
 coast and included the regions of Kuwait
Kuwait

The State of Kuwait is a sovereign Arab emirate on the coast of the Persian Gulf, enclosed by Saudi Arabia to the south and Iraq to the north and west....
, Al-Hasa
Al-Hasa

Al-Ahsa is the largest Governorates of Saudi Arabia in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia, named after Al-Hasa. The name Al-Ahsa is also given to the biggest city in the region, Hofuf....
, Qatif
Qatif

Qatif or Al-Qatif is a historic, coastal oasis region located on the western shore of the Persian Gulf in the Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia of Saudi Arabia....
, Qatar
Qatar

Qatar , officially the State of Qatar , is an Arab emirate in Southwest Asia, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the larger Arabian Peninsula....
, and the Awal islands (present-day Bahrain
Bahrain

The Kingdom of Bahrain, in , , literally Kingdom of the Two Seas).Bahrain is an Arabic island country in the Persian Gulf ruled by the Al Khalifa regime....
). The name means "two seas" in Arabic.

History

Until Bahrain embraced Islam in AD 629, it was a center for Nestorian Christianity. Among its inhabitants, the major tribe was the Abdul Qais.

In the early 7th century, Bahrain was one of the first places in Arabia to become Islam
Islam

Islam is a Monotheism, Abrahamic religion originating with the teachings of the Prophets of Islam Muhammad, a 7th century Arab religious and political figure....
ic, despite its great distance from Muhammad
Muhammad

Muhammad Patronymic#Arabic Abd Allah ibn Abd al Muttalib , is the founder of the Major religious groups of Islam and is regarded by Muslims as a Rasul and prophet of , the last and the greatest law-bearer in a series of prophets....
's base in Medina
Medina

Medina is a city in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia, and serves as the capital of the Al Madinah Province. It is the second holiest city in Islam, and the burial place of the Prophet Muhammad....
.

In 899 the Qarmatians
Qarmatians

The Qarmatians were a millenarian Ismaili group centered in Al-Hasa, where they established a Utopia#Religious utopia republic in 899 CE. They are most famed for their revolt against the Abbasid and particularly with their seizure of the Black Stone from Mecca and desecration of the Zamzam Well with Muslim corpses during the Hajj season of 9...
, a millenarian
Millenarianism

Millenarianism is the belief by a religious, social, or political group or movement in a coming major transformation of society after which all things will be changed in a positive direction....
 Ismaili
Ismaili

Ismailism is a branch of the Islam, and is the second largest part of the Shia Islam community, after the mainstream Twelvers . The Ismaili get their name from their acceptance of Ismail bin Jafar as the divinely appointed spiritual successor to Jafar al-Sadiq, wherein they differ from the Twelvers, who accept Musa al-Kazim, younger bro...
 sect, seized hold of the country and sought to create a utopian society based on reason and the distribution of all property evenly among the initiates. The Qarmatians caused widespread disruption throughout the Islamic world and sacked Mecca
Mecca

Mecca , also spelled Makkah , Makka is a city in Saudi Arabia. Home to the Masjid al-Haram, it is the holy city in Islam and plays an important role in the faith....
 and Medina
Medina

Medina is a city in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia, and serves as the capital of the Al Madinah Province. It is the second holiest city in Islam, and the burial place of the Prophet Muhammad....
 in 930, carrying off the sacred Black Stone
Black Stone

The Black Stone is a Muslim object of reverence, which according to Islamic tradition dates back to the time of Adam and Eve. It is the eastern cornerstone of the Kaaba, the ancient sacred stone building towards which Muslims pray, in the center of the Masjid al-Haram in Mecca, Saudi Arabia....
 to Qatif
Qatif

Qatif or Al-Qatif is a historic, coastal oasis region located on the western shore of the Persian Gulf in the Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia of Saudi Arabia....
 where it was held for ransom. They were defeated in 976 by the Abbasids.

The name "Bahrain" referred to the eastern mainland Arabia until the 16th century at least. The Arab
Arab

An Arab is a person who Identity as such on linguistic or cultural grounds. The plural form, Arabs , refers to the Ethnocultural group at large....
 inhabitants of the province, were called Bahrani's after it.

Population

The people of eastern Arabia are still sometimes called Bahranis and their language is Bahrani Arabic. The Bahranis were traditionally settled (nonnomadic). They inhabited oases
Oasis

In geography, an oasis or cienega is an isolated area of vegetation in a desert, typically surrounding a spring or similar water source. Oases also provide habitat for animals and even humans if the area is big enough....
 and coastal areas.

See also

  • Al-Hasa
    Al-Hasa

    Al-Ahsa is the largest Governorates of Saudi Arabia in Saudi Arabia's Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia, named after Al-Hasa. The name Al-Ahsa is also given to the biggest city in the region, Hofuf....
  • Qatif
    Qatif

    Qatif or Al-Qatif is a historic, coastal oasis region located on the western shore of the Persian Gulf in the Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia of Saudi Arabia....
  • History of Bahrain
    History of Bahrain

    Bahrain is a borderless country island country in the Persian Gulf. Although Bahrain became an independent country in 1971, the history of these islands starts from ancient times....