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Bahrain
Bahrain or Bahrein , officially Kingdom of Bahrain, constitutional monarchy and archipelago (2005 est. pop. 688,300), 266 sq mi (689 sq km), in the Persian Gulf. The two main islands are Bahrain and Al Muharraq, connected by a causeway. The capital and chief port is Al Manamah , on Bahrain. ... Read more
Al Manamah
Al Manamah , town (1991 pop. 127,578), capital, commercial center, and largest city of Bahrain , on the Persian Gulf. It has oil refineries and light industries and is a free port. The National Museum and a Qur'an museum are in the town, and the command of the U.S. Fifth Fleet is based there. A cau... Read more
Middle East
Middle East term traditionally applied by western Europeans to the countries of SW Asia and NE Africa lying W of Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India. Thus defined it includes Cyprus, the Asian part of Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, the West Bank and Gaza, Jordan, Iraq, Iran, the countries of the Arab... Read more
Persian Gulf
Persian Gulf arm of the Arabian Sea, 90,000 sq mi (233,100 sq km), between the Arabian peninsula and Iran, extending c.600 mi (970 km) from the Shatt al Arab delta to the Strait of Hormuz, which links it with the Gulf of Oman. It is called the Arabian Gulf in the Arab world. Physical Geograph... Read more
Arab League
Arab League popular name for the League of Arab States, formed in 1945 in an attempt to give political expression to the Arab nations. The original charter members were Egypt, Syria, Lebanon, Transjordan (now Jordan), Iraq, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen. A representative of Palestinian Arabs, althoug... Read more
Shiites
Shiites [Arab., shiat Ali, =the party of Ali], the second largest branch of Islam, Shiites currently account for 10%-15% of all Muslims. Shiite Islam originated as a political movement supporting Ali (cousin and son-in-law of Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam) as the rightful leader of the Islamic ... Read more
Arabs
Arabs name originally applied to the Semitic peoples of the Arabian Peninsula. It now refers to those persons whose primary language is Arabic. They constitute most of the population of Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Morocco, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, ... Read more
Qatar
Qatar or Katar , officially State of Qatar, independent emirate (2005 est. pop. 863,000), c.4,400 sq mi (11,400 sq km), E Arabia, coextensive with the Qatar peninsula, which projects into the Persian Gulf. The capital and largest city is Doha . Land and People Qatar is largely barren,... Read more
United Arab Emirates
United Arab Emirates federation of sheikhdoms (2005 est. pop. 2,563,000), c.30,000 sq mi (77,700 sq km), SE Arabia, on the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman. The federation, commonly known as the UAE, consists of seven sheikhdoms: Abu Dhabi (territorially the largest of the sheikhdoms), Ajman , ... Read more
Arabia
Arabia , peninsula (1991 est. pop. 35,000,000), c.1,000,000 sq mi (2,590,000 sq km), SW Asia. It is bordered on the W by the Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea, on the S by the Gulf of Aden and the Arabian Sea, on the E by the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf, and on the N by Iraq and Jordan. Politicall... Read more

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Bahrain
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of Physical Geography Bahrain Official name: State of Bahrain Area: 620 square kilometers (239 square miles) Highest point...limits: 22 kilometers (12 nautical miles) 1 LOCATION AND SIZE Bahrain is a Middle Eastern (southwestern Asia and northern Africa...
Bahrain Nationalist Movement
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa BAHRAIN NATIONALIST MOVEMENT Bahrain's twentieth-century effort to gain autonomy from Britain. Nationalism has a long history in Bahrain, because local notables persistently resisted British influence...
National Liberation Front (Bahrain)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa NATIONAL LIBERATION FRONT (BAHRAIN) organization advocating political reform in bahrain. Following a general strike in Bahrain in the summer of 1954, liberal reformers from both the Shi ʿ ite and Sunni communities organized a Higher...
Bahrain National Oil Company (BANOCO)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa BAHRAIN NATIONAL OIL COMPANY (BANOCO) State-owned oil company. The Bahrain National Oil Company was established in 1976, following the decision of the government of Bahrain to assume a direct 60 percent interest in Bahrain...
Bahrain Order in Council
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa BAHRAIN ORDER IN COUNCIL Effort to establish Bahrain as a formal British protectorate, 1909 – 1913...delineating the jurisdiction of the British resident agent in Bahrain — thus establishing a formal British protectorate...
Pearl Diving (Bahrain)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa PEARL DIVING (BAHRAIN) before the 1930s, pearling was the major industry in the island nation of bahrain. Boats from Manama, Muharraq, al-Hidd, and other towns on the Bahrain coast set out for the main oyster banks in the Persian/Arabian...
Bahrainis
Encyclopedia entry from: Junior Worldmark Encyclopedia of World Cultures ...PRONUNCIATION: bah-RAIN-eez LOCATION: Bahrain POPULATION: 518,000 (1992 estimate...INTRODUCTION Because of its climate, Bahrain (meaning "two seas") has been the...Persia (now Iran) has laid claim to Bahrain. The Portuguese took control in 1521...
Bahraini–Qatari Wars
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa ...the Qatar peninsula. After capturing Bahrain in 1782, it kept Zubara until 1796...Britain put the sixteen islands under Bahrain's jurisdiction. Armed clashes erupted...a significant oil field, and rejected Bahrain's proposal to submit the dispute to...
Al Khalifa Family
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa ...KHALIFA FAMILY Ruling family of the State of Bahrain, 1782 – . In 1782, the Al...originally based in Kuwait, captured the Bahrain islands. The leader of the family, Shaykh...Al Khalifa as the legitimate rulers of Bahrain. Abdullah outlived both Sulman and Sulman...
Manama
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of the Modern Middle East and North Africa ...MANAMA Capital and largest city of the State of Bahrain. Located on the north coast of Bahrain's main island and connected by causeway to...Greater Manama houses more than 50 percent of Bahrain's inhabitants. The city's population in...

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Bahrain
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History Bahrain A sheikhdom in the Arabian Gulf. Physical Bahrain consists of a group of islands 32 km (20 miles) off the...oil and petroleum products from a large oil refinery on Bahrain Island. There is also a growing banking and communications...
Qatar
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...came under the sovereignty of the Emir of Bahrain, since when the two countries have had...became engaged in a military conflict with Bahrain over the Hawar islands, where considerable...s long-standing border disputes with Bahrain and Saudi Arabia were settled.
Terrorism, Middle East
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...President Anwar Sadat), wealthy Egyptian elites, and foreign tourists. Conservative monarchies in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and Bahrain, along with their Western supporters, became targets of radical Islamists during this period as well. Algeria became the...
Allied Coalition
Book article from: The Oxford Essential Dictionary of the U.S. Military ...thirty-six countries against Iraq in the Persian Gulf War (1991). It consisted of Afghanistan, Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belgium, Canada, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, Egypt, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Honduras, Italy...
Arab League
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...1956), Morocco (1958), Tunisia (1958), Kuwait (1961), Algeria (1962), South Yemen (1967), Qatar (1971), Bahrain (1971), Oman (1971), the United Arab Emirates (1971), Mauritania (1973), Somalia (1974), the PLO (1976...
country code
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Internet ...Australia AW Aruba AZ Azerbaijan BA Bosnia and Herzegovina BB Barbados BD Bangladesh BE Belgium BF Burkina Faso BG Bulgaria BH Bahrain BI Burundi BJ Benin BM Bermuda BN Brunei Darussalam BO Bolivia BR Brazil BS Bahamas BT Bhutan BV Bouvet Island BW Botswana...
dinar
Book article from: A Dictionary of Business and Management ...dinar ( DA ) 1. The standard monetary unit of Algeria, divided into 100 centimes. 2. The standard monetary unit of Bahrain (BD), Iraq (ID), Jordan (JD), and Kuwait (KD), divided into 1000 fils. 3. (TD) The standard monetary unit...
Islam: Shii
Dictionary entry from: New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ...Shiism, the largest Shiite sect, represents the overwhelming majority in Iran and a slim majority in Iraq, Lebanon, and Bahrain. Significant Twelver Shii minorities are found in Syria, Kuwait, eastern Saudi Arabia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Azerbaijan...
United Arab Emirates
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History ...British military protection since 1893, a federal agreement was concluded in 1968 which originally included the emirates of Bahrain and Qatar, but these eventually decided not to join. Upon independence in 1971, the federation was governed by the Emir...
fils
Book article from: A Dictionary of Business and Management fils 1. A monetary unit of the United Arab Emirates, worth one hundredth of a dirham . 2. A monetary unit of Bahrain, Iraq, Jordan, and Kuwait, worth one thousandth of a dinar . 3. A monetary unit of Yemen, worth one hundredth of a riyal .

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Bahrain Economic Development Board Announces Delegation to World Economic Forum on Middle East.
PR Newswire; 5/15/2008; 700+ words ; MANAMA, Bahrain, May 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Shaikh Mohammed bin Essa Al-Khalifa, Chief Executive of the Bahrain Economic Development Board (EDB) today announced details of the Bahrain delegation that the EDB is leading to the World...
Bahrain, Dubai score fine wins.
Newspaper article from: Gulf Daily News (Manama, Bahrain); 3/14/2009; 700+ words ; ...Gulf Netball Championships, while hosts Bahrain had two squads advance for the first time...glaring down the outdoor courts of the Bahrain Rugby Football Club in Saar. They won...each preliminary pool, which included Bahrain 'A', Abu Dhabi 'B', and Dubai...
Bahrain Bay a $1.5 billion urban development set to change the face of Manama
Newspaper article from: Al Bawaba; 12/11/2005; 700+ words ; Bahrain Bay Development B.S.C.(c) (Bahrain Bay BSC), a joint venture between Arcapita Bank B.S.C.(c) (Arcapita) and a Bahrain- based investment group, has been formed to oversee a...
Bahrain to host top regional ICT forum.
Newspaper article from: Gulf Daily News (Manama, Bahrain); 5/8/2009; 700+ words ; Byline: SOMAN BABY MANAMA: Bahrain is to host the largest information and communication...year. The conference will firmly establish Bahrain's position as the ICT gateway to the region, said Bahrain Internet Society adviser and Gulf Future Business...
bahrain bay to become a digitally connected community.
News Wire article from: Middle East; 12/9/2007; 700+ words ; Bahrain Bay, the $2.5 billion landmark waterfront...maintain a new standard of urban centre, Bahrain Bay is implementing a detailed design for...regime for the whole community. Enabling Bahrain Bay's digital connectivity will be Alloptic...
Bahrain Retail Report Q3 2009.
Newspaper article from: Leisure & Travel Week; 8/29/2009; 700+ words ; ...www.researchandmarkets.com/research/20cf92/bahrain_retail_rep) has announced the addition of the "Bahrain Retail Report Q3 2009" report to their offering. Bahrain Retail Report provides industry professionals and strategists...
Bahrain to uphold; Democratic reform sets example for the region.(OPED)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 11/25/2002; 700+ words ; ...war against international terrorism was Bahrain. Under the courageous leadership of its...monarch, Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa, Bahrain has been cooperating with the United States on all fronts since September 11. Bahrain has worked closely with the U.S. Treasury...
Bahrain Bay Officially Launched With Unveiling Of Masterplan & Support Of Major Global Developers
Newspaper article from: Al Bawaba; 12/12/2006; 700+ words ; Bahrain Bay Development B.S.C.(c), a joint...Bank B.S.C.(c) (Arcapita) and a Bahrain-based investment group, today marks...Khalifa, Crown Prince of the Kingdom of Bahrain. He will be joined by some 300 prominent...
Bahrain renews Formula One contract
Newspaper article from: Al Bawaba; 1/31/2007; 700+ words ; The Kingdom of Bahrain, the 'Home of Motorsport in the Middle...One World Championship and stage the Bahrain Grand Prix into the long term future...to bring Formula One to the Kingdom of Bahrain, and I'm pleased to confirm that this...
bahrain renews formula one contract
Newspaper article from: Al Bawaba; 1/31/2007; 700+ words ; The Kingdom of Bahrain, the 'Home of Motorsport in the Middle...One World Championship and stage the Bahrain Grand Prix into the long term future...to bring Formula One to the Kingdom of Bahrain, and I'm pleased to confirm that this...