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Regarding the ethnicity of Bahrainis, a Financial Times article published on 31 May 1983 found that "Bahrain is a polyglot state, both religiously and racially. Discounting temporary immigrants of the past ten years, there are at least eight or nine communities on the island".
Culture of Bahrain. The culture of Bahrain is part of the historical region of Eastern Arabia. Thus, Bahrain's culture is similar to that of its Arab neighbours in the Arabian Gulf region. Bahrain is known for its cosmopolitanism, Bahraini citizens are very ethnically diverse. [ 1 ]
The origin of the Baharna is debated; [1] there are different theories regarding their origins. Several Western scholars believe the Baharna originate from Bahrain's ancient population and pre-Islamic population which consisted of partially-Christianized Arabs, [6] [7] Aramaic-speaking agriculturalists, [6] [8] [9] Persian Zoroastrians, and a small amount of Jews. [1]
The Ajam of Bahrain (Arabic: عجم البحرین), also known as Persians of Bahrain or Iranians of Bahrain (Persian: ایرانیان بحرین), are an ethnic group in Bahrain composed of Bahraini citizens of Iranian ancestry and Iranian origins. [2][3][4][5][6][7] Most families are of a Shia background, although there is a number of Sunni ...
History of Bahrain. Bahrain was a central location of the ancient Dilmun civilization. Bahrain's strategic location in the Persian Gulf has brought rule and influence from mostly the Persians, Sumerians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Portuguese, the Arabs, and the British.
P. Pakistanis in Bahrain. Categories: Society of Bahrain. Ethnic groups by country. Ethnic groups in the Middle East. Demographics of Bahrain. Ethnic groups in Asia by country.
E. Ethnic, cultural and religious groups of Bahrain. Categories: Demographics by country. Society of Bahrain. Demographics of the Middle East. Demographics of Asia by country. Hidden category: Commons category link is on Wikidata.
Bahrain is the dual form of Arabic word Bahr (meaning literally "sea"), so al-Bahrayn originally means literally "the two seas".However, the name has been lexicalised as a feminine proper noun and does not follow the grammatical rules for duals; thus its form is always Bahrayn and never Bahrān, the expected nominative form.