The Bahārna (Arabic: بحارنة) are an ethnoreligious group of Shia Muslim Arabs indigenous to the historical region of Bahrain. They are generally regarded to be the original inhabitants of Eastern Arabia.[1] They inhabited the area even before the arrival of the Banu Utbah in the 18th century which the Bahraini royal family descends from.[2] Most Bahraini citizens are Baharna. Regions with most of the population are in Eastern Arabia (Bahrain, Qatif, al-Ahsa), with significant populations in Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Oman, Iraq, and Hormozgan province of Iran.[3][4]
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The Bahārna (Arabic: بحارنة) are an ethnoreligious group of Shia Muslim Arabs indigenous to the historical region of Bahrain. They are generally regarded...
Bahrani Arabic (also known as Bahrani or Baharna Arabic) is a variety of Arabic spoken by the Baharna in Eastern Arabia and Oman. In Bahrain, the dialect...
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Taqi Muhammad Baharna (Arabic: تقي محمد البحارنة, born in 1930) is a Bahraini poet, diplomat and businessman. He was born in the capital of Manama. Educated...
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(about 10.3 million speakers), Gulf (about 0.96 million speakers) including Baharna dialects, and Southern Hejaz and Tihama dialects. Faifi is spoken by about...
000 Huwala lived in Doha and Al Wakrah by the early 20th century. The Baharna community comprises tribes such as Al Sayegh, Al Haddad, Al Majid, and...
adherents to Twelver Shia Islam. Twelvers are predominantly represented by the Baharna community living in the Eastern Province, with the largest concentrations...
Arabia Saharan Arabic spoken in some parts of Algeria, Niger and Mali Baharna Arabic (800,000 speakers), spoken by Bahrani Shiʻah in Bahrain and Qatif...
distinct ethnic groups. The Shia community is represented by the native Arab Baharna, the Hasawis and Qatifis of mainland Arabia and the Persian Ajam. The Sunni...
Arabia hosts a number of distinct Shia communities, including the Twelver Baharna in the Eastern Province and Nakhawila of Medina, and the Ismāʿīlī Sulaymani...
Shia Bahrainis are ethnic Baharna, the Baharna being descendants of the original pre-Islamic inhabitants of Bahrain. The Baharna speak a variety of Arabic...
Bahrainis are divided into two main ethnic groups: Baharna and Ajam. The Shia Bahrainis are Baharna (Arab), and the Ajam are Persian Shias. Shia Persians...
million natives of Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia's Twelver Shia community, the Baharna, is primarily concentrated in the country's Eastern Province, chiefly Qatif...
in that position for over 30 years. His deputy until 2011 was Nazar Al Baharna, formerly a leading member of Al Wefaq, Bahrain's main Shia opposition...
related to Bahrain A person from Bahrain, or of Bahraini descent; see Baharna or Demographics of Bahrain Bahraini culture Bahraini cuisine Bahrani Arabic...
diverse group of settled Qatari citizens, includes Baharna, Huwala, Ajam (Iranians), and Afro-Arabs. Baharna Arabs, a group native to Qatar and often practicing...
Health was given to current Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Nazar Al Baharna. Executive Chairman of Operation at the Bahrain Development Board Kamal...
the Persian Gulf Residency from the Year 1878–79, pp. 31–39. Dr. H. al-Baharna LL.B (1998). British Extra-Territorial Jurisdiction in the Gulf 1913–1971...
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