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Siege of Bahrain
1559 siege
Murjan Tower
200 storey skyscraper proposed for construction in Manama, Bahrain
Manama Souq
bazaar of Manama, Bahrain
State of Bahrain
country in the Persian Gulf (1971–2002)
1950 Air France multiple Douglas DC-4 accidents
Pair of aircraft accidents in Bahrain
Awal
Awal () is an ancient name of Bahrain, an island country in the Arabian peninsula. The name Awal had remained in use, probably for eight centuries. Awal Premi was derived from the name of a god that used to be worshiped by the inhabitants of the islands before the advent of Islam. Awal resembled the head of an ox. As for the meaning of this name, there are ʼawwal 'first, first part, previous'; ʼawwalan 'firstly, at first'; ʼawwalī 'prime, primordial, original'.
Rifa and Southern Region, Bahrain