* 1971 – " National Day " of the Kingdom of Bahrain is celebrated.

However December 16 is only the date on which the state celebrates the event, while the actual day on which the independence of Bahrain was declared was August 15, 1971 ( see Bahrain Independence Day )

The Ja ' fari school ( Iran, Iraq, Azerbaijan, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Bahrain, India and Saudi Arabia ) is associated with Imam Jafar-as-Sadiq.

In Bahrain, security forces launched a deadly Pre-dawn raid on protesters in Pearl Roundabout in Manama, the day is locally known as Bloody Thursday.

Despite their proximity to Qatar ( Suwād al Janūbīyah is only 1. 4 km from the Qatari mainland at the peninsula of Ras Abruq, while Rubud Al Gharbiyah, the island closest to the main island of Bahrain, lies at a distance of 19. 7 km to it ), the islands belong to Bahrain but were the subject of a dispute between Bahrain and Qatar.

In many Muslim nations, such as Bahrain, Qatar, Algeria, Uzbekistan and the Maldives, homosexuality is punished with jail time, fines, or corporal punishment.

It is believed to be the outermost point of the ancient civilization of Dilmun, which was centered in what is present-day Bahrain.

Kuwait's Winter is colder compared to all the other Persian Gulf countries like Bahrain, Qatar or UAE.

It is an official holiday in most countries specifically in Egypt, Lebanon, kingdom of Bahrain, Palestine, and Syria where it coincides with May Day.

* 1981 – In Riyadh, the Gulf Cooperation Council is created between Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

Manama ( ) is the capital and largest city of Bahrain, with an approximate population of 155, 000 people.

The north of Bahrain ’ s main island, which is dominated by Manama today, has seen human activity for roughly 5, 000 years, as is indicated from the remains around Bahrain Fort.

Manama is part of the Capital Governorate, one of five Governorates of Bahrain.

Bahrain International Airport is located on Muharraq Island, approximately from the CBD.

The city is located in the north-eastern corner of Bahrain on a small peninsula.

As in the rest of Bahrain, the land is generally flat ( or gently rolling ) and arid.

The most pleasant time in Bahrain is autumn when sunshine is comparatively low, coupled with warm temperatures tempered by soft breezes.

Bahrain was an active member of the coalition that fought to remove the Taliban regime from Afghanistan in 2001 ; the Kingdom provided ships for the naval cordon in the Indian Ocean put in place to intercept fleeing Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters.

On 9 April 2012, The Guardian reported that according to an unnamed leading member of one of the teams who said his views were representative, “ the Formula One teams want the sport's governing body to cancel – or at least postpone – the Bahrain Grand Prix ..., because of increasing safety concerns amid ongoing protests in the kingdom ...

Mohammad bin Mubarak Al Khalifa ( born 1935 ) is a member of the royal family of Bahrain and was Foreign Minister of Bahrain for nearly 35 years, from the time that it gained complete independence in 1971 until a cabinet reshuffle on September 29, 2005, when he was replaced by Khalid ibn Ahmad Al Khalifah.

He was a leading member of the All-Party Parliamentary Groups for interest in Thailand, Bahrain, Malta and ASEAN.

MPs from the society ( and the main opposition group ) walked out of the Bahrain parliament on 8 May 2007 in protest after their request for a corruption investigation of State Minister of Cabinet Affairs Sheikh Ahmad bin Ateyatallah al-Khalifa, a member of the royal family, was denied.

Many Bastakis emigrated to Dubai, Bahrain, and Kuwait after refusing to pay taxes to Nasir al-Din, the last member of the Qajar dynasty and refusing to give up their Sunni faith.

He is a member of the Al Khalifa royal family of Bahrain, related to the king of Bahrain.

* Khaleeji ( currency ): Gulf Cooperation Council ( Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates )

Yemen desires to join the 24-year-old Gulf Cooperation Council ( GCC ), a sub-regional organization which groups Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman in an economic and security alliance.

* May 25 – In Riyadh, the Gulf Cooperation Council is created between Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.

Six countries, including Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates and Oman form the Gulf Cooperation Council ( GCC ), also known as the Arab states of the Persian Gulf.

Bahrain and the United States signed a Defense Cooperation Agreement in October 1991, granting U. S. forces access to Bahraini facilities and ensuring the right to pre-position material for future crises.

They are awarded for sales in either the Gulf Cooperation Council ( GCC ), which includes Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, or in Lebanon.

However, a Resolution proposed by Russia condemning the bombing was defeated in the Security Council 12-3, with only Russia, China, and Namibia voting in favor while Argentina, Bahrain, Brazil, Gabon, Gambia, Malaysia, and Slovenia, along with NATO members the US, Britain, France, Canada, and Netherlands voted against it.

It was also reported that one of Faleomavaega's top campaign donors, William Nixon, is a Washington, D. C .- based lobbyist whose firm, Policy Impact Communications, founded the pro-monarchy Bahrain American Council.

* Bahrain American Council, a pro-monarchy organization set up by U. S. public relations company

The $ 20, 966 trip was paid for by the pro-monarchy Bahrain American Council, a non-profit group established by and closely linked to Policy Impact Communications, a lobbying firm founded by William Nixon.

Next he was subsequently Director of the Finance Department ( 1960 – 1966 ), Director of Finance and President of the Electricity Board ( 1961 ), Chair Manama Municipality ( 1962 – 1967 ), Head of the Bahrain Monetary Council ( 1965 ), Chair of the Joint Committee for Economic & Financial Studies, Committee for the Register of Commerce, Administry Council ( 1967 – 1970 ), and Bahrain Monetary Agency, President of the State Council ( 1970 – 1973 ), Head of the State Council ( 1970 ), Prime Minister since 1971, and Head of the Supreme Defence Council ( 1978 ).

Dr. Salah Ali ABDULRAHMAN: Deputy Speaker of the Council of Representatives ; Chair of the Advisory Body of Islamic National Menbar Society ( Al-Menbar Islamic Society ), Bahrain

Anti-Terrorism Council Chairman Eduardo Ermita announced Lavilla, the alleged masterminds of the Superferry 14 bombing, was deported from Bahrain to the Philippine on August 30.

The upper house, the Shura Council, has 40 members appointed by the King of Bahrain, with the stated aim of giving a voice to minority communities and technocratic experts within the legislative process.

The Council of Representatives of Iraq has the same name in Arabic ( مجلس النواب, Majlis an-Nuwwab ) as the lower legislative houses of Bahrain, Morocco, Jordan, and Yemen, and as the unicameral legislatures of Lebanon and Tunisia.

By the late Bronze Age, however, a series of treaties had established safe passage for merchants around the Eastern Mediterranean, spreading from Minoan Crete and Mycenae in the northwest to Elam and Bahrain in the southeast.

In 2002, Bahrain applied to have the Hawar islands recognised as a World Heritage Site, due to their unique environment and habitat for endangered species.

Nonetheless, that year he attended a celebration of the 50th anniversary of his first world championship at the Phillip Island Classic festival of motorsport, and in 2010 flew to Bahrain with most of the other surviving Formula One world drivers ' champions for a celebration of 60 years of the Formula One world championship.

However, Mubarak went to Bahrain and apologized for raising taxes and the three business men returned to Kuwait.

Bahrain Fort was built during this era, probably to keep out the Persians who nevertheless managed a series of invasions as the whole island alternated between the Portuguese, Persians, and Omanis for the following two centuries.

Bahrain gave women the right to vote in elections for the first time in 2002.

In mid-1974, the Bahrain branch of the PFLOAG was established as a separate organisation and the Omani branch changed its name to the Popular Front for the Liberation of Oman ( PFLO ), while continuing the Dhofar Rebellion.

After Australian waters with some 80, 000 dugong inhabitants, the waters off Qatar, Bahrain, UAE, and Saudi Arabia have some 7, 500 dugongs remaining, making the Persian Gulf the second most important habitat for the species.

The question of Az Zubarah became moot in 1878, however, when Jassim bin Mohammed and his brother Ahmed bin Muhammed destroyed the town as punishment for the piracy of the Naim, a tribe that resided in the north of Qatar but was loyal to the sheikh of Bahrain.

Bahrain Centre for Human Rights issued a press release condemning this decision as discriminatory and promoting negative racist attitudes towards migrant workers.

On November 6, the Department of Justice set a deadline of January 10 for those from another 13 countries: Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Eritrea, Lebanon, Morocco, North Korea, Oman, Qatar, Somalia, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.

Sheik Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa, King of Bahrain during the 1930s, was known for a pack of Salukis that accompanied him throughout the Arab world on hunting trips.

After Baghdad emerged as the seat of the caliph in 750 and the main centre of Islamic civilization, Bahrain greatly benefited from the city's increased demand for foreign goods especially from China and South Asia.

Bahrain became a principal centre of knowledge for hundreds of years stretching from the early days of Islam in the 6th century to the 18th century.

In 1521, a force under Antonio Correia conquered Bahrain ushering in a period of almost 80 years of Portuguese rule of the Persian Gulf archipelago ( for further information see Bahrain as a Portuguese dominion ).

* 1936 – Marketing operations east of Suez ( including Asia, East Africa, and Australasia ) are placed into a joint venture with Standard Oil Company of California – Socal ( Chevron ) under the brand name Caltex, in exchange for Socal placing its Bahrain refinery and Arabian oilfields into the venture.

* 2009: On February 11, a sandstorm in the Kingdom of Bahrain in Sakhir halted Formula One testing for Ferrari, BMW and Toyota.

Here the groundwork for the gathering was prepared: the establishment of Arab cadres, recruited or imported from surrounding countries to spread the revolution, and provision of headquarters for such groups as the Islamic Front for the Liberation of Bahrain, the Iraqi Shi ' a movement, and Philippine Moro, Kuwaiti, Saudi, North African and Lebanese militant clerics.

Bahrain ( from the Arabic word for " two seas " — itself an inaccurate folk etymology for the much older, Semitic term, Bahran ) comprises an archipelago of thirty-three islands in the Persian Gulf, situated close to the shore of the Arabian Peninsula.