.jpg) Bahārna during Muharram | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
|---|---|
| Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatif, Al-Hasa, Iran (Hormozgan province) | |
| Languages | |
| Arabic (Bahrani Arabic, Gulf Arabic) | |
| Religion | |
| Shia Islam |
The Bahārna (Arabic: بُحارنة) 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, Khoramshahr, Hormozgan province of Iran.[3][4][5]
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- ^ Krieg, Andreas (2017-03-27). Socio-Political Order and Security in the Arab World: From Regime Security to Public Security. Springer. p. 62. ISBN 978-3-319-52243-2.
- ^ Holes, Clive (2001). Dialect, Culture, and Society in Eastern Arabia: Glossary. BRILL. ISBN 978-9004107632.
- ^ الجزيري, الوسط-محمود. "البحرينيون في بندر لنجة: نزحوا بعاداتهم... فشيَّدوا المنامة في كل زقاق". صحيفة الوسط البحرينية (in Arabic). Retrieved 25 March 2024.
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