Al Dair
الدَيْر | |
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  Al Dair | |
| Coordinates: 26°17′6″N 50°37′26.4″E / 26.28500°N 50.624000°E | |
| Country | Bahrain |
| Island | Muharraq Island |
Al Dair (Arabic: الدَيْر) is a village in Bahrain on the northern coast of Muharraq Island. It lies north of the Bahrain International Airport, and north west of Samaheej village.
Before the discovery of oil in Bahrain, most of the inhabitants were involved in farming, especially date palms, and fishing.
Similarly to Deir ez-Zor in Syria, The name Ad-Dair is Aramaic for "the monastery," indicating the Christian past of Muharraq Island.[1]
Its inhabitants are mostly Shi’ite though there are a small number of Sunni Muslims who are present.
- ^ Bahrain through the ages: the history 1993 ʻAbd Allāh ibn Khālid Khalīfah, Michael Rice, Bahrain. Wizārat al-Iʻlām - "The islands were then under Persian influence and Mazdaism was prevalent; however, the Christian faith was also practised in churches and monasteries. Al Dair village in Muharraq island, for instance, was named after a monastery in the "