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Bahrain: Political development in a modernizing society. ISBN 0-669-00454-5; Andrew Wheatcroft (1995). The Life and Times of Shaikh Salman Bin Hamad Al-Khalifa : Ruler of Bahrain 1942–1961. ISBN 0-7103-0495-1; Fuad Ishaq Khuri (1980). Tribe and state in Bahrain: The transformation of social and political authority in an Arab state. ISBN 0-226 ...
The History of Bahrain (1783–1971) covers the history of Bahrain since the invasion of Al Khalifa until the independence from the British Empire. Bahrain was a dependency of the Persian Empire when in 1783, the Bani Utbah tribe led by Al Khalifa invaded it from their base in Al Zubarah ( British Protectorate of Qatar ).
This timeline tries to show dates of important historical events that happened in or that led to the rise of the Middle East/ South West Asia .The Middle East is the territory that comprises today's Egypt, the Persian Gulf states, Iran, Iraq, Israel and Palestine, Cyprus, Jordan, Lebanon, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.
Russo-Persian War (1826–1828) Facing the possibility of a Russian conquest of Tehran and with Tabriz already occupied, Persia signed the Treaty of Turkmenchay; decisive and final cession of the last Caucasian territories of Iran comprising modern-day Armenia, the remainder of the Azerbaijan Republic that was still in Iranian hands, and Igdir ...
In addition to this, many names of villages in Bahrain are derived from Persian, [127] [9] Bahrain's historical ties to Persian culture, particularly under the Achaemenid, [2]: 72 Parthian, [58] and Sassanian Empire, [2]: 72 as well as influences during the Safavid rule (1501–1722), [9] have left a significant impact on place names and ...
One of the early sites discovered in Bahrain suggests that Sennacherib, King of Assyria (707–681 BC), attacked northeast Arabia and captured the Bahraini islands. [32] The most recent reference to Dilmun came during the Neo-Babylonian Empire ; Neo-Babylonian administrative records, dated 567 BC, stated that Dilmun was controlled by the King ...
Invasion of Bahrain (1717) Empire of Oman: State of Persia: Victory. Bahrain sold back to the Safavids. Persians massacred; Saudi invasion of Qatar: Qatar; Bahrain; Oman; Ottoman Empire; Diriyah: Defeat. Incorporation of Qatar into First Saudi State; Oman–Zanzibar War (1784) Empire of Oman: Zanzibari rebels: Victory. Oman retakes Zanzibar ...
Iran in return reserved two seats for Bahrain in her parliament, from 1906 to 1971, as her "14th province". The last shah of Iran, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, raised the Bahrain issue with the British when they withdrew from areas east of the Suez Canal by 1971. Iran suggested a limited, UN-sponsored opinion poll to decide the fate of Bahrain.