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Bahrain is the dual form of Arabic word Bahr (meaning literally "sea"), so al-Bahrayn originally means literally "the two seas".However, the name has been lexicalised as a feminine proper noun and does not follow the grammatical rules for duals; thus its form is always Bahrayn and never Bahrān, the expected nominative form.
Majma-ul-Bahrain (Persian: مجمع البحرین, "The Confluence of the Two Seas" or "The Mingling of the Two Oceans") is a Sufi text on comparative religion authored by Mughal Shahzada Dara Shukoh as a short treatise in Persian, c. 1655.
Today, Bahrain's "two seas" are instead generally taken to be the bay east and west of the island, [32] the seas north and south of the island, [citation needed] or the salt and fresh water present above and below the ground. [33] In addition to wells, there are places in the sea north of Bahrain where fresh water bubbles up in the middle of ...
'sea'), so al-Baḥrayn means "the Two Seas". However, which two seas were originally intended remains in dispute. [6] The term appears five times in the Qur'an, but does not refer to the modern island—originally known to the Arabs as “Awal”—but rather to the oases of al-Qatif and Hadjar (modern Al-Aḥsā). [6]
However, the question of which two seas were originally intended remains in dispute. [73] A popular folk etymology relates Bahrain to the "two seas" mentioned five times in the Quran. The passages, however, do not refer to the modern island but rather to the Saudi deserts opposite modern Bahrain. [73]
Bahrain features an arid climate. [2] Bahrain has two seasons: an extremely hot summer and a relatively mild winter. [2] During the summer months, from April to October, afternoon temperatures average 40 °C (104 °F) and can reach 46 °C (114.8 °F) during May, June and July. [2]
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 ...
Tourism has also become a major industry. The main island of Bahrain is 30 miles (48 km) long north to south, and 10 miles (16 km) wide east to west. The island name comes from the Arabic word meaning "two seas". Bahrain is located 15 miles (24 km) off the eastern coast of Saudi Arabia in the Persian Gulf.