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Buri, Bahrain
Buri (, sometimes transliterated as Boori) is a village located in the Kingdom of Bahrain. The village is said to be one of the oldest villages in the country. Geography It is situated in the Northern Governorate administrative region. The village itself lies west of the town of A'ali. History According to J. G. Lorimer's 1908 Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Buri was a village located 7 miles southwest of Manama surrounded by date plantations with a few stone houses and 150 huts populated by the Baharna, all being date farmers. There were around 30 donkeys and cattle in the village with an estimated number of 10,500 date palms. Sport Buri has its own sports club A sports club or sporting club, sometimes an athletics club or sports society or sports association, is a group of people formed for the purpose of playing sports. Sports clubs range from organisations whose members play together, unpaid, and ... and participates in football tournaments. References Popu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Village
A village is a human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to a few thousand. Although villages are often located in rural areas, the term urban village is also applied to certain urban neighborhoods. Villages are normally permanent, with fixed dwellings; however, transient villages can occur. Further, the dwellings of a village are fairly close to one another, not scattered broadly over the landscape, as a dispersed settlement. In the past, villages were a usual form of community for societies that practice subsistence agriculture and also for some non-agricultural societies. In Great Britain, a hamlet earned the right to be called a village when it built a church.-4; we might wonder whether there's a point at which it's appropriate to talk of the beginnings of French, that is, when it wa ... ''village'', from Latin ''villāticus'', ultimately from Latin ''villa'' (English ''vi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kingdom Of Bahrain
Bahrain, officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, is an island country in West Asia. Situated on the Persian Gulf, it comprises a small archipelago of 50 natural islands and an additional 33 artificial islands, centered on Bahrain Island, which makes up around 83 percent of the country's landmass. Bahrain is situated between Qatar and the northeastern coast of Saudi Arabia, to which it is connected by the King Fahd Causeway. The population of Bahrain is 1,501,635 as of 14 May 2023, of whom 712,362 (47.44%) are Bahraini nationals and 789,273 are expatriates spanning 2,000 ethnicities (52.56% of the country's population of 1,501,635). Bahrain spans some , and is the third-smallest nation in Asia after the Maldives and Singapore. The capital and largest city is Manama. According to archeologist Geoffrey Bibby, Bahrain is the site of the ancient Dilmun civilization. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gulf Daily News
The ''Gulf Daily News'' is an English-language local newspaper published in the Kingdom of Bahrain by Dar Akhbar Al Khaleej. The paper, which is one of six daily newspapers in Bahrain, calls itself "The Voice of Bahrain". History The ''Gulf Daily News'' was the first daily English newspaper to be published in Bahrain. It was founded in March 1978 by the Dar Akhbar Al Khaleej, which is also the publisher. The group also publishes '' Akhbar Al Khaleej'', an Arabic daily. Until the publishing of '' Bahrain Tribune'', the paper was Bahrain's only English newspaper. The paper was created to provide news to the English-speaking residents of Bahrain, consisting mainly of British, Americans, Filipinos, Indians and Pakistanis. The staff are a mixture of Bahrainis, British, Filipinos, Pakistanis and Indians. Traditionally, the ''Gulf Daily News'' is a pro-government publication, despite its largely balanced coverage of domestic affairs following political reforms instigated after 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Northern Governorate
The Northern Governorate () is one of the four governorates of Bahrain. It includes parts of the former municipalities of Al Mintaqah al Gharbiyah, Al Mintaqah al Wusta, Al Mintaqah al Shamaliyah, Jidd Haffs and Madinat Hamad. Settlements in the Northern Governorate *A'ali * Abu Saiba * Al Hajar * Al Lawzi * Al Markh * Al Qadam * Al Qala * Al Safiria *Bani Jamra * Barbar * Budaiya * Buquwa * Buri * Dar Kulaib *Diraz * Dumistan * Hamad Town * Hamala * Hillat Abdul Saleh * Jablat Habshi * Janabiya * Jannusan * Jasra * Jid Al-Haj * Jidda Island * Karrana * Karzakan * Malikiya * Meqsha * Muqaba * North Sehla * Northern City * Nurana Islands * Qurayya *Saar * Sadad * Salmabad * Shahrakan * Shakhura * Umm an Nasan * Umm as Sabaan * Zayed City Education The Japanese School in Bahrain is located in Sar in the governorate. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A'ali
A'ali () is a major town in northern Bahrain. It is a part of the Northern Governorate, although from 2001 to 2014 it lay within the Central Governorate (Bahrain), Central Governorate. A'ali is famous for its Dilmun Burial Mounds, ancient burial mounds, especially several very large burial mounds in the city centre. A'ali is also famous for its traditional handcrafted pottery, which can be seen and bought from different potters and boutiques in the whole town. History Dilmun era The Dilmun Burial Mounds, burial mounds date to the Dilmun era (3200 BC-330 BC). In February 1889 some of the mounds were investigated by the British explorer Theodore Bent, J. Theodore Bent and his wife Mabel Bent, Mabel. The site was then excavated by many foreign archaeological teams throughout the 20th century. An important group of artifacts was excavated by the British archaeologist Ernest J. H. Mackay, Ernest Mackay and can now be found in the British Museum, London. It includes an unus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Gordon Lorimer (civil Servant)
John Gordon Lorimer CIE (14 June 1870 – 8 February 1914), also known as J. G. Lorimer, was a British diplomat, historian and colonial administrator. Working for the British Raj in Punjab and the Northwest frontier province, he later served in the Persian Gulf region as British Political Resident. He is most famous for his encyclopedia, the ''Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia''. Biography Early life and career John Gordon Lorimer was born in Glasgow in 1870, a son of the Reverend Robert Lorimer (1840–1926) a Free Church minister, and his wife Isabella Robertson.Ewing, William ''Annals of the Free Church'' The Lorimer family was intimately associated with colonial service; his maternal uncle (who served as a judge) was killed during the Indian mutiny of 1857. His younger brother David Lockhart Robertson Lorimer served as British vice-consul in Arabistan. His other brother Robert worked in the Indian civil service until he was dismissed for refu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gazetteer Of The Persian Gulf, Oman And Central Arabia
The ''Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia'' (nicknamed ''Lorimer'') is a two-volume encyclopedia compiled by John Gordon Lorimer. The ''Gazetteer'' was published in secret by the British government in India in 1908 and 1915 and it served as a handbook for British diplomats in the Arabian Peninsula and Persia. The work was declassified in 1955 under the fifty-year rule, and was widely praised for its extensive coverage of the region's history and geography. It is considered to be "the most important single source of historical material on the Gulf States and Saudi Arabia" from the 17th to early 20th century. Background Beginning in the 20th century, the British Empire sought to strengthen its connections to British-controlled India which in turn resulted in a greater interest in the Persian Gulf region, culminating in the visit of the Viceroy of India Lord Curzon to the Gulf in 1903. To ensure that British agents in the region were adequately informed and pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manama
Manama ( ', Bahrani Arabic, Bahrani pronunciation: ) is the capital and List of cities in Bahrain, largest city of Bahrain, with an approximate population of 297,502 as of 2012. Long an important trading center in the Persian Gulf, Manama is home to a diverse population. After periods of Portuguese Empire, Portuguese and Persian control and a short invasion from the ruling dynasty of House of Saud, Saudi Arabia, followed by a longer invasion by Oman, Bahrain established itself as an sovereign state, independent nation in 1971 following a period of British hegemony. Manama has a history that spans over several centuries. First mentioned in Islamic texts as early as the 14th century, Manama remained a small trading port until it came under Portuguese Empire, Portuguese control in the early 1500s. In 1602, the Safavid dynasty, Safavid Persians expelled the Portuguese, and Manama became a regional center for commerce and Pearl#Pearl_farming, pearling. By the late 19th century, it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baharna
The Bahārna (, or ), 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. They inhabited the area even before the arrival of the Banu Utbah in the 18th century which the Bahraini royal family descends from. 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 (Specifically Najaf and Karbala), Khoramshahr, Hormozgan province of Iran. Origin The origin of the Baharna is debated; there are different theories regarding their origins. Several Western scholars believe the Baharna originate from Bahrain's ancient population and pre-Islamic population which consisted of Zoroastrian Arabs, partially-Christianized Arabs, Aramaic-speaking agriculturalists, Persian Zoroastrians, and a small amount of Jews. Accord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Date Palm
''Phoenix dactylifera'', commonly known as the date palm, is a flowering-plant species in the palm family Arecaceae, cultivated for its edible sweet #Fruits, fruit called dates. The species is widely cultivated across North Africa, northern Africa, the Middle East, the Horn of Africa, Australia, South Asia, and the desert regions of Southern California in the United States. It is Naturalisation (biology), naturalized in many Tropics, tropical and Subtropics, subtropical regions worldwide. ''P. dactylifera'' is the type species of genus ''Phoenix (plant), Phoenix'', which contains 12–19 species of wild date palms. Date palms reach up to 60–110 feet in height, growing singly or forming a Clumping (biology), clump with several stems from a single root system. Slow-growing, they can reach over 100years of age when maintained properly. Date fruits (dates) are oval-cylindrical, long, and about in diameter, with colour ranging from dark brown to bright red or yellow, depen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buri Club
Buri may refer to: People * Buri (Dacian tribe), or Burs, a 1st–2nd century tribe living in Dacia * Buri tribe, an ancient Germanic people * Büri (died 1252), prince of the Chagatai Khanate * Buri, or Burebista, Thracian king of the Getae and Dacian from 82/61 BC–45/44 BC * Taj al-Muluk Buri (died 1132), Prince of Damascus and namesake of its Buri dynasty * Antti Buri (born 1988), Finnish racing driver Places * Buri, Bahrain * Buri, São Paulo, Brazil * Buri Peninsula, Eritrea * Buri, Iran * Burí, Jirondai, Panama, a corregimiento in Jirondai District, Ngäbe-Buglé Comarca, Republic of Panama * Büri, Panama, a corregimiento in Kankintú District, Ngäbe-Buglé Comarca, Republic of Panama * The name of several Thai mueangs (city-states) * Burri Almahas, Sudan Other uses * Búri, a Norse god * Búri (cave), a lava tube in Iceland * Buri palm, or ''Corypha'', a genus of Australasian palms * Batok, or ''buri'', traditional Philippine tattoos * Japanese amberjack The J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
