Samaheej ( ar, سماهيج ''Samāhīj'') is a village in
Bahrain on the northern coast of
Muharraq Island.
Al Dair village lies to its northwest, while
Galali lies to its southeast. It is north of
Bahrain International Airport.
Samaheej ( ''Mashmahig'') had a
Nestorian Christian
Nestorianism is a term used in Christian theology and Church history to refer to several mutually related but doctrinarily distinct sets of teachings. The first meaning of the term is related to the original teachings of Christian theologian N ...
presence during its early history, with old foundations of a Nestorian monastery being discovered in the village.
Before the
discovery of oil in Bahrain, most of the inhabitants were involved in
farming, especially
date palm
''Phoenix dactylifera'', commonly known as date or date palm, is a flowering plant species in the palm family, Arecaceae, cultivated for its edible sweet fruit called dates. The species is widely cultivated across northern Africa, the Middle Eas ...
s, and
fishing.
The name Samahij is from Persian ''se'' (three) and ''mahi'' (fish) and hence, ‘the three fish’. This name has to do with the geographical form of the area on which this village is situated.
Among the famous people from Samaheej is
Abdullah bin Saleh al Samahiji ''ʿAbdullāh ibn Ṣāliḥ as Samāhijī'' (1675–1722) ( ar, عبد الله بن صالح السماهيجي) was a Bahraini Shia Islamic scholar who lived during the Safavid period. He was born in the village of Samaheej on Muharraq Island, a ...
(1675 - 1722), a medieval
Islamic scholar, prominent within the
Akhbari
The ʾAkhbāri's ( ar, أخباریون, fa, اخباریان) are a minority of Twelver Shia Muslims who reject the use of reasoning in deriving verdicts, and believe in Quran and Hadith.
The term ʾAkhbāri's (from ''khabāra'', news or r ...
school of
Shiism during the
Safavid
Safavid Iran or Safavid Persia (), also referred to as the Safavid Empire, '. was one of the greatest Iranian empires after the 7th-century Muslim conquest of Persia, which was ruled from 1501 to 1736 by the Safavid dynasty. It is often conside ...
era.
Education
The
Ministry of Education operates government schools. Samajih Primary Intermediate Boys School is the sole government school within Samaheej.
Directory
." Ministry of Education. Retrieved on 8 September 2009.
References
External links
Samaheej Online Website
Samaheej Tv
Samaheej Forums
Samaheej Photo albums
Samaheej MMS
Samaheej Club
Populated places in Bahrain
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