At a glance
- Era
- Pre-Islamic Arabia
- Region
- Arabia
- Review
- Draft Completeness 1/5 · Help complete it
Overview
Bahrayn: the old name for the peninsula's eastern coast region; home of Abd al-Qays and clans of Bakr and Tamim, and one of the seats of Zoroastrianism.
The place
Abd al-Qays, clans of Bakr ibn Wa'il and clans of Tamim emigrated to Bahrayn and settled there 1. Kinda had settled it first, then were forced to leave and settled in Hadramawt 2.
Zoroastrianism was mostly among the Arabs neighbouring Persia: in the Arabs' Iraq and in Bahrayn — al-Ahsa — and Hajar and the adjoining shores of the Arabian Gulf 3.
For young visitors
Bahrayn is an old name for the peninsula's eastern coast — not only today's small island; many tribes lived in it.
Connections
People and things also explored
Al-Ala' ibn al-Hadrami's mission to al-Mundhir ibn Sawa and his conversion· Abd al-Qays· al-Mundhir ibn Sawa al-Abdi· The Letters to Rulers and Kings· Muhammad· Jizya (capitation on treaty peoples)· Ali appoints the sons of al-Abbas and Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr as governors· ʿAli's dispatch of his own governors to the garrison towns (36 AH)
Sources
- Muhadarat Tarikh al-Umam al-Islamiyya — Muhammad al-Khudari
- al-Raheeq al-Makhtum — Safi al-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri
- Tarikh Ard al-Quran — Sulayman al-Nadwi
- al-Muntazam fi Tarikh al-Muluk wa'l-Umam — Ibn al-Jawzi
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Bahrayn (historic Eastern Arabia)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/place/bahrayn/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-17.