Bahrain

al-Bahrayn (Bahrain)

2800 BC Dilmun City State

125 BC Kingdom of Tylos

117 BC - 380 AD To Persia

630 - 900 Under the Islamic Caliphate, the island is named al-Bahrayn "the two seas"

1330 - 1440 Autonomous Shi`a vassal state of Hormuz

1440 - 1520 Sunni rule

1521 - 1602               To Portugal

1602 - 1783               To Persia

23 Jul 1783               Bahrain conquered and settled by Al-Khalifa lineage

05 Feb 1820               Informal protection treaty with Great Britain

31 May 1861               British protectorate

22 Dec 1880 - 15 Aug 1971 British protected state (formerly spelled "Bahrein")

15 Aug 1971               Emirate of Bahrain

14 Feb 2002 -             Kingdom of Bahrain

14 Mar 2011 -             Saudi military intervention on behalf of the Sunni monarchy,

                          against a Shi`a led uprising


Ancient Bahrain


Rulers of Dilmun

1800 BC Rimun

1400 Usi-ana-nuri

1370 Ili-ippashra

709-706 Uperi

706-685 Ahundaru I

685-660 Qanayeh

660-635 Ahundaru II

Kings of Tylos

131     Iarhai bar Nebozabad

230     Santaruq

Rulers

1330                      Jarwan I ibn Nasir al-Maliki

13.. - 13..               Nasir ibn Jarwan al-Maliki

13.. - 14..               Ibrahim ibn Masir al-Maliki

14.. - 1440               Jarwan II ibn Nasir al-Maliki

1440 - 14..               Djabr ibn Zamil

14.. - 1505               Ajwad ibn Zamil

1505 - 15..               Zamil

15.. - 15..               Migrin ibn Zamil

Persian governors

1753 - 177.               Sheikh Nasr I Al-Madkhur

177. - 1782               Sheikh Nasr II Al-Madkhur

Bahrain

Hakims

23 Jul 1783 - 18 Jul 1795 Al Khalifah, Sheikh Ahmad ibn Muhammad ....... 17..-1795

18 Jul 1795 -    Apr 1843 Al Khalifah, Sheikh Abdullah ibn Ahmad ....... 17..-1849

1796 - 1825               Al Khalifah, Sheikh Sulman ibn Ahmad ......... 17..-1825

                          (co-ruler)

       1825 - 31 May 1834 Al Khalifah, Sheikh Khalifah ibn Sulman ...... 17..-1834

31 May 1834 - 06 Sep 1868 Al Khalifah, Sheikh Muhammad ibn Khalifah .... 1813-1890

06 Sep 1868 - 28 Sep 1869 Al Khalifah, Sheikh Ali ibn Khalifah ......... 1814-1869

28 Sep      - 01 Dec 1869 Al Khalifah, Sheikh Muhammad ibn Abdullah .... 1817-1877

01 Dec 1869 -    Oct 1888 Al Khalifah, Sheikh Ahmad ibn Ali Khalifah ... 1850-1888

                          (co-ruler)

01 Dec 1869 - 09 Dec 1932 Al Khalifah, Sheikh Isa Al ibn Ali ........... 1848-1932

                          (co-ruler to 1888)

09 Dec 1932 - 24 Feb 1942 Al Khalifah, Sheikh Hamad ibn Isa Ali Khalifah 1872-1942

24 Feb 1942 - 02 Nov 1961 Al Khalifah, Sheikh Sulman ibn Hamad ......... 1895-1961

02 Nov 1961 - 15 Aug 1971 Al Khalifah, Sheikh Isa ibn Sulman ........... 1933-1999

Emires (Princes)

15 Aug 1971 - 06 Mar 1999 Al Khalifah, Sheikh Isa ibn Sulman ........... s.a

06 Mar 1999 - 14 Feb 2002 Al Khalifah, Sheikh Hammad ibn Isa ........... 1950-

King

14 Feb 2002 -             Al Khalifah, Sheikh Hammad ibn Isa ........... s.a

 

 

Prime Minister

19 Jan 1970 - 11 Nov 2020 Sheikh Khalifah ibn Sulman Al Khalifah ....... 1935-2020

11 Nov 2020 -             Prince Salman bin Hamad bin isa Al Khalifa ... 1969-



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