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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