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Bahr ibn Nasr al-Khawlani
Bahr ibn Nasr al-Khawlani (بحر بن نصر الخولاني) was an Egyptian hadith transmitter and jurist, a student of al-Shafi'i, who died in Egypt in 880.
Bahr Negus
The Bahr Negash (ባሕር ንጉሥ), meaning "ruler of the sea," was the title of the governor of Medri Bahri, in present-day Eritrea, from the mid-15th century.
Bahr Negus Yeshaq
Bahr Negus Yeshaq (Ge'ez: ይስሐቅ, Yeshaq) governed Ethiopia's Red Sea coastal provinces, called Medri Bahri, from Debarwa in the mid-sixteenth century, serving Emperor Galawdéwos before rebelling with Ottoman support.
Bahra 1
Bahra 1 is a large prehistoric Ubaid-period settlement in northern Kuwait, occupied in the sixth and early fifth millennium BC and the earliest known ceramic site in the Arabian Gulf.
Bahraich
Bahraich (बहराइच जिला) is a district in Devipatan Division, northeastern Uttar Pradesh, India, bordering Nepal. Known for Suhaldev's 1033 CE victory, Tarai forests, agriculture, and Aspirational District status; headquarters at Bahraich city.
Bahrain (venue)
Bahrain International Circuit (BIC), Sakhir desert venue near Manama, Bahrain; first Middle East F1 Grand Prix, April 4, 2004; Hermann Tilke design, 5.412 km, night race since 2014, WEC finale host.
Bahrain (البحرين)
Bahrain (البحرين, "two seas") is a 33-island constitutional monarchy in the Arabian Gulf ruled by the Al Khalifa family since 1783, independent from Britain in 1971, a Kingdom since 2002, with Manama as capital and a majority non-Bahraini population.
Bahrain Bourse
Bahrain Bourse is Bahrain's government-owned securities exchange, established in 2010 to replace the Bahrain Stock Exchange, trading equities, bonds, sukuk, and Treasury bills through nine licensed members.
Bahrain Grand Prix
Bahrain Grand Prix: Formula One race at Bahrain International Circuit, Sakhir, first held April 4, 2004 as the Middle East's first F1 race; night race since 2014; 57 laps of 5.412 km; 2026 edition run at Sepang.
Bahrain Hidd FLNG Terminal
The Bahrain Hidd FLNG Terminal, also known as Bahrain LNG, is a floating LNG import and regasification terminal at Hidd, Bahrain, completed in January 2020.
Bahrain in the 2026 Iran war
Bahrain in the 2026 Iran war: the Gulf island kingdom, host of the US Fifth Fleet, as a front-line state after Iran's February 28, 2026 strikes on Naval Support Activity Bahrain, covering attacks, economic damage, crackdowns, and diplomacy.
Bahrain International Airport
Bahrain International Airport, also known as Bahrain Airport or Manama Airport, is Bahrain's international airport and a regional hub, established in 1927 as the first airport in the Arabian Gulf.
Bahrain International Circuit (حلبة البحرين الدولية)
Bahrain International Circuit (حلبة البحرين الدولية), Sakhir desert FIA Grade 1 circuit by Hermann Tilke, opened 2004, first Middle East F1 venue; 2026 Bahrain GP moved to Sepang due to Iran war.
Bahrain International Music Festival
The Bahrain International Music Festival is an annual October music festival in Bahrain, first held in 1992 and organized by the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities.
Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company
Bahrain Mumtalakat Holding Company, known as Mumtalakat, is Bahrain's sovereign wealth fund, established by royal decree in 2006 to own and develop the government's non-oil assets.
Bahrain national football team
Bahrain national football team, men's side of the Bahrain Football Association (BFA), AFC and FIFA member since 1966. Never at a World Cup; 2004 Asian Cup fourth place, Gulf Cup titles 2019 and 2024-25, WAFF champions 2019.
Bahrain Saudi Arabia Oil Pipeline
The Bahrain Saudi Arabia Oil Pipeline, known as the AB-4 pipeline, is a crude oil pipeline from Saudi Arabia's Abqaiq plant to Bahrain's Sitra refinery, commissioned in 2018.
Bahrain Summer Festival
The Bahrain Summer Festival is an annual month-long festival of music, theater, and arts in Manama, organized by the Bahrain Authority for Culture and Antiquities, typically in July.
Bahrain tumuli
The Bahrain tumuli, also known as the Dilmun burial mounds, are Bronze Age burial mound fields on Bahrain, built between 2200 and 1750 BCE, with tens of thousands of mounds.
Bahraini dinar (دينار بحريني)
The Bahraini dinar (دينار بحريني) is the currency of Bahrain, issued by the Central Bank of Bahrain and pegged to the US dollar at 0.376 dinars per dollar.
Bahram
Bahram (بهرام) is the stage name of Bahram Nouraei, an Iranian rapper and songwriter from Tehran who broke through in 2007 with a critical open letter to President Ahmadinejad.
Bahram al-Armani
Bahram al-Armani (بهرام الأرمني) was a Christian Armenian general and wazir of Fatimid Egypt under Caliph al-Hafiz from 1135 to 1137, the only Armenian Fatimid vizier who remained Christian.
Bahram al-Da'i
Bahram al-Da'i (بهرام الداعي) was a Persian Nizari Ismaili missionary who succeeded Abu Tahir al-Sa'igh as leader of the Assassins' mission in Syria, gaining power in Damascus under Tughtigin.
Bahram Chobin's rebellion
Bahram Chobin's rebellion (بهرام چوبین) was the 590–591 revolt of the Sasanian general Bahram Chobin against King Hormizd IV; he was crowned Bahram VI, then defeated by Khosrow II.
Bahram Jalali
Bahram Jalali (بهرام جلالی) is an applied physicist and Distinguished Professor Emeritus at UCLA, known for creating the first silicon laser and photonic time-stretch methods that screen blood for rare cancer cells.
Bahram Mirza
Bahram Mirza (بهرام میرزا) was a Safavid prince of Iran, the youngest son of Shah Ismail I and brother of Shah Tahmasb I, who governed Khorasan, Gilan, and Hamadan and was a noted calligrapher and painter.
Bahram Sadeghi
Bahram Sadeghi (بهرام صادقی, 1937 to 1985) was an Iranian physician, poet, and modernist fiction writer best known for his novella Malakut (1961), a landmark of twentieth-century Persian fiction.
Bahram V
Bahram V, called Bahram Gur (بهرام گور), was a Sasanian king of Persia who ruled from 420 to 438, son and successor of Yazdegerd I.
Bahram Vallis
Bahram Vallis, a 302 km sinuous valley on Mars in Lunae Planum, IAU-named 1976 from the Persian word for Mars; early Hesperian, carved by groundwater flow toward Chryse Planitia.
Bahram-Shah of Ghazna
Bahram-Shah (بہرام شاہ غزنوی), also written Bahramshah, was a sultan of the Ghaznavid dynasty who reigned from 1116–17 to about 1157, mostly as a Saljuq vassal.