House of Khalifa: Map & History
The House of Khalifa is the ruling family of the Kingdom of Bahrain.
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The House of Khalifa is the ruling family of the Kingdom of Bahrain. They follow the Maliki school of Sunni Islam and belong to the Anizah tribe. Some members of this tribe joined the Utub alliance which migrated from Najd in central Arabia to Kuwait, then ruled all of Qatar, more specifically Al Zubarah, which they built and ruled over before conquering Bahrain in 1783. The Khalifa family repressed the indigenous Baharna population in Bahrain.
Modern Countries Once Part of House of Khalifa
At its mapped extent, House of Khalifa covered territory in 1 present-day country. The period shown is when the mapped borders include that country, and the note says how much of it.
Largest Present-Day Cities in Its Territory
Each opens on the live map inside House of Khalifa's borders of that time.
Derived by testing mapped cities against this polity's dated territorial polygons, so the list is indicative and follows the borders in the source dataset.
House of Khalifa in Depth
History
Bahrain fell under the control of Ahmed bin Muhammad bin Khalifa in 1783, following the defeat of Nasr Al-Madhkur who ruled the archipelago as a dependency of Persia (see Bani Utbah invasion of Bahrain). Ahmed ruled Bahrain as hakim until 1796, but was based in Zubarah (in modern-day Qatar) and spent summers in Bahrain. Ahmed was the first hakim of Bahrain and the progenitor of the ruling Al Khalifa family of Bahrain. All of the Al Khalifa rulers of Bahrain are his descendants.
Ahmed had four children. Following his death in 1796, two of his sons, Salman and Abdulla, moved to Bahrain, and co-ruled it as feudal estates and imposed taxes on the indigenous Baharnah population. Salman settled in Bahrain Island and Abdulla in Muharraq Island, each ruling independently.
Sections adapted from Wikipedia: House of Khalifa (CC BY-SA 4.0).
House of Khalifa Map Over Time
Dated world maps on which House of Khalifa appears, with the other states of the time.
House of Khalifa Timeline
Key historical inflections from foundation to peak territorial expansion
Expansion to peak recorded area of 1,576 km² in 1791 CE.
House of Khalifa: Frequently Asked Questions
When did House of Khalifa exist?
House of Khalifa is dated to 1783 CE – 1894 CE, in the Industrial era.
How large was House of Khalifa at its peak?
At its peak in 1791 House of Khalifa covered about 1,576 km².
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