Bahrain • اَلْبَحْرَيْن (al-Baḥrayn)

1783: Āl Khalīfâ lineage sheikhdom
05.02.1820: informal protection treaty with United Kingdom
31.05.1861: British protected state
02.12.1880: British protectorate
29.07.1913: Ottomans recognize British administration
10.09.1939: declared war on Germany 1961: autonomy
1968-1971: one of Trucial States
16.08.1971: independence: State of Bahrain • دولة البحرين (Dawlat al-Baḥrayn)
21.09.1971: member of United Nations
14.02.2002: Kingdom of Bahrain • مملكة البحرين (Mamlakat al-Baḥrayn)

Area: 665 km²
Population: 689,585 (2006)
Capital: المنامة (al-Manāmâ)
Currency: 1959 Gulf rupee → 1965 1 دينار (dinar, BHD) = 100 فلس (fils)
GDP per capita: 23,100 $ (2005)
Ethnic groups: Arab 63.9%, Indian and Pakistani 14.8%, Iranian 13%, Filipino 4.5%, European 2.1%, other 1.7% (2000)
Official language: Arabic

Merchant marine: 6 ships (1,000 grt or over), 26,110 grt/48,249 dwt (1996)
Coastline: 161 km
Territorial sea: 12 nm
Contiguous zone: 24 nm
Continental shelf: extending to boundaries to be determined

Military service age and obligation: 18 years of age, voluntary military service
Military expenditures: 4.9% of GDP (2005)

King: Shaykh Ḥamad ibn 'Isā ibn Sulmān Āl Khalīfâ (06.03.1999/14.02.2002)
Prime Minister: Shaykh Khalīfâ ibn Sulmān ibn Ḥamad Āl Khalīfâ (16.08.1971)
Minister of Defense: Liwa' Shaykh Khalīfâ ibn Aḥmad Āl Khalīfâ
Navy | Coast Guard

www.bdf.gov.bh

1974: first vessel acquired
16.02.1980: Bahrain Defence Force / Naval Branch • جناح البحرية (Jenaḥ al-Baḥrīyâ)
1987: Bahrain Amiri Navy
02.2002: Royal Bahraini Navy • البحرية الملكي البحريني (al-Baḥrīyâ al-Malkīyâ al-Baḥraynīyâ)

Commander: 'Aqīd 'Abdullāh Sa'īd Al-Manṣūri
Personnel: 300 (1984), 350 (1986), 650 (1992), 750 (1996), 1200 (1999), 1300 (2001;2005)
Prefix to ships' names: BRNS (Bahrain Royal Navy Ship)
Base: Mina' Sulmān
Naval aviation: 2x MBB Bö 105N helicopters (acquired 08.1994)
Foreign presence:
• 1934-1968: Royal Navy base
• since 1972: US Navy facilities in Mina' Salman
• 08.1990-03.1991: a hide-away for only two Kuwaiti warships escaped from Iraqi invasion.

Ensigns:

1932-1972:

1972-2002:

Since 2002:

Ranks insignia:

Map:
Rulers (Ḥākim):
1783-07.1795 Shaykh Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad Āl Khalīfâ
1796-1801 Shaykh 'Abdullāh ibn Aḥmad Āl Khalīfâ
1796-1825 Shaykh Sulmān I ibn Aḥmad Āl Khalīfâ
1810-04.1843 Shaykh 'Abdullāh ibn Aḥmad Āl Khalīfâ
1825-31.05.1834 Shaykh Khalīfâ ibn Sulmān Āl Khalīfâ
31.05.1834-06.09.1868 Shaykh Muḥammad I ibn Khalīfa Āl Khalīfâ
06.09.1868-09.1869 Shaykh 'Alī ibn Khalīfa Āl Khalīfâ
09.1869-01.12.1869 Shaykh Muḥammad I ibn Khalīfa Āl Khalīfâ
01.12.1869-12.1869 Shaykh Muḥammad II ibn 'Abdullāh Āl Khalīfâ
12.1869-09.12.1932 Shaykh 'Isā I ibn 'Alī Āl Khalīfâ
09.12.1932-24.02.1942 Shaykh Ḥamad I ibn 'Isā ibn 'Alī Āl Khalīfâ
24.02.1942-02.11.1961 Shaykh Sulmān II ibn Ḥamad Āl Khalīfâ
02.11.1961-15.08.1971 Shaykh 'Isā II ibn Sulmān Āl Khalīfâ
Emirs (Amīr):
15.08.1971-06.03.1999 Shaykh 'Isā II ibn Sulmān Āl Khalīfâ
06.03.1999-14.02.2002 Shaykh Ḥamad II ibn 'Isā ibn Sulmān Āl Khalīfâ
King (Malik):
14.02.2002- Shaykh Ḥamad II ibn 'Isā ibn Sulmān Āl Khalīfâ

Prime Minister:
08.1971- Shaykh Khalīfâ ibn Sulmān ibn Hamād Āl Khalīfâ

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