The Ajam (Arabic: عجم) are a community of Bahraini Persians in Bahrain. They have traditionally been merchants living in a specific quarters of Manama and Muharraq. The Persians who adhere to both the Sunni or Shiite sect of Islam are Ajam, and they are different from the Huwala, who have Arab origins. The Arabic alphabet is the script used for writing languages such as Arabic, Persian, Urdu, and others. ... The Persians of Iran (officially named Persia by West until 1935 while still referred to as Persia by some) are an Iranian people who speak Persian (locally named Fârsi by native speakers) and often refer to themselves as ethnic Iranians as well. ... Bahrain from space, June 1996 Manama (Arabic: المنامة Al-Manāmah) is the capital city of Bahrain and is the countrys largest city with a population of approximately 155,000, roughly a quarter of countrys entire population. ... Categories: Middle East geography stubs | Bahrain ... Sunni Islam (Arabic سنّة) is the largest denomination of Islam. ... Shi‘as (the adjective in Arabic is شيعى shi‘i; English has traditionally used Shiite) which mean follower in Arabic make up the second largest sect of believers in Islam, constituting about 30%-35% of all Muslim. ... Ajami redirects here. ... The Huwala (also spelled howala, howila, huwalah) (Arabic: الهولة) meaning Those that have changed. Originally the Huwala word is Arabic, but since Persian does not contain the emphatic ḥ Ø­ present in Arabic, it pronounced it Huwala. ...

In addition to this, many names of ancient villages in Bahrain are in Persian. It is said that these names were influenced during the Safavid rule of Bahrain (1501-1722). i.e. Karbabad, Salmabad, Karzakan, Duraz, Barbar, ... etc. In which it indicates that the history of Ajams are much more older. The Safavids were a long-lasting Turkic-speaking Iranian dynasty that ruled from 1501 to 1736 and first established Shiite Islam as Persias official religion. ...

References

• Persians and the space of city in Bahrain c.1869-1937, in Transnational Connections and the Persian Gulf (2005) ISBN 0415331358

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See also

Matam Al Ajam Al Kabeer, officially recognised in 1881

Matam Al Ajam Al Kabeer

• Huwala
• Baharna
• History of Bahrain
• Iranian Kuwaitis
• Ajam

The Huwala (also spelled howala, howila, huwalah) (Arabic: الهولة) meaning Those that have changed. Originally the Huwala word is Arabic, but since Persian does not contain the emphatic ḥ ح present in Arabic, it pronounced it Huwala. ... The Baharna (Arabic: ‎ } are the indigenous inhabitants of the villages and some of the coastal shores of the archipelago of Bahrain and the cities of Qatif and Al-Hasa on the Arabian Gulf coast of Saudi Arabia (see historical region of Bahrain). ... The name Bahrain comes from Arabic Bahárayn, literally meaning two seas, which is thought to be an inaccurate folk etymology for the much older, non-Semitic term, Bahran; according to some scholars Bahran originates from Varahrdn, the later form of the old Avestan Verethragna - a Zoroastrian divinity that is... Iranian Kuwaiti Girls Iranian immigration to the Arabian Peninsula has been continuous and very rapid since the fall of the third Persian Empire, that is from the rule of Nader Shah to the rule of the Qajar dynasty. ... Ajami redirects here. ...

External links

• Ajam Al Bahrain
• Ajam Al Bahrain Group
• Forum for Bahrain Ajam
• Ajam AlBahrain