{"slug": "bahrain", "label": "Bahrain", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bahrain", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q398", "qid": "Q398", "description": "country in the Persian Gulf", "entries": 15, "years": 12, "span": [227, 2022], "span_label": ["227 CE", "2022 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "count": 6}, {"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 5}, {"title": "Exploration & Expansion", "count": 2}, {"title": "Economy & Finance", "count": 1}, {"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["Kingdom of Bahrain"], "related": [{"slug": "saudi-arabia", "label": "Saudi Arabia", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "united-arab-emirates", "label": "United Arab Emirates", "shared": 3}, {"slug": "iran", "label": "Iran", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "egypt", "label": "Egypt", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "yemen", "label": "Yemen", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "morocco", "label": "Morocco", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "libya", "label": "Libya", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "israel", "label": "Israel", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "kuwait", "label": "Kuwait", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "qatar", "label": "Qatar", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "oman", "label": "Oman", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "portuguese-empire", "label": "Portuguese Empire", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 227, "year_label": "227 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": null, "text": "King Ardashir I annexes his new empire from the east to the northwest. He conquers, with his army, the provinces of Chorasmia, Sistan and the island Bahrain in the Persian Gulf. The kings of the Kushan Empire and Turan recognize Ardashir as their overlord.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371189138#Persian_Empire", "title": "227", "revid": 1371189138, "section": "Events › By place › Persian Empire"}}, {"year": 899, "year_label": "899 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": null, "text": "The Qarmatians, led by Abu Sa'id al-Jannabi, capture Bahrain's capital of Hajr and Al-Hasa (Eastern Arabia). Abu Sa'id makes it his residence and establishes a religious utopian republic.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341130263#Arabian_Empire", "title": "899", "revid": 1341130263, "section": "Events › By place › Arabian Empire"}}, {"year": 1559, "year_label": "1559 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "November 6", "text": "November 6 – The Ottoman Empire ends its attempt to wrest control of the island of Bahrain from Portuguese control, after a siege of Manama Castle that began on July 2.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366794840#October–December", "title": "1559", "revid": 1366794840, "section": "Events › October–December"}}, {"year": 1602, "year_label": "1602 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "The Portuguese are expelled from Bahrain.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1351972919#Date_unknown", "title": "1602", "revid": 1351972919, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1839, "year_label": "1839 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": null, "text": "Khalid bin Saud Al Suad usurps the throne from Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud, who assumed power of Nejd in 1834, and is sent to Cairo as prisoner. Omar bin Ofaysan, the Amir Faisal's governor in the Eastern Province seeks asylum in Bahrain, but Khalid the pretender demands his surrender and the surrender of the fort at Dammam; then under the control of the Al Khalifa of Bahrain.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360384794#Date_unknown", "title": "1839", "revid": 1360384794, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1892, "year_label": "1892 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "March 6", "text": "March 6–8 – Exclusive Agreement: Rulers of six Trucial States (Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Ras al-Khaimah and Umm al-Quwain) and Bahrain sign an agreement, by which they become de facto British protectorates.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372569087#March", "title": "1892", "revid": 1372569087, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1981, "year_label": "1981 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "May 25", "text": "May 25 – In Riyadh, the Gulf Cooperation Council is created among Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369107326#May", "title": "1981", "revid": 1369107326, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 2002, "year_label": "2002 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "February 14", "text": "February 14 – The State of Bahrain is declared a constitutional monarchy and becomes the Kingdom of Bahrain.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372652846#February", "title": "2002", "revid": 1372652846, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 2002, "year_label": "2002 CE", "section": "Exploration & Expansion", "date": "April 15", "text": "15 April – Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad leaves for Morocco on the first leg of a week-long tour which will also take him to Libya and Bahrain.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373350801#Events", "title": "2002 in Malaysia", "revid": 1373350801, "section": "Events"}}, {"year": 2011, "year_label": "2011 CE", "section": "Economy & Finance", "date": null, "text": "Bahrain-based Takaud Savings and Pensions B.S.C. provider is founded.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372940525#Full_date_unknown", "title": "2011", "revid": 1372940525, "section": "Events › Full date unknown"}}, {"year": 2011, "year_label": "2011 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "February 14", "text": "February 14 – The Day of Rage in Bahrain begins, which marks the first day of the 2011 Bahraini uprising.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372940525#February", "title": "2011", "revid": 1372940525, "section": "Events › February"}}, {"year": 2017, "year_label": "2017 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "June 5", "text": "June 5 – The Qatar diplomatic crisis of 2017–18 starts, as Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates and other Arab countries block Qatari access to their seas and air.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371948773#June", "title": "2017", "revid": 1371948773, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 2017, "year_label": "2017 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "June 5", "text": "5 June – Qatar plunges into diplomatic crisis as Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and the internationally recognised government of Yemen sever ties with it, claiming that national security, media incitement and Qatari support for Iran are the cause.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1266152521#June", "title": "2017 in Qatar", "revid": 1266152521, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 2020, "year_label": "2020 CE", "section": "Geopolitics & Diplomacy", "date": "September 4", "text": "September 4 – Bahrain and Israel agree to normalise relations, marking the fourth Israel–Arab peace deal.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371633312#September", "title": "2020", "revid": 1371633312, "section": "Events › September"}}, {"year": 2022, "year_label": "2022 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "January 1", "text": "1 January–Bahrain authorizes the emergency use of Pfizer's anti-viral oral drug Paxlovid for adults over the age of 18 years.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1309166541#Events", "title": "2022 in Bahrain", "revid": 1309166541, "section": "Events"}}]}