Ghuraifa
الغريفة | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 26°12′21″N 50°36′05″E / 26.20583°N 50.60139°E | |
Country | Bahrain |
Governorate | Capital Governorate |
Ghuraifa (Arabic: الغريفة) is a village in Bahrain that has now been subsumed into the Juffair suburb of Manama, Bahrain. Its Bahraini inhabitants are Baharna Shia.
The village and its descendants have produced a number of prominent Twelver clerics, including:
- Grand Ayatollah Allaedin Ghoraifi of Najaf
- Senior Bahraini cleric Abdullah al Ghuraifi[1]
- Kamaleddin Ghuraifi,[2] the assassinated representative of Ayatollah Sistani in Baghdad.
The village lies west of the United States Naval Support Activity Bahrain base, and south of the Bahrain School.
References
- ^ Abdullah al Ghuraifi.
- ^ James Glanz, Top Shiite Cleric's Aide Killed, and Shiite Office Attacked, New York Times, July 2, 2005.
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