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The OLX marketplace is a platform for buying and selling services and goods such as electronics, fashion items, furniture, household goods, cars and bikes. In 2014, the platform reportedly had 11 billion page views, 200 million monthly active users, 25 million listings, and 8.5 million transactions per month. [3]
Persian Empire. From the 6th century BC to the 3rd century BC Bahrain was a pivotal part of the Persian Empire of the Achaemenids, an Iranian dynasty. [5] From the 3rd century BC to the arrival of Islam in the 7th century AD, Bahrain was controlled by two other Iranian dynasties, the Parthians and the Sassanids.
Bahrain is the dual form of Arabic word Bahr (meaning literally "sea"), so al-Bahrayn originally means literally "the two seas ". However, the name has been lexicalised as a feminine proper noun and does not follow the grammatical rules for duals; thus its form is always Bahrayn and never Bahrān, the expected nominative form. Endings are added ...
Bayut was founded in 2008 by Imran Ali Khan and Zeeshan Ali Khan, following their launch of Zameen.com in Pakistan. In 2014, Haider Ali Khan moved to the UAE from the USA as the CEO of Bayut. Haider also leads the UAE’s largest online classifieds website, dubizzle, as the company’s CEO and as the MENA CEO of the wider Dubizzle Group.
Bahrain accepted the convention on May 28, 1991, making its historical sites eligible for inclusion on the list. It has three World Heritage Sites and a further six sites on the tentative list. [3] The first site listed was the Qal’at al-Bahrain – Ancient Harbour and Capital of Dilmun , in 2005, while the most recent one was the Dilmun ...
Geography of Bahrain. The Kingdom of Bahrain [1] consists of Bahrain Island and 33 of the 37 Bahrain Islands, lying in the Persian Gulf 's Gulf of Bahrain off the north shore of West Asia 's Arabian Peninsula. Bahrain's capital city is Manama. The islands are about 24 kilometers (15 mi) off the east coast of Saudi Arabia and 28 kilometers (17 ...
Bahrain Island. / 26.03; 50.55. Bahrain Island ( Arabic: جزيرة البحرين Jazīrah al-Baḥrayn ), also known as al-Awal Island [1] and formerly as Bahrein, [2] [3] is the largest island within the archipelago of Bahrain, [4] and forms the bulk of the country's land mass while hosting the majority of its population. [5]
Bahrain and the United States signed a Defense Cooperation Agreement in October 1991 granting U.S. forces access to Bahraini facilities and ensuring the right to pre-position material for future crises. Bahrain is the headquarters of the United States Navy's Fifth Fleet. The U.S. designated Bahrain as a Major non-NATO ally in 2002.