The Mosques of Muharraq - Part One - The Kingdom of Bahrain - Gretell Scott

The Mosques of Muharraq Part 1 - Kingdom of Bahrain - Gretell M. Scott

A photographic book documents the Arab culture of the oldest part of Bahrain, the island of Muharraq, as Gretell Scott, a professional photographer, sought to photograph of all the beautiful mosques and matams. Although Bahrain is a young country, achieving its independence from British Protectorate status only in 1971, Muharraq’s history is ancient. Extending back 5000 years, the Dilmun civilization took root on the trade routes along the Gulf between Mesopotamia and the Indus Valley. The island’s artesian fresh water wells fed Sumerian myths about Dilmun. According to myth, the Dilmun never aged, nor became ill, nor suffered pain. The evidence of the UNESCO World Heritage site of the Dilmun graves in other parts of Bahrain refutes the veracity of the Sumerian myth. However, the Sumerian myth later transformed itself into the Garden of Eden parable. Therefore, as some Bahrainis like to say, Muharraq may be the former residence of Adam and Eve.

 Included are Google Maps to help the tourist or locals find these locations. Part 1, The Mosques of Muharraq includes stunning photographs and brief descriptions and histories of:

1. Diyar Mosque
2. Noor Mosque
3. Shaikh Isa Bin Salman Al Khalifa Grand Mosque
4. Sayeda Zeinab Mosque
5. Al Dair Cemetery Mosque
6. Al Kheef Grand Mosque
7. Bin Matar Mosque
8. Matam Rashid Bin Hussain Bin Khatam Mosque
9. Al Rawdah Mosque
10. Fatima Al Zahraa Mosque
11. Matam Al Junoubi
12. Rashed Al Zayani Mosque
13. Imam Ali bin Abi Talib Mosque
14. Mubarak Mosque and Fatima Kano
15. Mariam Ebrahim Lori Mosque
16. Aisha Umm Al Moaminin Grand Mosque
17. Ali Mohammed Kanoo Mosque
18. Al Askariyeen Mosque
19. Al Gharbi Masjed, The Western   Mosque
20. Al Wasti Mosque
21. Sheikh Isa Mosque
22. Samaheej Grand Mosque
23. Matam Shabab Samaheej and
24. Matam Samaheej Al Kabeer
25. The White Mosque
26. Sheikh Mohammed Al Shamali Mosque
27. Al Ghazali Mosque
28. Northern Mosque
29. Lulwa Al-Jawder Masjed Mosque
30. Alshabah Mosque
31. Khair Mosque
32. Abu Obaida Mosque
33. Masjid Khalid Ibn Al Walled Mosque
34. Alzamel Mosque
35. Hafsa AL Awadi Mosque
36. Imam Zain Al Abdeen Mosque
37. Haj Ahmed Issa Al Marzouqi Mosque
38. Dhbia Bint Rashid Mohammed Masjid Mosque
39. Mariam Bent Jassim Kanoo Mosque
40. Sheikha Baza Mosque