1783 Al Khalifa invasion of Bahrain

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In 1783, the Al Khalifa clan led an attack on the islands of Bahrain, from their then base of Zubara, successfully capturing it from Nasr Al-Madhkur. The Al Khalifa have ruled Bahrain ever since. The invasion was led by Ahmed bin Muhammad Al Khalifa, leading to him being names Ahmed Al Fateh ("Ahmed the Conqueror").

The Al Khalifa were supported by several other Bedouin clans based in Zubara in its invasion of Bahrain, including: the Al Mannai, Al Jalahima, Al Bin Ali, Al Bu Romaih, Al Muhannadi, Al Nuaim, Al Buainain, Al Bukuwarah and Al Thawawida.

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The war that broke out was between Shaikh Nasr and Al Bin Ali and not Al Khalifa is undoubtful. Shaikh Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa (Current King of Bahrain) wrote in one of his books entitled "First Light" that the Sword of Nasr Al-Madhkur fell into the hands of Salama Bin Saif Al Bin Ali. If the war was between the Al Khalifa and Nasr Al-Madhkur why would the sword fall in to the hands of a person from the the Al Bin Ali rather than the Al Khalifa ? The Al Bin Ali were a politically important group that moved backwards and forwards between Qatar and Bahrain, they were the original dominant group of Zubara area ^[1].The Al Bin Ali were the Arabs that were occupying Zubarah when the Great Grandfather of the Al Khalifa family ( Mohamed Bin Khalifa) came to it from Kuwait. ^[2]. This proves that it is not Mohamed Bin Khalifa ( Great Grandfather of the Al Khalifa family ) who has established Zubarah since the Al Bin Ali have settled in Zubarah and established it before his arrival by decades. When Mohamed Bin Khalifa and his family arrived to Zubarah in the year 1766 or 1768 as some sources differ in the year of his arrival to Zubarah, it was already established as a town and a strategic pearl trading Center as well as one of the most important ports in the Persian Gulf. These statements proves that the Al Bin Ali were the Dominant tribe in Zubarah and they are the ones who established it in the first place. It is known as a fact that the Al Khalifa in the year 1782 during the war between Al Bin Ali and Nasr Al-Madhkur were only 4 persons as in men who are capable of handling big issues like fighting in war, etc. They were Ahmed, Muqrin, Ali, and Ebrahim who were the sons of Mohamed Bin Khalifa the great grand father of the Al Khalifa family. They had a brother called Khalifa which died in Haj before the war of Zubarah with Nasr Al-Madhkur. What proves this is the Family Tree of Al Khalifa which clearly shows that the sons of Mohamed Bin Khalifa the great grand father of the Al Khalifa were 5 with one who got passed away in Haj. So can 4 persons fight an army ofNasr Al-Madhkur ? can 4 persons invade bahrain? There is something called Logic and evidence. The Sword of Nasr Al Madhkoor can be seen today at the King Abdulaziz museum in Riyadh when one of the Shaikh's of Al binali called Rashid Bin fAdhel inherited the sword from the ancestors of Shaikh Salama Bin Saif Al Bin Ali , Shaikh Rashid then gave the sword as a gift to King Abdulaziz Al Saud.

The Problem is that many historians depended on one or two historians that wrote false information based on the information that was told to them and not redearched by them!