The Old Bahrain

Early 1980s 🇧🇭: Manama.

1st April 2026 🇧🇭: Seef sunset.

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Part 4 of 6. 1960s: B Squadron Trucial Oman Scouts commanded by Major David Neild. The Scouts were well trained, respected, and operated in the Trucial States under British control from 1951 to 1971, after which they were restructured and incorporated into the UAE Armed Forces.

1952 🇧🇭: Al Fadhel Mosque in Manama. Its minaret was a landmark for travelers arriving at Manama port.

February 2026 🇦🇪: Saadiyat island, Abu Dhabi.

🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia postage stamp from the Mosque of Prophet Mohammed series, issued between 1968 and 1975.

🇸🇦 1,000-year-old manuscript on Quranic sciences, titled “Gharib Al Quran”, authored by the early scholar Abu Ubaidah Mamar Ibn Al Muthanna. On display at King Abdulaziz Public Library, Saudi Arabia.

🇧🇭 Flying past Bahrain “a few moons ago”. Photograph by Don Bradley.

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Part 3 of 6. 1960s: Fort Jahali (Al Ain) and B Squadron Trucial Oman Scouts commanded by Major David Neild. The Scouts operated in the Trucial States under British control from 1951 to 1971, after which they were restructured and incorporated into the UAE Armed Forces.

9th February 2026 🇧🇭: Sunrise in the Seef, Bahrain.

1st October 1949 🇸🇦: Saudi Arabia’s first airmail stamps. The plane is an Airspeed AS.57 Ambassador, a British made post-war airliner.

🇧🇭 Further to our earlier post, here’s another arial view of the Marina Club on Manama Corniche. Can anyone date the photo?

Part 2 of 6. 1960s: Fort Jahali (Al Ain) and B Squadron Trucial Oman Scouts commanded by Major David Neild. The Scouts operated in the Trucial States under British control from 1951 to 1971, after which they were restructured and incorporated into the UAE Armed Forces.

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Abu Dhabi in 1962. Can anyone name the building?

1983 🇧🇭: Marina Club, Manama Corniche.

1st April 2026 🇧🇭: Manama. Photograph by Mark Gravener.