Ghuraifa

Village in Capital Governorate, Bahrain
Ghuraifa
الغريفة
Village
26°12′21″N 50°36′05″E / 26.20583°N 50.60139°E / 26.20583; 50.60139
CountryBahrain
GovernorateCapital 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

  1. ^ Abdullah al Ghuraifi.
  2. ^ James Glanz, Top Shiite Cleric's Aide Killed, and Shiite Office Attacked, New York Times, July 2, 2005.


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