Village in Capital Governorate, Bahrain
Ghuraifa
الغريفة | |
|---|---|
Village | |
  Ghuraifa Location in Bahrain | |
| Coordinates: 26°12′21″N 50°36′05″E / 26.20583°N 50.60139°E / 26.20583; 50.60139 | |
| Country | Bahrain |
| Governorate | Capital 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
- Kamaleddin Ghuraifi, 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※
- ^ Abdullah al Ghuraifi.
- ^ James Glanz, Top Shiite Cleric's Aide Killed, and Shiite Office Attacked, New York Times, July 2, 2005.
