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Usfurids
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Usfurids dynasty الدولة العصفورية | |||||||||
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| 1253–1392 | |||||||||
 The borders of the Usfurid emirate | |||||||||
| Capital | al-Hasa | ||||||||
| Common languages | Arabic | ||||||||
| Religion | Islam | ||||||||
| Government | Emirate | ||||||||
| Historical era | 13th-14th centuries | ||||||||
• Established | 1253 | ||||||||
• Disestablished | 1392 | ||||||||
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| Today part of | Saudi Arabia Bahrain Kuwait Qatar United Arab Emirates | ||||||||
| History of Bahrain |
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The Usfurids (Arabic: آل عصفور, romanized: Al ʿUṣfūr) were an Arab dynasty that in 1253 gained control of Eastern Arabia, including the islands of Bahrain. They were a branch of Uqaylids who re-migrated to Arabia after the fall of their rule in Syria.[1]
- ^ Khanam, R. (2005). Encyclopaedic Ethnography of Middle-East and Central Asia. Global Vision Publishing House. ISBN 978-81-8220-065-4.
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