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Regions with most of the population are Eastern Arabia, Bahrain, Qatif, Al-Hasa, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman, Iran, Iraq The Baharna ((アラビア語:بحراني ، بحارنة)) are an ethnoreligious group whom mainly inhabit the historical region of Eastern Arabia. They are regarded by some scholars to be the original inhabitants of the Bahrain archipelago.〔 Most Shia Bahraini citizens are ethnic Baharna. ==Origin== The origin of Baharna is uncertain;〔 there are different theories regarding their origins. Several Western scholars believe the Baharna originate from Bahrain's pre-Islamic population which consisted of partially Christianized Arabs,〔〔http://books.google.com.bh/books?id=_--lK2ZGp8gC&pg=PA14&lpg=PA14&dq=Abd+al-Qays+tribe+Christian+Arabs&source=bl&ots=IAopNW--UP&sig=cZFZH5c97N8JowpKvHJXQbrnL64&hl=en&sa=X&ei=Xw_1U5eRIYSv7Aa2gIEw&ved=0CDEQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q=Abd%20al-Qays%20tribe%20Christian%20Arabs&f=false〕 Persian Zoroastrians, Jews〔 and Aramaic-speaking agriculturalists.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tradition and Modernity in Arabic Language And Literature )〕 According to one historian, Arab settlements in Bahrain may have begun around 300 B.C. and control of the island was maintained by the Rabyah tribe, who converted to Islam in 630 A.D.〔(Bahrain History/Background (Archived) )〕 One theory claims the Baharna "immigrated to Bahrain during the Ummayad and Abbasid caliphates from different parts of the Muslim world."〔 There are many gaps and inconsistencies in the genealogies of those claiming descent from Abd al-Qays in Bahrain, therefore Baharna are probably descendants of an ethnically mixed population. Bahraini society has traditionally divided itself into three genealogical categories in order: "ansab" (clear genealogies), "la ansab" (unclear genealogies) and "bani khudair" (foreigner).〔 Baharna were "la ansab" because they have uncertain ancestry.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Iranians in Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates )〕 The Bahrani Arabic dialect exhibits Akkadian, Aramaic and Syriac features. The sedentary people of pre-Islamic Bahrain were Aramaic speakers and to some degree Persian speakers, while Syriac functioned as a liturgical language.〔 The Bahrani Arabic dialect might have borrowed the Akkadian, Aramaic and Syriac features from the Iraqi Arabic dialect.〔(Dialect, Culture, and Society in Eastern Arabia: Glossary By Clive Holes ). Page XXIX〕 Since only little is known about their ancestry, Sir Robert Hay referred to the Baharna as "Arabs without a pedigree". According to Robert Bertram Serjeant, the Baharna may be the Arabized "descendants of converts from the original population of Christians (Aramaeans), Jews and ancient Persians (Majus) inhabiting the island and cultivated coastal provinces of Eastern Arabia at the time of the Arab conquest".〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bahrani people」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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