Jidda Island
| Jidda Island جزيرة جدة |
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 Jidda Island
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| Country | Bahrain |
| Governorate | Northern Governorate |
Jidda Island (Arabic: جزيرة جدة) is an uninhabited islet in Bahrain. It lies to the west of Bahrain Island and just north of Umm an Nasan in Persian Gulf. It is connected to Umm an Nasan by a short causeway.
Jidda used to be the location of one of Bahrain's prisons.[1] Majeed Marhoon, Abdulhadi Khalaf and several other political activists spent time in the prison in the sixties and seventies.
It later became the private property of Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa and is currently closed from the public. The island has a palace, gardens, a helipad, a mosque and several other facilities made for the prime minister and his family, although the island is uninhabited and Sheikh Khalifa himself lives in Riffa, Bahrain Island.
The island is made of limestone cliffs. It is believed that blocks of rock cut from the island were used in the Barbar temple on Bahrain Island.[2]
References
External links
- Jidda Island
- Article about politics of the islands, Abbas al Murshid
- Jidda Island Mosque - Archnet.org
See also
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