The Abd al-Qays were one of the inhabitants of the coast of Eastern Arabia, from Iraq to Oman including the Island of Bahrain and Eastern province of Saudi Arabia . There are many gaps and inconsistencies in the genealogies of Abd al-Qays in Bahrain, thus Baharna are probably descendants of an ethnically mixed population. Religion Abd al-Qays were mostly Christians before the advent of Islam And becoming mostly shia with small percentage being sunni .
The Abd al-Qays were one of the inhabitants of the coast of Eastern Arabia, from al-Hasa to Oman including the Island of Bahrain . There are many gaps and inconsistencies in the genealogies of Abd al-Qays in Bahrain, thus Baharna are probably descendants of an ethnically mixed population. Religion Abd al-Qays were mostly Christians before the advent of Islam .
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Iraq
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and Eastern province of Saudi Arabia
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And becoming mostly shia with small percentage being sunni