Bahrani Dynasty

State · 1260–1520 CE · at its largest around 1260 CE

Local Arab rule in the al-Ahsa oasis and Bahrain region of eastern Arabia, where successive regional dynasties held power in the later medieval period.

On its lands while it lasted

• Hafez (c. 1325 CE – 1390 CE): A Persian lyric poet from Shiraz whose collected ghazals, the Divan, are among the most beloved works of Persian literature.
• Shiraz (c. 1344 CE): Capital of Injuids (1344–1357).
• Manama (1345 CE): Capital of Kingdom of Bahrain (1973–today).

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