Ghuraifa
Ghuraifa (Arabic: الغريفة) is a village in Bahrain that has now been subsumed into the Juffair suburb of Manama, Bahrain. Its Bahraini inhabitants are Baharna Shia.
Ghuraifa
الغريفة | |
|---|---|
Village | |
Ghuraifa Location in Bahrain | |
| Coordinates: 26°12′21″N 50°36′05″E | |
| Country | Bahrain |
| Governorate | Capital Governorate |
The village and its descendants have produced a number of prominent Twelver clerics, including:
- Grand Ayatollah Allaedin Ghoraifi of Najaf
- Senior Bahraini cleric Abdullah al Ghuraifi
- Kamaleddin Ghuraifi, the assassinated representative of Ayatollah Sistani in Baghdad.
The village lies west of the United States Naval Support Activity Bahrain base, and south of the Bahrain School.
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