🇧🇭 - Khamis Mosque, Shaikh Salman Highway, Abu Baham 406, Bahrain

مسجد الخميس in Abu Baham

We visited here on Friday, September 6, 2024

مسجد الخميس in Abu Baham, Bahrain - 🇧🇭 is around 2,925 km or 1,828 miles from our previous place of worship Mosquée du Vendredi in Mutsamudu, Comoros - 🇰🇲


Wikipedia:

Khamis Mosque "The Khamis Mosque (Arabic: مَسْجِدُ ٱلْخَمِيسِ; transliterated: Masǧid al-ḫamīs) is believed to be the first mosque in Bahrain, built during the era of the Umayyad caliph Umar II. According to Al Wasat journalist Kassim Hussain, other sources mention that it was built in a later era during the rule of Uyunids with one minaret. The second was built two centuries later during the rule of Usfurids. The identical twin minarets of this ancient Islamic monument make it easily noticeable as one drives along...
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Where is Bahrain 🇧🇭?


Where have we been?

This was the 2nd time we'd visited Bahrain 🇧🇭

At the time of visiting here we had visited 5️⃣9️⃣0️⃣ places of worship in 1️⃣8️⃣8️⃣ countries over 5,093,864 km, 3,183,665 miles, or 10.7 times to the 🌛 and back.

Here is every place of worship we have visited in Bahrain

#VisitBahrain, #Bahrain #StepByStep 👣


Other places to visit:

Previous place of worship: Mosquée du Vendredi, Rue Pharmacie anjouanaise, Mutsamudu, Comoros - 🇰🇲
Next place of worship: Forte e Capela de Nossa Senhora da Rocha, 8400-450 Porches, Portugal - 🇵🇹

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