that country's bad conditions. Subsequently, Sayid Majed Al-Jidhafsi, who was substituting for Al-Madhkoor, personally asked the Al Khalifas and their allies to invade the Bahrain archipelago and promised them material aid and victory, should they do so. This action proved to have a lasting effect on the county and a civil war between the loyalist forces led by Sayid Majid Al-Jidhafsi and Madan Al-Jidhafsi, the Iranian governor's vizier and the rebels led by Ahmad Al-Biladi ensued as a result. The loyalists ultimately won the civil war. However, by this time, the Al Khalifas and other Utubs had just entered the country, killed the vizier and successfully captured the islands of Bahrain from Nasr Al-Madhkur. The Al Khalifa family has ruled Bahrain ever since. The invasion was led by Ahmed bin Muhammad Al Khalifa, leading to him being named Ahmed Al Fateh ("Ahmed the Conqueror"). The Al Khalifa were supported by a naval fleet from Kuwait and several Bedouin clans based in Zubara in its invasion of Bahrain. These clans included the, Al-Fadhil, Al Romaihi, Al-Noaimi, Al-Bin Ali, Al-Jalahma, Al-Musalem, and other families and tribes who later settled in the island. Aftermath The Sunni Arabs eventually began tolerating their fellow Shia Arabs and their formerly religious-based attacks now became directed primarily at areas inhabited by the newly arrived Persian immigrants whom they termed "al-Qajar", i.e., people of unrecognized foreign origins. See also History of Bahrain (1783–1971) Qatari–Bahraini War Abdullah I Al-Sabah Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Bani Utbah List of Sunni Muslim dynasties References Conflicts in 1783 Political history of Bahrain History of Kuwait Al Khalifa invasion Military history of the Zand dynasty 1780s in Iran