Qays tribe who deposed the Qarmatians in Bahrain Sayyid Shubar al-Sitri, attempted a coup d'état in 1895, however it failed due to lack of support from Shi'a clerics Religious figures Grand Ayatollahs Shaykh Ahmad, founder of the Shaykhí school of thought Maitham Al Bahrani, renowned 13th-century Shi'a cleric and theologian Yusuf Al Bahrani, renowned 18th-century Shi'a cleric Alaaeldeen Alghurayfi, Iraqi Shi'a Marja Salih Al-Karzakani, renowned 17th-century Shi'a cleric Abbas Almohri, renowned 20th-century Shi'a cleric Abdullah al Samahiji, renowned 18th-century Shi'a cleric Sports Ismael Abdullatif, Bahraini football player Sayed Mohamed Adnan, Bahraini football player Hamad Al Fardan, Bahraini racing driver Tareq Al-Farsani, Bahraini bodybuilder Husain Ali, Bahraini football player Hussein Taher Al-Sabee, Saudi long jumper Hussein Al-Sadiq, Bahraini football player Jamal Al-Saffar, Saudi sprinter Abbas Ayyad, Bahraini football player A'ala Hubail, Bahraini football player Mohamed Hubail, Bahraini football player Sayed Mohammed Jaffer, Bahraini football player Abbas Ahmed Khamis, Bahraini football player Hussain Salman, Bahraini football player References Further reading Rival Empires of Trade and Imami Shiism in Eastern Arabia, 1300-1800, Juan Cole, International Journal of Middle East Studies, Vol. 19, No. 2, (May, 1987), pp. 177–203 External links The 1922 Bahrani uprising in Bahrain Arab groups Society of Saudi Arabia Society of Bahrain Society of Iraq Society of Kuwait Bahrani people Bahranis