bahrain

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The cluster includes the following incarnations of the same nation:

• Bahrain (Portugal)
• Bahrain (Great Britain)
• State of Bahrain
• Kingdom of Bahrain

Establishment

• January 1522: Portoguese conquest of Muharraq.
• January 1522: Bahrain was a Portuguese possession from 1521.

Chronology

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1. Conquests of Suleiman I (Ottoman)

Conquests and wars with Ottoman involvement during the rule of Suleiman I.

• January 1561: The area was occupied by Ottoman forces in the middle of the 16th century under the leadership of Suleiman the Magnificent, who expanded the empire's territory into the Lhasa eyalet region in 1560.

2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)

• January 1893: The treaties of 1880 and 1892 effectively turned Bahrain into a British protectorate, giving the British control over defence and foreign relations.
• August 1971: Indipendence of Bahrain from the British.
• February 2002: As part of the adoption of the National Action Charter, Bahrain changed its formal name from the State (dawla) of Bahrain to the Kingdom of Bahrain.