Beit Sheikh Isa Bin Ali Al Khalifa, Muharraq, Bahrain

Beit Sheikh Isa Bin Ali Al Khalifa, a traditional Bahraini house built c. 1800 with 4 courtyards and 4 shuttered badqer or wind towers, home of Isa ibn Ali Al Khalifa, 1848–1932, ruler of Bahrain 1869-1932, and seat of his government, in Muharraq, Bahrain. Muharraq is a city on the Pearling Path and with a strong history of pearl diving and pearl trade, where 17 buildings form part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site celebrating the pearl trade. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Beit Sheikh Isa Bin Ali Al Khalifa, a traditional Bahraini house built c. 1800 with 4 courtyards and 4 shuttered badqer or wind towers, home of Isa ibn Ali Al Khalifa, 1848–1932, ruler of Bahrain 1869-1932, and seat of his government, in Muharraq, Bahrain. Muharraq is a city on the Pearling Path and with a strong history of pearl diving and pearl trade, where 17 buildings form part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site celebrating the pearl trade. Picture by Manuel Cohen