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The Al Uyuni, Uyunids (Arabic: العيوني و العيونيون‎), were a Sunni Muslim Arab dynasty that ruled the Bahrain for 163 years, from the 11th to the 13th centuries. They were the remnants of Bani Abdul Qays tribe and seized the country from the Qarmatians with the military assistance of Great Seljuq Empire in the year 1077-1078 AD. It then fell to the Usfurids of Banu Uqayl in 651 AH (1253 AD). The famous poet Ali bin al Mugrab Al Uyuni is a descendant of the Uyunids.

Beginning

In 1077-1078, an Arab Sheikh named Abdullah Ibn Ali Al-'Uyuni defeated the Qarmatians in Bahrain and al-Hasa with the help of Baghdad and founded the Uyunid dynasty.

Under Muhammad b. Ahmad b. Abu'l-Hussin b. Abu Sinan, the Uyunid's territory stretched from Najd to the Syrian desert. Due to the influence of the Uyunid kingdom, Caliph al-Nasir li-Din Allah gave Muhammad b. Ahmad authority to protect the pilgrimage route to Mecca. Muhammad was later murdered by a family member, instigated by his cousin, Gharir b. Shukr b. Ali.

Although the Uyunid dynasty was Sunni Muslim, the populations of Bahrain, Hasa, and Qatif, may have accepted Twelver Shi'ism during this period.

Descendant Tribe

• Al Ghardaqa

See also

• Al Ahsa
• Qatif
• History of Bahrain
• List of Muslim empires and dynasties

External links

• http://up.arab-x.com/Jan12/vaM04902.jpg | Uyunid Coin minted in Awal (Bahrain) in 544 AH (1122/21 AD) during the reign of Hassan bin Ali bin Abdullah Al Uyuni
• http://arabic.rt.com/forum/imagehosting/27443_01301471123.jpg | Uyunid Coin minted in Awal (Bahrain) in 544 AH (1122/21 AD) during the reign of Hassan bin Ali bin Abdullah Al Uyuni
• http://www.jasblog.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/bahrain2_thumb.jpg | Uyunid Coin minted in Awal (Bahrain) in 544 AH (1122/21 AD) during the reign of Hassan bin Ali bin Abdullah Al Uyuni

Referencess

1. A Thirteenth Century Poet from Bahrain, Safa Khulusi, Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, Vol. 6, Proceedings of the Ninth Seminar for Arabian Studies held at The School of Oriental & African Studies and the Institute of Archaeology, London on 7th-9th July, 1975 (1976), 92.
2. A Thirteenth Century Poet from Bahrain, Safa Khulusi, Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 92.
3. C.E. Bosworth, The New Islamic Dynasties, (Columbia University Press, 1996), 94-95.
4. Commins, David (2012). The Gulf States: A Modern History. I.B. Tauris. p. 28. ISBN 978-1848852785.
5. A Thirteenth Century Poet from Bahrain, Safa Khulusi, Proceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies, 92.
6. Yitzhak Nakash, Reaching for Power:The Shi'a in the Modern Arab World, (Princeton University Press, 2006), 22.
7. Nayef bin Abdullah Al-Shr'an, "coins of Uyunid state in Bahrain"Nuqūd al-dawlah al-ʻUyūnīyah fī bilād al-Baḥrayn, King Faisal Center for Researh and Islamic Studies,2002,google books,Online version
   (Arabic)
   نايف بن عبدالله الشرعان، "نقود الدولة العيونية في بلاد البحرين"، ,مركز الملك فيصل للبحوث والدراسات الاسلامية، 2002 م/1423هـ ISBN 9960726916 9789960726915 .
8. Nayef bin Abdullah Al-Shr'an, "coins of Uyunid state in Bahrain"Nuqūd al-dawlah al-ʻUyūnīyah fī bilād al-Baḥrayn, King Faisal Center for Researh and Islamic Studies,2002,google books,Online version
   (Arabic)
   نايف بن عبدالله الشرعان، "نقود الدولة العيونية في بلاد البحرين"، ,مركز الملك فيصل للبحوث والدراسات الاسلامية، 2002 م/1423هـ ISBN 9960726916 9789960726915 .

عيونيون

• History of Bahrain
• History of Saudi Arabia
• Bahrani people
• Arab dynasties
• Bahraini monarchs
• Sunni Muslims
• Muslim dynasties
• Middle Eastern royal families
• Adnanites
• Descendants of Eber
• Royal families