Jidda Island

Jidda Island (ArB|جزيرة جدة) is an islet in Bahrain. It lies to the west of Bahrain Island and just north of Umm an Nasan. It is connected to Umm an Nasan by a short causeway.

Jidda used to be the location of one of Bahrain's prisons [ [http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1961/jan/30/bahraini-prisonersst-helena Bahraini Prisoners - Debate in British House of Commons] ] . Majeed Marhoon and several other political activists spent time in the prison in the sixties and seventies.

It later became the private property of Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa and is currently off limits to ordinary citizens. The island has a number of palaces, gardens, a golf course, two helipads, a mosque and several other facilities for the personal use of the Prime Minister.

The island is made of limestone cliffs. It is believed that blocks of rock cut from the island were used in the Barbar temple on Bahrain Island. [ [http://whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/1570/ Barbar Temple - Unesco] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.northern.gov.bh/modules.php?op=modload&name=Town_Villa&file=43 Jidda Island]
* [http://www.vob.org/index.php?show=news&action=article&id=608&lang=arabic Article about politics of the islands] , Abbas al Murshid
* [http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=1931 Jidda Island Mosque - Archnet.org]

ee also

* Umm an Nasan
* Umm as Sabaan