Dumistan Explained
| Dumistan |
| Native Name: | دمستان |
| Native Name Lang: | Ar |
| Settlement Type: | Village |
| Pushpin Map: | Bahrain |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Dumistan within Kingdom of Bahrain |
| Coordinates: | 26.124°N 50.468°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Kingdom of Bahrain |
| Subdivision Type1: | Governorate |
| Subdivision Name1: | Northern Governorate |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
Dumistan (Arabic: دمستان) or Dabistan (Persian: دبستان) is a coastal village situated on the western shore of Bahrain. It is situated to the north of Karzakan and west of Hamad Town, in the Northern Governorate administrative region of the country.
Etymology
There are two possible roots for Dumistan.
The first is that it originates in the term "Dabistan" and is therefore and alteration of it,[1] the term "Dabistan" (دبستان) is a Persian word that typically means "school" or "place of learning."
- Dab (دب) refers to "learning" or "education."
- -stan (اِستان) is a suffix meaning "place" or "land of."
So, Dabistan can be understood as "the place of learning" or simply "a school."
It is also possibly the former location of Al-Ittihad school, although the remains of the school are in Manimal (possibly got relocated to Manama before being shut down in 1996).[2] [3]
The other purposed origin is that it means, although this is not supported by any major sources.
Housing Facilities
- In 1983, the old Dumistan housing project (Phase One) was established.
- In 2001, the new Dumistan housing project (Phase Two) was established.
- In 2009, a new housing project was created east of the new housing units (Phase Three and final).
Institutions
- Dumistan Charity Fund
- Dumistan Cultural and Sports Center
- Youth Committee
- Community Committee
- Ahlulbayt Cultural and Social Forum
- Abu Ramana Islamic Center
Mosques
- Sheikh Mohammed Abu Ramana Mosque
- Imam Al-Ridha Mosque
- Al-Rawda Mosque (under construction)
- Imam Al-Mahdi Mosque
- Sheikh Ibrahim Al-Wasiti Mosque (demolished and rebuilt)
- Imam Al-Hussein Mosque (known as the Scholar Mosque)
- Dumistan Housing Mosque (known as Imam Al-Jawad Mosque)
- Al-Waqi Mosque, south of Balqis School.
External Links
Notes and References
- Book: Al-Tajer, Mahdi Abdulla . Language & Linguistic Origins In Bahrain . Taylor & Francis . 1982 . 9780710300249 . 134, 135.
- Web site: عملکرد مدرسه اتحاد ملی ایرانیان در بحرین . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20240921133805/https://rasekhoon.net/article/show/666246 . 2024-09-21 . 2024-09-21 . rasekhoon.net.
- Web site: المحلية . المنامة-محرر الشئون . للمرة الثالثة... سقوط أجزاء من المدرسة الإيرانية . 2024-09-29 . صحيفة الوسط البحرينية . ar.
