Jurdab

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Jurdab (Arabic: جرداب) is a village located in the Kingdom of Bahrain. It neighbors the villages of Jid Ali and Sanad and the 9th area in Isa Town, to the south of the capital Manama.

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Etymology

The name Jurdab is believed to have originated from the Persian word گرداب (Ger-dab) meaning whirlpool. [1]

Whirlpool Body of rotating water produced by the meeting of opposing currents

A whirlpool is a body of rotating water produced by opposing currents or a current running into an obstacle. Small whirlpools form when a bath or a sink is draining. More powerful ones in seas or oceans may be termed maelstroms. Vortex is the proper term for a whirlpool that has a downdraft.

History

In J. G. Lorimer's Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf (1908), he writes that Jurdab consisted of 30 reed huts inhabited by the Baharna, whom were date palm cultivators. There were an estimated 2,230 date palms in the village. [2]

Date palm palm tree cultivated for its edible sweet fruit

Phoenix dactylifera, commonly known as date or date palm, is a flowering plant species in the palm family, Arecaceae, cultivated for its edible sweet fruit. Although its exact place of origin is uncertain because of long cultivation, it probably originated from the Fertile Crescent region straddling between Egypt and Mesopotamia. The species is widely cultivated across Northern Africa, the Middle East, The Horn of Africa and South Asia, and is naturalized in many tropical and subtropical regions worldwide. P. dactylifera is the type species of genus Phoenix, which contains 12–19 species of wild date palms, and is the major source of commercial production.

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References

  1. ↑ Holes, Clive (2001). Dialect, culture, and society in eastern Arabia ([Online-Ausg.]. ed.). Boston: Brill. p. XXXII. ISBN   9789004107632.
  2. ↑ Lorimer, John Gordon. "'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol. II. Geographical and Statistical. J G Lorimer. 1908' [221] (244/2084)". Qatar Digital Library . British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers. Retrieved 12 May 2018.

Coordinates: 26°10′N50°35′E / 26.167°N 50.583°E / 26.167; 50.583

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