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The '''Baharna''' (Arabic: '''البحارنة''') are an Arab ethno-linguistic group who mainly inhabit the historical region of Eastern Arabia and the Gulf area. They are generally regarded by scholars to be the original inhabitants of the [[Bahrain]] archipelago.<ref name="origin">{{Cite web| url=http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/7942/1/7942_4940.PDF?+UkUDh:CyT| title=Social and Political Change in Bahrain Since the First World War| pages=46–47| work=[[Durham University]]| year=1973}}</ref> Regions with most of the population are in Eastern Arabia ([[Qatif]], [[Ahsa]], [[Awal]]), with historical diaspora populations in [[Qatar]], [[Kuwait]], [[Emirates]], [[Oman]], [[Iran]] and [[Iraq]]. Some Bahrani people are citizens in other countries such as the United States, England, Scotland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Norway. <ref name="region">{{Cite book| url=https://books.google.com.bh/books?id=bJLjAKH7-rIC| title=Dialect, Culture, and Society in Eastern Arabia: Glossary| isbn=978-9004107632| last1=Holes| first1=Clive| year=2001}}</ref>. Some Bahrani people are citizens in other countries such as the United States, England, Scotland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, Denmark, Sweden and Norway.