Pearling, Testimony of an Island Economy
World Heritage
Bahrain
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The site includes 17 buildings in the city of Muharraq, three offshore oyster farms, part of the coast and the fort of Qal'at Bu Mahir at the southern end of Muharraq Island, from where ships once set out to the oyster farms. Listed buildings include wealthy merchants' houses, shops, warehouses and a mosque. The site is the last intact example of the pearling tradition and the wealth it created during the period when the pearl trade dominated the Gulf economy (from the 2nd century AD to the 1930s, when cultured pearls were developed by Japan). It is also an outstanding example of the traditional use of marine resources and the interaction between humans and the environment that shaped the economic and cultural identity of island society.
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