2026 has been designated the ‘Year of Isa Al Kabeer’ by His Majesty King Hamad to celebrate the founder of the modern state of Bahrain. Deputy News Editor Naman Arora looks at his notable achievements.
Modernisation under His Highness Isa Al Kabeer, Ruler of Bahrain and its Dependencies from 1869 to 1932, developed steadily, driven by the needs of a developing economy, beginning with the opening of Bahrain’s first post office in 1884.
As the earliest postal service in the Gulf, it linked Bahrain to regional and global communication networks and introduced regularised record-keeping, revenue collection and correspondence handling.
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