Umm as Sabaan

Umm as Sabaan is an islet in Bahrain. It lies off the north western corner of Bahrain Island, near Budaiya village, and east of Jidda Island, located in Persian Gulf. It has a distance of 15km west of the capital, Manama, on Bahrain Island.HistoryThe island was privately owned by Sheikh Mohammed bin Salman Al Khalifa, uncle of the present King, Hamad bin Isa al Khalifa, and brother of Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa. Sheikh Mohammed renamed the island after himself as Al Mohammediya (المحمدية).In the 1930s, the ruler of Bahrain gave the island as a gift to Max Thornburg, an American oil executive from Caltex. He used it as his private residence and office.GeographyThe village has a family of fisherman who fish for exotic snails at the coast of the island.AdministrationThe island belongs to Northern Governorate.Image gallery