Sakhir

Sakhir (Arabic: الصخير, romanized: Aṣ-Ṣaḫīr) is a desert area in the Southern Governorate of Bahrain, near Zallaq.[1] The Al-Sakhir Palace is here, built in 1870. It also is where the Bahrain Grand Prix happens each year in Formula One, at the Bahrain International Circuit.

References

  1. ↑ "Camping in the Sakheer Desert". bahrain.com. 6 February 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2015.


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