Bahrain is the Arabic term for "two seas", referring to the freshwater springs that are found within the salty seas surrounding it. Bahrain has been inhabited since ancient times.
Bahrain is renowned for the exquisite Pearls found in the seas around its shores hence it is often referred to as the Pearl Island. There is a story that has been told over the years of a Sheikh visiting Bahrain as a guest of the Ruler. The visitor saw a young colt playing in the Palace courtyard and he could not take his eyes off him, it was the most beautiful animal he had ever seen. The Ruler saw the appreciation in his guest’s eyes and immediately gave him the colt. The visitor was overjoyed and asked to see its dam. The Ruler asked for the colt’s mother to be brought into the Palace courtyard. A few minutes later a groom arrived with a very plain, unattractive looking mare on a head collar. The guest could not hide his surprise and asked how such an ordinary mare could be the mother of his colt. The Ruler smiled and said, "My friend take a lesson from the Oyster, who would think from looking at the outside that there would be so much beauty within."

The State of Bahrain is a small emirate of a group of islands. The main island Bahrain contains the capital Manama and the airport is located on the island Muharraq. The islands are found in the Persian Gulf, connected to Saudi Arabia with the long low-bridge King Fahad Causeway, which opened in 1986.
The name Pearl Island Arabians was chosen in honor of the island of Bahrain. Set in the turquoise blue waters of the Arabian Gulf, the Kingdom of Bahrain is home to the ancestors of the asil (pure desert bred) Arabians that make up the nucleus of our Pearl Island stud.