Faylaka

Japanese: Faylaka
Faylaka

Kuwaiti Muslims are slightly more Sunnites than Muslims, with Shiites accounting for 30-40%.
[history]
On Faylaka Island, located a few kilometers offshore, ruins of the Dilmun culture from around 2000 BC have been discovered, and it is known that culture flourished and commercial activity took place on the island from that time until the Seleucid period. Kajima, on the north side of Kuwait Bay, is also said to be the site of an ancient battlefield where a battle between Muslim and Persian armies took place in 632.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Faylaka" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…クウェート人ムスリムではスンナ派がやや多く,シーア派は30~40%を占めるといわれている。
[歴史]
 海上数kmの地点にあるファイラカFaylaka島で,紀元前2000年ごろのディルムン文化の遺跡が発見されており,そのころからセレウコス朝時代まで,同島を中心に文化が栄え商業活動が行われていたことが知られている。またクウェート湾北側のカージマは632年ムスリム軍とペルシア軍が戦った古戦場跡とされている。…

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