Yousif bin Abdulrahman Fakhro
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Yousif bin Abdulrahman Fakhro (Arabic: يوسف بن عبدالرحمن فخرو) (lived 1871–1952), also known as Yusuf Al Oud, was one of the most prominent and wealthiest businessmen in Bahrain
.
He owned more than fifty ships/dhow
s that roamed the Persian Gulf
and the Indian Ocean
, with offices in Bahrain, Basra
, India
, Kuwait
and Dubai
, and established what is known today as the Fakhro Group
, a diversified family business based in Bahrain.
He had five sons – Ahmed (died 1979), Mohamed (died 1989), Abdulla (died 2001), Ibrahim (died 2001) and Ali(died 2008) – and eight daughters.
He was known to finance the government of Bahrain at the time and the Ottoman
army.
He was one of the few businessmen that filled in to establish the first school in Bahrain in 1919, Al-Hidaya Al-Khalifiya.
Bahrain
' , officially the Kingdom of Bahrain , is a small island state near the western shores of the Persian Gulf. It is ruled by the Al Khalifa royal family. The population in 2010 stood at 1,214,705, including 235,108 non-nationals. Formerly an emirate, Bahrain was declared a kingdom in 2002.Bahrain is...
.
He owned more than fifty ships/dhow
Dhow
Dhow is the generic name of a number of traditional sailing vessels with one or more masts with lateen sails used in the Red Sea and Indian Ocean region. Some historians believe the dhow was invented by Arabs but this is disputed by some others. Dhows typically weigh 300 to 500 tons, and have a...
s that roamed the Persian Gulf
Persian Gulf
The Persian Gulf, in Southwest Asia, is an extension of the Indian Ocean located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula.The Persian Gulf was the focus of the 1980–1988 Iran-Iraq War, in which each side attacked the other's oil tankers...
and the Indian Ocean
Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering approximately 20% of the water on the Earth's surface. It is bounded on the north by the Indian Subcontinent and Arabian Peninsula ; on the west by eastern Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, and...
, with offices in Bahrain, Basra
Basra
Basra is the capital of Basra Governorate, in southern Iraq near Kuwait and Iran. It had an estimated population of two million as of 2009...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
, Kuwait
Kuwait
The State of Kuwait is a sovereign Arab state situated in the north-east of the Arabian Peninsula in Western Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the south at Khafji, and Iraq to the north at Basra. It lies on the north-western shore of the Persian Gulf. The name Kuwait is derived from the...
and Dubai
Dubai
Dubai is a city and emirate in the United Arab Emirates . The emirate is located south of the Persian Gulf on the Arabian Peninsula and has the largest population with the second-largest land territory by area of all the emirates, after Abu Dhabi...
, and established what is known today as the Fakhro Group
Fakhro Group
The Fakhro Group, also known as the Abdulla Yousif Fakhro Group is one of the oldest and leading Bahraini enterprises. The group is headquartered in Manama, Bahrain and also has operations in Qatar and the UAE.-History:...
, a diversified family business based in Bahrain.
He had five sons – Ahmed (died 1979), Mohamed (died 1989), Abdulla (died 2001), Ibrahim (died 2001) and Ali(died 2008) – and eight daughters.
He was known to finance the government of Bahrain at the time and the Ottoman
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
army.
He was one of the few businessmen that filled in to establish the first school in Bahrain in 1919, Al-Hidaya Al-Khalifiya.