The seyam (sleeping platform) in the courtyard of Al Jasra House, Al Jasra, Kingdom of Bahrain

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Al Jasra House was built in 1907. It is the birthplace, in 1933, of Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa, the Emir of Bahrain until 1999. The seyam was used for sleeping when temperatures were too high to be indoors.

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Size: 5472px × 3648px
Location: Al Jasra, KIngdom of Bahrain
Photo credit: © Gareth Dewar / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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