Dating back to 1884, it is now part of the Ministry of Transportation and Telecommunications.

[1] The postal system in Bahrain first started in 1884 with the establishment of the Manama Post Office.

The postal system expanded drastically in the twentieth century; a second post office was later built on the island of Muharraq in 1946.

A third post office was set up in the expatriate-populated town of Awali, run by the Bahrain Petroleum Company.

[1] After declaring independence in 1971, Bahrain joined the International Postal Union in December 1973.