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'File 3/6 II Purchase, upkeep and repair of launches'

Author: an agent. at Bahrain and the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and
Date: 23 Feb 1941-3 Nov 1944 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Date: 23 Feb 1941-3 Nov 1944 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject: 0
Language: ara,eng
Type: Document
Library: Qatar Digital Library
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'Confdl. 86/49-(i). Sharjah Oil.'

Author: Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ) Limited to the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative
Date: 26 Feb 1946-7 Apr 1946 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Date: 26 Feb 1946-7 Apr 1946 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject: 1
Language: ara,eng
Type: Document
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'File 12/1 [1 A/1 I] Persian Claims to Bahrain'

Author: J G Laithwaite of the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
Date: 4 Nov 1933-21 Apr 1946 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Date: 4 Nov 1933-21 Apr 1946 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject: 0
Language: ara,eng,fas,fra
Type: Document
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'File 8/61 Muscat State Affairs: Fujerah'

Author: the Muscat Government to Shaikh Saif bin Hamad's brother and successor
Date: 2 Jan 1939-12 Jul 1939 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Date: 2 Jan 1939-12 Jul 1939 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject: 0
Language: ara,eng
Type: Document
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‘File 12/10 Shipping notice’

Author: Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. . Correspondence dated 1935
Date: 12 Jun 1935-26 Jun 1938 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Date: 12 Jun 1935-26 Jun 1938 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject: 0
Language: ara,eng
Type: Document
Library: Qatar Digital Library
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'File 12/6 II Persians in Bahrain'

Author: which Persian nationals enter Bahrain. On folios 34-35 the file contains a notice
Date: 18 Feb 1947-20 Aug 1948 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Date: 18 Feb 1947-20 Aug 1948 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject: 0
Language: ara,eng
Type: Document
Library: Qatar Digital Library
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Kitāb al-bayzarah Book of Baizarah

Author: an unnamed author. The title appears on the title page
Date: 12 Jumādá II 1201 (AH, Hijri qamari)
Publication Date: 12 Jumādá II 1201 (AH, Hijri qamari)
Subject: 1
Language: Arabic
Type: Book
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'File A/4 Persian pretentions to Bahrain'

Author: the proper authorities”
Date: 9 Feb 1906-20 Dec 1913 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Date: 9 Feb 1906-20 Dec 1913 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject: 1
Language: ara,eng,fas
Type: Document
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'File 10/4 II Trade Reports'

Date: 6 Sep 1933-27 Oct 1936 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Date: 6 Sep 1933-27 Oct 1936 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject: 1
Language: ara,eng
Type: Document
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Miscellaneous

Author: the peopleof Batina
Date: 22 Dec 1904-30 Nov 1922 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Date: 22 Dec 1904-30 Nov 1922 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject: 1
Language: ara,eng
Type: Document
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Irshād al-ṭullāb ilá wasīlat al-ḥisāb Guiding students to the method of calculation Sibṭ al-Māridīnī, Badr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad The tribe of al-Māridīnī, Badr al-Din Muhammad ibn Muhammad

Author: Shihāb al-Dīn Abū al-‘Abbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Hāʼim al-Maqdisī al-Faraḍī
Date: 1 Rabīʿ II 1070 (AH, Hijri qamari)
Publication Date: 1 Rabīʿ II 1070 (AH, Hijri qamari)
Subject: 0
Language: Arabic
Type: Book
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'14/115 X, B 31, Abu Musa Oxide'

Date: 25 May 1934-5 Feb 1935 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Date: 25 May 1934-5 Feb 1935 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject: 1
Language: ara,eng
Type: Document
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Two medical treatises

Date: 976-988 (AH, Hijri qamari)
Publication Date: 976-988 (AH, Hijri qamari)
Subject: 0
Language: Arabic
Type: Book
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Letter from Major Charles Grant, 1 Assistant Resident to Shaikh Eysan bin Alli [‘Īsá bin ‘Alī Āl Khalīfah], Chief of Bahrain

Author: and owed to the bin Rejubs [Bin Rajab] will be enquired into by the law courts of Bahrain. It notes that the final balance will be determined in three month's time. If this meets with the Shaikh's approval
Date: 22 Feb 1874 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Date: 22 Feb 1874 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject: 0
Language: ara,eng
Type: Document
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Two treatises on astrolabes

Author: an endowment inscription stating that the manuscript 'has been made the inalienable property of those who are capable [of learning]
Date: 14th century (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Date: 14th century (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Place: Spain
Subject: 0
Language: Arabic
Type: Book
Library: Qatar Digital Library
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'File 5/197 I – Absconding of Slaves from Sharja and Henjam'

Author: a group of armed Arabs. The majority of the correspondence in the volume deals with a second incident occurring in June 1931
Date: 22 Mar 1930-3 Feb 1934 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Date: 22 Mar 1930-3 Feb 1934 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject: 0
Language: ara,eng,fas
Type: Document
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'File 4/3 SILVER JUBILEE MEDALS & KHARITAS'

Author: a high-ranking British colonial representative
Date: 23 Mar 1935-7 Sep 1935 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Date: 23 Mar 1935-7 Sep 1935 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject: 0
Language: ara,eng
Type: Document
Library: Qatar Digital Library
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Native Letters Outward

Author: Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah and Nāṣir bin Mubārak Āl Khalīfah
Date: 23 May 1870-14 Mar 1872 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Date: 23 May 1870-14 Mar 1872 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject: 1
Language: ara,eng,fas
Type: Document
Library: Qatar Digital Library
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Coll 30/21(3) 'Persian Gulf: Kuwait-Saudi Relations: Blockade by Ibn Saud. Smuggling: Bon Voisinage and Extradition Agreements'

Author: Saudi Arabia. Much of the correspondence concerns the exact wording of these agreements and numerous amendments that were made to them. The majority of the correspondence in the file is between British officials
Date: 4 Oct 1937-3 Apr 1940 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Date: 4 Oct 1937-3 Apr 1940 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject: 1
Language: ara,eng
Type: Document
Library: Qatar Digital Library
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Sawāniḥ al-qarīḥah fī sharḥ al-ṣafīḥah fī ‘ilm al-asṭurlāb Sawāniḥ al-Qarīha in explaining the plate in the science of the astrolabe Fakhrī’zādah al-Mawṣilī, ‘Abd Allāh Fakhrizadeh al-Mawsili, Abdullah

Author: Sayyid Abū Muḥammad ‘Abd Allāh ibn Fakhr al-Dīn al-Ḥusaynī al-A‘raj
Date: 13 Jumādá I 1227 (AH, Hijri qamari)
Publication Date: 13 Jumādá I 1227 (AH, Hijri qamari)
Subject: 0
Language: Arabic
Type: Book
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'File 10/1 X Bahrain Oil Concession'

Author: BAPCO to Mr. F.A. Davies and other American citizens
Date: 26 Oct 1934-23 Dec 1934 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Date: 26 Oct 1934-23 Dec 1934 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject: 0
Language: ara,eng
Type: Document
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'File 2/5 VIII Shaikh’s Date Gardens.'

Author: the Shaikh of Kuwait
Date: 2 Jul 1936-10 Mar 1938 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Date: 2 Jul 1936-10 Mar 1938 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject: 0
Language: ara,eng
Type: Document
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'FILE 8/8 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: ZANZIBAR SUBSIDIES'

Author: the Government of India to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman. The correspondence discusses details of advance payments
Date: 13 Dec 1939-9 Sep 1948 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Date: 13 Dec 1939-9 Sep 1948 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject: 0
Language: ara,eng
Type: Document
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'Arabic Book No. 4'

Author: the Khān Bahādur bin ‘Abd al-Laṭīf bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān
Date: 1907-1908, 1921 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Date: 1907-1908, 1921 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject: 1
Language: ara,eng
Type: Document
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Anonymous treatise on ophthalmology

Author: a poem on sexual hygiene
Date: 18th century (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Date: 18th century (CE, Gregorian)
Subject: 0
Language: Arabic
Type: Book
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'File 13/1 I Aerodrome at Bahrain'

Author: extensive correspondence where issues and revisions to specific articles are raised. These chiefly relate to the payment of customs duties on cargo travelling through Bahrain by air
Date: 6 Aug 1932-26 Mar 1934 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Date: 6 Aug 1932-26 Mar 1934 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject: 1
Language: ara,eng
Type: Document
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'File 19/165 IV (C 57) Bahrain Reforms'

Author: the British during the preceding years
Date: 12 Feb 1927-30 Apr 1930 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Date: 12 Feb 1927-30 Apr 1930 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject: 0
Language: ara,eng
Type: Document
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Elements of Geometry

Author: Rifā‘ah Rāfi‘ al-Ṭahṭāwī
Date: 1854 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Date: 1854 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject: 1
Language: Arabic
Type: Book
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'File 11/34 Defence: Muscat War Subsidy'

Author: an agent. in Muscat and the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and
Date: 4 Feb 1941-10 Mar 1948 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Date: 4 Feb 1941-10 Mar 1948 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject: 0
Language: ara,eng
Type: Document
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'File A/9 I Bahrain Order in Council'

Author: a number of different representatives throughout the period covered by the volume. The first item in the volume is a letter sent from Major Ramsay
Date: 2 Dec 1895-31 Oct 1918 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Date: 2 Dec 1895-31 Oct 1918 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject: 0
Language: ara,eng
Type: Document
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'File 19/176 II (C 40) Bahrain Finances'

Author: Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa's adviser
Date: 17 Jun 1932-11 Dec 1932 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Date: 17 Jun 1932-11 Dec 1932 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject: 0
Language: ara,eng
Type: Document
Library: Qatar Digital Library
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