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'File 35/86 VII (A 82) Muscat Treaty'

Author: Said bin Taimur on signing the treaty
Date: 1 Dec 1938-3 Jan 1941 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Date: 1 Dec 1938-3 Jan 1941 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject: 1
Language: ara,eng
Type: Document
Library: Qatar Digital Library
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'File 8/21 II ON'

Author: the Government of Muscat and Oman
Date: 3 May 1931-20 Nov 1939 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Date: 3 May 1931-20 Nov 1939 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject: 0
Language: ara,eng
Type: Document
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'File 1/A/13 IV Transhipment of cargo at Bahrain.'

Author: the Iranian Government to the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia
Date: 24 Oct 1935-22 May 1937 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Date: 24 Oct 1935-22 May 1937 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject: 1
Language: ara,eng
Type: Document
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Coll 5/36 ‘Persian Gulf Air Route: Air facilities at Yas Island and at Abu Dhabi’

Author: British authorities to ensure the Shaikh's compliance with the agreement and to obtain an apology for the aforementioned commander. The main correspondents are as follows: the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative
Date: 4 Oct 1934-8 Jul 1935 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Date: 4 Oct 1934-8 Jul 1935 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject: 1
Language: ara,eng
Type: Document
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'File 45 Company Regulations. Application of Indian Companies Act to Bahrain'

Author: the shareholders of the Persian United Motor Company. The file also contains an agreement made between the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative
Date: 17 Aug 1922-13 Mar 1924 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Date: 17 Aug 1922-13 Mar 1924 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject: 1
Language: ara,eng,fas
Type: Document
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'Muscat succession'

Author: Major Tom Hickinbotham
Date: 15 Oct 1940-24 Dec 1945 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Date: 15 Oct 1940-24 Dec 1945 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject: 0
Language: ara,eng
Type: Document
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'Articles in Press on Gulf Affairs'

Author: L'Orient Arabe press agency An office of the East India Company and
Date: 17 Nov 1938-10 Oct 1939 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Date: 17 Nov 1938-10 Oct 1939 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject: 0
Language: ara,eng,fra
Type: Document
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'File 3/1 Agency Buildings. From 1900-1911'

Author: an agent. at Bahrain. Included are procurement and estimated costs for building materials
Date: 17 Sep 1900-29 Sep 1911 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Date: 17 Sep 1900-29 Sep 1911 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject: 0
Language: ara,eng
Type: Document
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Secret of Success

Date: 1886 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Date: 1886 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject: 1
Language: ara,eng
Type: Book
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al-Jāmiʿ li-quwá al-adwiyah wa-al-aghdhiyah Al-Jāmiʿ Al-Jāmiʿ li-quwá al-adwiyah wa-al-aghdhiyah Al-Jāmiʿ al-Jāmiʿ li-quwá al-adwiyah wa-al-aghdhiyah Ibn al-Bayṭār, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad Ibn al-Bitar, Abdullah ibn Ahmad

Author: the Andalusian botanist Ḍiyā’ al-Dīn Abū Muḥammad ʻAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad
Date: Early 15th century (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Date: Early 15th century (CE, Gregorian)
Subject: 0
Language: Arabic
Type: Book
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'File 61/14 V (D 49) Nejd and 'Iraq, Relations between'

Author: the British to prevent further incursions into the Aden Protectorate by the Imam's forces
Date: 25 Feb 1928-31 Mar 1928 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Date: 25 Feb 1928-31 Mar 1928 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject: 0
Language: ara,eng
Type: Document
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'File 10/3 VIII Qatar Oil Concession'

Author: an agent. informing the Shaikh of the reconnaissance and of the visit from the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative
Date: 9 May 1935-23 Nov 1935 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Date: 9 May 1935-23 Nov 1935 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject: 1
Language: ara,eng
Type: Document
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'File 18/56 I (B 70) The Trucial Coast Order in Council; File 18/51 I (B 70) The Ottoman Order in Council, 1910; File 18/131 I (B 70)The Foreign Jurisdiction (Military Forces) Order in Council, 1927'

Author: Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. ') runs mostly from May 1911 - July 1912
Date: 6 Nov 1910-7 Dec 1943 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Date: 6 Nov 1910-7 Dec 1943 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject: 0
Language: ara,eng
Type: Document
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'File 9/26 India and Persian Gulf Bank Limited'

Author: the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative
Date: 15 Jun 1945-8 Dec 1946 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Date: 15 Jun 1945-8 Dec 1946 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject: 0
Language: ara,eng
Type: Document
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'File 8/10 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: MUNICIPAL & OTHER TAXES'

Author: British subjects. Related matters covered in the correspondence include the following: the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative
Date: 31 Jul 1939-8 Dec 1944 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Date: 31 Jul 1939-8 Dec 1944 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject: 0
Language: ara,eng
Type: Document
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'File 7/12 Miscellaneous Correspondence re Customs Matters'

Author: Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. at Sharjah
Date: 12 Jan 1935-12 Jul 1950 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Date: 12 Jan 1935-12 Jul 1950 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject: 1
Language: ara,eng
Type: Document
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'File 86/1 VI (D 97) Kuwait Oil'

Author: Major Archibald Chisholm and Major Frank Holmes. The British Government's concerns over an oil concession for the Nejd-Kuwait Neutral Zone
Date: 7 Feb 1934-30 Apr 1934 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Date: 7 Feb 1934-30 Apr 1934 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject: 1
Language: ara,eng
Type: Document
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'14/138 Arab Coast: Hostilities Between the Chiefs of Abu Dhabi and Um al Kowein over the affairs of the Bani Katb tribe. April 1904 to May 1916'

Author: Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. and the battles and disputes between the Trucial Shaikhs. Also discussed is the agreement
Date: 16 Apr 1904-14 Feb 1916 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Date: 16 Apr 1904-14 Feb 1916 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject: 1
Language: ara,eng
Type: Document
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‘File B/10-6 Claim of K.B. Abdur Rahman al Zayani against Ahmad bin Khalaf bin Utaibah of Abu Dhabi’

Author: pearl merchant Shaikh Abdul Latif [Shaikh Abdul Latiff bin Shaikh Mahomed Al Abdul Razak] of Bombay against Khalaf bin Abdulla bin Utaibah and Ahmad bin Khalaf bin Utaibah of Abu Dhabi and Dubai. The claim relates to a pearl transaction dating from 1926
Date: 8 Sep 1936-22 May 1949 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Date: 8 Sep 1936-22 May 1949 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject: 0
Language: ara,eng
Type: Document
Library: Qatar Digital Library
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'File 6/4 Foreign Interests: French Interests in Muscat'

Author: the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman and subsequently rented out to private entities. The file contains a limited amount of correspondence with local officials that is in Arabic
Date: 8 Feb 1939-2 Dec 1948 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Date: 8 Feb 1939-2 Dec 1948 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject: 0
Language: ara,eng
Type: Document
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al-Kāmil fī ṣan‘at al-asṭurlāb al-shimālī wa-al-junūbī wa-‘ilalihumā bi-l-handasah wa-al-ḥisab The complete workmanship of the northern and southern astrolabe and their reasons for geometry and arithmetic Farghānī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Kathīr Ferghani, Ahmed bin Muhammad bin Kathir

Author: Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Farghānī
Date: 13th century (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Date: 13th century (CE, Gregorian)
Subject: 0
Language: Arabic
Type: Book
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'15/7 HAWAR ISLANDS'

Date: 28 Feb 1938-15 Jan 1942 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Date: 28 Feb 1938-15 Jan 1942 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject: 0
Language: ara,eng
Type: Document
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Isagoge Book of Isagoge Galen Galen

Author: Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq al-‘Ibādī
Date: 711-712 (AH, Hijri qamari)
Publication Date: 711-712 (AH, Hijri qamari)
Publication Place: Aleppo
Subject: 0
Language: Arabic
Type: Book
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Literature and Religion of the Ancient Egyptians

Author: the Lebanese-born Naǧīb Mitrī and that remains a prominent publisher to this day. The book includes a glossary of pharaonic terms
Date: 1923 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Date: 1923 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject: 1
Language: Arabic
Type: Book
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'File 19/109 VIII (C 68) Bahrain Relations with other Foreign Powers'

Author: foreigners in Bahrain. Draft copies of both of the proposed laws are included in the file. The file also contains documents concerning an RAF intelligence report that stated an Iraq Trade Agency An office of the East India Company and
Date: 1 May 1935-20 Jun 1937 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Date: 1 May 1935-20 Jun 1937 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject: 0
Language: ara,eng
Type: Document
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File E/8 I Ibn Saud

Author: Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo [Yusūf bin Aḥmad Kānū] regarding his treatment of 'Abd al-Ḥusayn bin Juma'ah
Date: 26 May 1913-18 Jul 1916 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Date: 26 May 1913-18 Jul 1916 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject: 0
Language: ara,eng
Type: Document
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'File 6/17 I Bahrain Government Proclamations, Notices (Public), etc.'

Author: the Government of Bahrain. The notices are mostly in Arabic with brief or full translations in English given for many. They are concerned with a wide range of matters relating to boating
Date: 7 May 1926-8 Oct 1929 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Date: 7 May 1926-8 Oct 1929 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject: 0
Language: ara,eng,fas,guj
Type: Document
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Explanation of roles Sharḥ al-adwār

Author: a later hand at the head of f. 41v identifies the text incorrectly as Notes on the Ashkāl al-taʾsīs
Date: 8 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1104 (AH, Hijri qamari)
Publication Date: 8 Dhū al-Ḥijjah 1104 (AH, Hijri qamari)
Subject: 0
Language: Arabic
Type: Book
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Vol 66: Letters Inward

Author: the Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
Date: 21 Dec 1829-11 Jun 1830 (CE, Gregorian)
Publication Date: 21 Dec 1829-11 Jun 1830 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject: 0
Language: ara,eng,hin
Type: Document
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