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Goodness is sacred His secret to Sheikh Ibn Sina about the meaning of the visit and how it affected Avicenna Ibn Sina
the sufi Abū Saʻīd ibn Abī al-Khayr al-Mayhanī
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'The Tomb of Mèjmūnah and the immediate surroundings'. Photographer: al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffār
an arched entryway in the middle – forms an enclosure with two white-washed buildings facing one another. This small cluster of structures is the building visible from afar in X463/7. Both buildings are flat-roofed with rounded crenellations. The building on the right features a low
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'Two different photos of the Rīkah, the throne chair on which the virgin bride is usually raised in Mecca on the night of Duchlah (see Mecca, Vol. II, p. 167ff.). On B the groom sits where the bride should sit.' [1/2] Photographer: al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffār
natural light in the middle-ground. This is the first of two related images. Inscriptions: Above the top image
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Emanations of Musk from Beiruti Verse
the prolific Lebanese poet Shaykh Ibrāhīm al-Aḥdab. The author was first and foremost a traditionalist in his literary as well as his legal career. The poems are of various rhyme schemes and meters and display mastery of classical prosody. They are primarily madh
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The Pillar Regarding Creation and Critique of Poetry
Muhammad Badr al-Din al-Na’sani al-Halabi. Publication of the work was financed by Muhammad Kamal al-Na’sani and Muhammad ‘Abd al-‘Aziz. It was printed at al-Sa’adah Press in Cairo and distributed from the al-Khanji bookstore. These individuals and organizations were all part of the well-developed printing and publishing trade in early-20th century Cairo. The same editing and publishing team cooperated to bring other classical literary works into print. A biography of Ibn Rashīq
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'Two different photos of the Rīkah, the throne chair on which the virgin bride is usually raised in Mecca on the night of Duchlah (see Mecca, Vol. II, p. 167ff.). On B the groom sits where the bride should sit.' [2/2] Photographer: al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffār
the glass lanterns hanging directly in the centre of the two recesses visible. This is the second of two related images. Inscriptions: Above the top image
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Kitāb al-tadhkirah fī al-hay’ah The book of the ticket in the body Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Tusi, Nasir al-Din Muhammad bin Muhammad and al-Tabṣirah fī ʿilm al-hayʾah Insight into the knowledge of the body Kharaqī, ʻAbd al-Jabbār ibn ʻAbd al-Jabbār Kharqi, Abdul-Jabbar bin Abdul-Jabbar
Muhammad Ridā ibn ‘Aziz Allah al-Tunī
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'P.A's Private file (Major T. Hickinbotham C.I.E., O.B.E.)'
an agent. and others acknowledging various gifts and visits. The majority of the correspondence is in Arabic with English translations included for some letters. The file also contains a limited number of letters from individuals outside of Bahrain including members of the ruling families of Kuwait and Abu Dhabi.
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'File 5/1 IV Kuwait Oil Company'
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'File 4/23 Civil Engineer for Kuwait'
the Ruler of Kuwait
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Excerpts from the Kitāb al-madkhal fī ʻilm al-nujūm (Introduction to Astrology) Balkhī, Nūr al-Dīn Abū al-Qāsim ʻAlī ibn Aḥmad Balkhī, Nour al-Din Abu al-Qasim Ali bin Ahmad
Nūr al-Dīn Abū al-Qāsim ʿAlī ibn Aḥmad al-Balkhī
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'File 61/11 VI (D 102) Hejaz-Nejd Miscellaneous'
the United States and Saudi Arabia
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'File 2/6 Southern Arabian Air Route. II-A/8'
the Royal Air Force
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'File 19/3 H.D.M. Launches (For Sultan)'
the Sultan of Muscat
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Maqālah fī al-marāyā al-muḥriqah bil-quṭū‘ An article on mirrors burned with cuts Alhazen Ibn al-Haytham
Abū ‘Alī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham
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'File 53/7 C (D 6) Kuwait [Kuwait] Affairs, 1903-1904'
Ibn Saud himself in a letter to Shaikh Mubārak
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‘File 29/21 i FOOD SUPPLIES (RICE)’
Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
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'4/1 Bahrain Finances 3'
an agent. in Bahrain by Charles Belgrave
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'File 33/4 correspondence regarding Radio Sets, Licences, etc.'
the Government of Bahrain. The proceeds of wireless licences were handed over to the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative
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'File 9/1 III Visits of His Majesty's Ships'
the correspondence include: the nature of visits
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'File 10/10 III Bahrain Additional Area'
Geological
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'File 13/10 I Arms and ammunition for H E the Shaikh of Kuwait'
the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative
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'File 19/2 V Tours of the Honourable the Political Resident in the Persian Gulf'
Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
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'File 17/7 III Electric Installation Political Agency Bahrain'
an agent. 's buildings. Most of the file consists of correspondence between the Assistant Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative
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Tafsīr kitāb al-ʿilal Interpretation of the Book of Ilal Sākhīyūs al-Qass Sākhīs the Priest
a certain priest Sākhīyūs resident at Nablus
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'File 2/7A Infections: Plague, Cholera, Smallpox, etc. Outbreak of and Quarantine Restrictions on passengers'
Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
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'File 4/13 IV Kuwait Education'
an agent. in Kuwait and the British Council)
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Coll 17/20(1) 'Anglo-Iraqi Treaty of 1930. Revision of Treaty 1948'
George Arthur Ogilvie-Forbes
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'File 5/191 IV Individual slavery cases'
Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. . Of the eleven subjects contained in the volume
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'File No 13/3-I OF 1951. SHARJAH AIR AGREEMENT (Aerodrome facilities at Sharjah).'
Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. and the Foreign Office
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'Pedigree of the Subah Family.'
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File 9/4 ‘Political Agency Koweit. IX/4. Civil Cases from 1909’
an agent. in Kuwait. These case papers relate to the investigation and resolution of 27 individual claims that were submitted to the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative
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al-Amān min akhṭār al-asfār wa-al-azmān Safety from the dangers of travel and time Ibn Ṭāwūs, ‘Alī ibn Mūsá Ibn Tawoos, Ali ibn Musa
Raḍī al-Dīn Abū al-Qāsim ‘Alī ibn Mūsá ibn ibn Ja‘far ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭāwūs al-‘Alawī al-Fāṭimī
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'209 English-Arabic School. Educational Activities.'
primary schools in Iraq to record pupils' attendance.
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'Education of Saiyid Said, son of H.H. the Sultan of Muscat'
British officials but the Sultan felt this was not suitable. Letters discuss a school in Baghdad and necessary arrangements such as the rent of a house.
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Maqālat Khalq al-Insān Article on the Creation of Man Saʿīd ibn Hibat Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn Sa`id ibn Hibat Allah ibn al-Husayn
Abū al-Ḥasan ibn Hibat Allāh ibn al-Ḥusayn
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'1938 Treaties with Muscat'
the conclusion of a new treaty to replace the Treaty of Friendship
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'File 6/7 II Kuwait landing ground'
Royal Air Force
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'14/196 Punishment of the Sheikh of Fujairah. Sheikh Hawad bin Abdullah Sharqiyin.'
British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. if a fine was not paid. Furthermore
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'File 2/2 VII Contraband Questions with Iraq. (Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling)'
the customs office for smuggling goods from Kuwait. In turn
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'File No. 4/5 Weekly Diary Files. 1913'
Major Arthur Prescott Trevor
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‘File 86/2 III (C 42) Bahrain Oil, Eastern and General Syndicate Limited’
the volume include: The British Government’s rejection in 1930 of a request from BAPCO for an extension to the Bahrain concession area
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'File 6/12 Waqaf [Waqf] Department, its formation'
dedication to Muslim religious or charitable purposes. The file covers various matters
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'File 53/11 XIX (D 163) Kuwait Date Gardens'
Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ
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‘Vol 37, 38, 40 Letters inward and outward’
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Ephraim Gerrish Stannus
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The Lesser Compilation of Hadiths of the Consecrated Messenger
the Egyptian polymath Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti
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Coll 5/16 ‘Air Route to India: Occasional landings at Koweit – Agreements between the Sheikh of Koweit and British Overseas Airways Corporation’
year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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Aqrābādhīn madīnat al-salam Ibn al-Tilmīdh, Hibat Allāh ibn Ṣā‘id Ibn al-Talib, Hibat Allah ibn Sa’id and other pharmaceutical texts
‘Alī ibn Abī Ṭālib ibn ‘Alī ibn’ Alī ibn ‘Alī ibn al-Ḥusayn al-Ḥalabī
Arabic
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Āthār al-bilād wa-akhbār al-ʿibād athar al-bilad Qazwīnī, Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad
واخبار العباد قزوینی, زكریا بن محمد
Zakarīyā ibn Muḥammad ibn Maḥmūd al-Qazwīnī
Arabic
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File 1/1 Political Agents, Bahrain: Appointments, Transfers, Expenses, Leave
an agent. . The papers consist of correspondence and forms
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Students' Guide
the honorific Shaykh al-Islam. Manhaj al-Ṭullāb
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Kitāb fī ‘ilm al-bayṭarah A book on veterinary science
Muḥammad Nāṣir al-Dīn ibn al-Majlis al-‘Ālī al-Sayfī Burdbak al-Muḥammadī Ra’s Nawbat al-Nuwab al-Ẓāhirī
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Kitāb Jālīnūs fī aṣnāf al-ḥummayyāt Galen’s book on the types of fevers Galen (Jālīnūs) Galen
Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq al-‘Ibādī
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'File A/12 Arrest and capture of slaves'
an agent. in Bahrain. The first case
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Kitāb al-sīrah al-falsafīyah Book of Philosophical Biography Rāzī, Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā Rāzī, Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Zakariya
the physician and philosopher Abū Bakr Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā al-Rāzī
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Creation and History
the prolific French orientalist Clement Huart
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‘File B/13 Papers about an Indian who was murdered by a Shihuhi cameleer’
Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. from Karachi via Muscat and Diba
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al-Risālah lil-shaykh al-raʼīs fī asrār al-ṣalwah The Message of the Main Sheikh in the Secrets of Prayer Avicenna Ibn Sina
Abū 'Alī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʻAbd Allāh
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'File D/2 Miscellaneous Correspondence with Basrah'
the Consul on behalf of various Bahraini citizens. The file contains translated copies of letters and petitions addressed to the Consul
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'Pocket No. 12: Enclosure to Part III of Volume I of the Persian Gulf Gazetteer: Genealogical Table of the (Wahhābi) Āl Sa’ūd (’Anizah) Family of Southern Najd (Sheets Nos. 1, 2 and 3.)' [Sheet No. 1]
John Calcott Gaskin in 1905 based on a table by Colonel Edward Charless Ross
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Kitāb al-uṣūl fī sharḥ al-fuṣūl The book of principles in explaining the chapters Ibn al-Quff, Yaʿqūb ibn Isḥāq Ibn al-Quff, Abu al-Faraj ibn Ya’qub ibn Ishaq
Amīn al-Daulah Abū al-Faraj ibn Ya‘qūb ibn Isḥāq ibn al-Quff
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File 3540/1916 'MESOPOTAMIA 1920 PORTION (2)'
British officials relating to the British occupation of Mesopotamia [Iraq
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‘File B/10-3 CLAIM OF KAL AHMAD DRESSER AGAINST THE LATE HILAL BIN RAMAZAN OF DUBAI’
Ahmad Gharibi
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'File 36/16 IX Grant of Export Licenses to Goods Other than of Local Origin'
an agent. in Bahrain by individuals resident in the country
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'File 5/1 XI Kuwait Oil Company'
the Ruler of Kuwait in both English and Arabic.
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'File 9/10 Export of gold and silver from Bahrain (Routine)'
an export licence issued by the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative
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'File [11/4] Salute by H.H. The Sultan To Political Officers When Leaving and Returning to Muscat'
an agent. in Muscat and the Council of Ministers of the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman regarding arrangements for the firing of a gun salute upon the return of the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative
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'File 4/16 I Bahrain State Education'
Adrian-Vallance concerning reforms undertaken between December 1939 and May 1940
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al-Tuḥfah al-jāmiʿah li-mufradāt al-ṭibb al-nāfiʿah The comprehensive masterpiece of useful medical vocabulary ‘Āmirī, Yaḥyā ibn Abī Bakr Amiri, Yahya ibn Abi Bakr
Yaḥyā ibn Abī Bakr ibn Yaḥyā al-ʿĀmirī
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'File 8/65 IV MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: RENEWAL OF COMMERCIAL TREATY.'
the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative
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'File 8/6: Interdicts: Prohibition of Drinking and Purchase of Alcoholic Liqueurs on Board Steamers'
ruler Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah
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A treatise on arithmetic and geometry, with its commentary Biqāʿī, Ibrāhīm ibn ʿUmar Buqa’i, Ibrahim ibn Umar
a commentary upon it entitled Ibāḥat al-bāḥah
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'File 18/143 I (D 87) Service of Iraqi judicial documents in Kuwait'
the Sheikh of Kuwait for the creation of a reciprocal arrangement for the service of judicial documents between the two states
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