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'Oil Concessions'
Eastern and General Syndicate
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Sketch map of Pearl Banks between Koweit and Ras Tanura
Major Stuart George Knox
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Three medical prescriptions
Arabic
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Coll 30/123(2) 'Bahrein (Unallotted Zone) Oil Concession: Negotiations with Petroleum Concessions Ltd.'
the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative
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Draft pencil sketches of Nejd [Najd] territory
Lewis Pelly during his trip to Riyadh in February to March 1865
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al-Kāfī fī ṣinā‘at al-ṭibb Al-Kafi in the medical industry ‘Aynzarbī, ‘Adnān ibn Naṣr Aynzarbi, Adnan bin Nasr
Abu Nasser ‘Adnan ibn Nasser al-‘Aynzarbī
Arabic
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‘Visit of Her Excellency Lady Willingdon’
Marie Freeman-Thomas
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'File 6/17 III Proclamations and Public Notices issued by the Bahrain Government'
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
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Qawl fī shakal Banī Mūsá Alhazen Ibn al-Haytham
Abū ‘Alī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham
Arabic
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Coll 30/154 'War Emergency Legislation in the Persian Gulf.'
the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
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‘File 29/3i Food Supplies – Food Control and Rationing & GENERAL’
Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. shaikhdoms
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al-Murshidah fī ṣināʿat al-ghubār Dust industry guide Zamzamī, ‘Alī ibn Muḥammad Ali bin Muhammad, Zamzamī
means of the dust board
Arabic
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'File 53/7 VI (D 9) Kuwait [Kuwait] affairs - Arab Tribes, 1907-1911'
his uncle Sultan is reported in the file on folio 54 and a detailed account of the killing is contained on folio 103. The subsequent murder of Sultan is also reported in the file on folios 230-232. Throughout the file
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'22/23 I Kuwait Conference 1923'
the various delegations
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File 3540/1916 'MESOPOTAMIA 1918 PORTION'
British officials relating to the British occupation of Mesopotamia in the period September 1917 to March 1919 covering such topics as administration of justice
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'File 2/5 IV SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS'
the Shaikh of Kuwait
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'File 38/4 Petroleum Concessions Limited Sharjah Concession'
Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ) Limited
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'File 4/20 I Koweit Situation'
an agent. in Kuwait and the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and
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Fātiḥat al-ʿulūm The Opening of Science Ghazzālī Ghazali
Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī al-Ghazzāli
Arabic
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'File 53/7 (D 3) Kuwait [Kuwait] Affairs, 1900-1901'
the Ottomans and reports that he was appointed to the Ottoman rank of Mir Miran
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'File 9/5 Bahrain Reforms. Reforms in Pearling and Boat Registration'
Cyril Barrett)
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‘File B/10-8 CLAIM OF Rs.2000/- of Ali bin Ibrahim bin ‘Isa al Hyderabadi against a Dubai subject. AHMAD AL DALIL'
Ali bin Ibrahim bin Isa al Hyderabadi of Sharjah for money owed to him by Ahmad al Dalil of Dubai
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'File 33/4 (4/22) New Electricity Supply Scheme for Bahrain'
Charles Belgrave
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'File 10/1 XVII Bahrain Oil Concession'
the Shaikh and BAPCO
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'File 27/12 V TRADE REPORT 1923/24 1924/25 1925/26 1926/27 1927/28'
the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative
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'File 6/51 Presentation of Kharitah from His Excellency the Viceroy to His Excellency Shaikh Hamad ibn `Isa Al Khalifah, C. S. I., on his accession'
a high-ranking British colonial representative
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'File 4/6 II Kuwait-Iraq Frontier'
an agent. in Kuwait
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'File 19/118 (C 7) Bahrain'
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'File 53/54 VII (D 150) Kuwait Blockade'
Abdul Aziz ibn Abdulrahman ibn Faisal Al Saud [‘Abd al-‘Azīz bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān bin Fayṣal Āl Sa‘ūd
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‘File 5/196 I Slave traffic in the Gulf: Hindu boys kidnapped from Karachi and other cases’
Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
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'Supplementary List of Undertakings etc, of a Confidential Nature between the Trucial Chiefs of Oman and the British Government, 1911-1912'
corresponding documents in Arabic. The documents comprise correspondence between the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative
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Letter No. 196 from William Newnham, Chief Secretary to the Government, Political Department, Bombay to Ephraim Gerrish Stannus, Resident in the Persian Gulf
the Resident dated 11 December 1825
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'File 5/6 DECLARATION OF GENERAL AVERAGE ON ACCOUNT OF S.S."BARENFELS" HAVING BEEN FOUNDERED NEAR FESHT AL DHIJBAL.'
the Director of Customs and Port Officer
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al-Durr al-thamīn fī sharḥ urjūzat Ibn al-Yāsamīn al-Durr al-Thamīn fi Sharh Arjuzah Ibn al-Yāsmīn Ibn al-Hāʾim, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad Ibn al-Haym, Ahmad ibn Muhammad
Shihāb al-Dīn Abū al-‘Abbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ha’im al-Maqdisī al-Faraḍī
Arabic
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'File 2/6 KARACHI-ADEN AIR ROUTE. II-A/8'
the Royal Air Force
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'File 9/2 II Bahrain Reforms: Finances of the Bahrain Government'
Shaikh Ḥamad bin ‘Īsá Āl Khalīfah to Bahrain’s civil list. Belgrave’s concern was that these allowances took up too great a proportion of the Bahrain state budget
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'File 6/45 Licensing of motor cars and driving rules - correspondence regarding'
an agent. in Bahrain
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www.qdl.qa
Undetermined
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Kitāb Arshimīdas fī al-binkāmāt The Book of Archimedes in the Binkāms Archimedes Archimedes
thirteen diagrams with captions in Persian. Diagrams: Top section of water-clock
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Taʿlīq ʿalá Sharḥ al-risālah fī al-ʿamal bi-al-rubʿ al-mujayyabCommentary on the explanation of the message in the work with the answered quarter
Badr al-Dīn Abū ‘Abd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Shāfi‘ī al-Miṣrī al-Dimashqī
Arabic
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Risālah fī ḥujaj al-muthbitīn lil-māḍī mabdaʼan zamānīyan A treatise on the arguments of those who affirm the past as a temporal principle Avicenna Ibn Sina
Abū 'Alī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʻAbd Allāh
Arabic
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Coll 30/78 'Bahrein Nationality Law. Bahrein Property Law: Registration of certain foreigners in Bahrein by the Agency. Ownership of property by foreigners in Bahrein (King's Reg. No. 1 of 1937).'
the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. and King's Regulations
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Tarjamah-'i Sab' shidād
Husayn ibn Kamal al-Din al-Tabattabawi. The text contains numerous diagrams. Beginner
Persian
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'File 6/37 Miscellaneous correspondence regarding Municipality and Public Health arrangements'
an agent. in Bahrain
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'CONFIDENTIAL VOL. B.58. 86/7-X P.C.L. TRUCIAL COAST'
Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ) Limited
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'File 10/10 IV Additional area'
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'File 53/11 VIII (D 98) Date Gardens of Shaikhs of Kuwait and Mohammerah'
the rulers of Mohammerah and Kuwait. The correspondence discusses changes in legislation proposed by the Government of Iraq regarding the collection of land rent and land produce duties
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al-Tuḥfah al-shāhīyah fī al-hayʾah The Shahi masterpiece in form Quṭb al-Dīn al-Shīrāzī, Maḥmūd ibn Masʿūd Qutb al-Din al-Shirazi, Mahmoud ibn Masoud
Quṭb al-Dīn Maḥmūd ibn Mas‘ūd al-Shīrāzī
Arabic
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AphorismsHippocrates Hippocrates
Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq al-‘Ibādī
Arabic
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'ARBITRATION CONCERNING BURAIMI AND THE COMMON FRONTIER BETWEEN ABU DHABI AND SA'ŪDI ARABIA' [With maps]
the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland'. The memorial
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www.qdl.qa
Undetermined
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'File 12/C I'
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A Ceremonial Illuminated Letter
Abdur Rahman Khan
Persian
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Oil Concessions
Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ) Limited
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'File 5/4 1. Pradham Singh 2. Abdul Wahab 3. Mohamad Ishaq'
Abdul Wahab
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Sharḥ fuṣūl Abuqrāṭ Explanation of the Chapters of Hippocrates Ibn al-Nafīs, ʻAlī ibn Abī al-Ḥazm Ibn al-Nafīs, Ali ibn Abi al-Hazm
‘Alā’ al-Dīn ‘Alī ibn Abī al-Ḥazm al-Qurashī
Arabic
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'File 4/13 II Kuwait Education'
Wakelin are contained in the file. Topics discussed include the hiring of teachers from Egypt
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File 3540/1916 'MESOPOTAMIA 1919 PORTION (2)'
British officials relating to the British occupation of Mesopotamia [Iraq
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Sharḥ al-Majisṭī Explanation of Almagest Avicenna Avicenna
Abū Naṣr Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Tarkhān al-Fārābī
Arabic
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'File 2/5 VII SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS.'
the Shaikh of Kuwait
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'File 8/31 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: REQUEST FOR SERVICES OF A DOCTOR.'
the Sultan of Muscat and Oman [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] for the services of a personal doctor. The file features the following principal correspondents: the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative
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Miscellaneous Papers relating to Lewis Pelly's Service in the Persian Gulf and India
Lewis Pelly from January to February 1865
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‘File B/6 Miscellaneous Correspondence with the Political Agent, Muscat’
Omani subjects in disputes over money with relatives or associates currently living and working in Bahrain and Sharjah. There are also attempts by the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative
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The Concise History of Humanity
his contemporary
Arabic
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'File XX/5 Botanical information about Koweit.'
Knox of botanical specimens from Kuwait. Folios 5-21 concern the despatch by Knox in 1907 of botanical specimens from the Zor Hills to John Gordon Lorimer
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Coll 28/84 ‘Iran. Changes in Iranian place names.’
some organisations
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Apollonius' book on conics Kitāb Abulūnīyūs fī al-makhrūṭāt Apollonius of Perga Apollonius
Apollonius of Perga
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'File 10/3 BAPCO labour'
BAPCO on the salaries
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'File 6/10 I Air Agreements'
Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. . The majority of the papers relate to the agreements to be drawn up with local rulers on matters of civil aviation
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'File 35/84 I A. 5. Muscat Treaty of 1891; lease of Bandar Jissah by the Sultan of Muscat to the French for a coaling station'
the Sultan of Muscat to the French for a coaling station. Includes
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File 7512/1919 ‘MESOPOTAMIA – LEVIES’
Wilson include: notes on the training of the Arab and Kurdish Levies and Gendarmerie
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Manẓūmah Wāfīyat al-Maṭlūb fī al-rubʿ al-juyūb A sufficient system required in a quarter of the pockets
Abū Zayd ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī Muḥammad ʿAbd al-Qādir ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī al-Maḥāsin Yūsuf al-Fāsi
Arabic
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Sharḥ Masāʾil fī al-ṭibb Explanation of Issues in Medicine Ibn Abī Ṣādiq al-Nīsābūrī, Abū al-Qāsim ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʻAlī Ibn Abi Sadiq al-Naysaburi, Abu al-Qasim Abd al-Rahman ibn Ali
Abu al-Qasim Abd al-Rahman ibn Ali ibn Abi Sadiq al-Nisaburi
Arabic
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Register of legal documents
a Persian translation
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Zubdat al-ṭibb The Butter of Medicine Jurjānī, Ismāʿīl ibn Ḥasan Jurjani, Ismail bin Hassan
Zayn al-Din Abu Ibrahim Ismail ibn Muhammad al-Husayni al-Jurjan
Arabic
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‘File 12/5 II Accidents involving country craft’
Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. . The most significant incidents referred to in the file
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Coll 5/35 ‘Iraq: Civil aviation in: Opening of airports at Bagdad and Magil’
the Iraqi Ministry of Communications and Works: see folios 5-8 and 11. One of these notices
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Kitāb al-maʻād The Book of Resurrection Avicenna Ibn Sina
Abū 'Alī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʻAbd Allāh
Arabic
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'File A/7 Miscellaneous correspondence with Muhammerah'
an Indian tailor residing in Bahrain
eng,fas
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al-Qānūn fī al-ṭibb The Law in Medicine Avicenna Avicenna
Abū ‘Alī al-Ḥusayn ibn ‘Abd Allāh
Arabic
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The Hidden Treasure on Arts and Crafts
19th century Lebanese author Jirjīs Ṭannūs ʻAwn. The book has nine chapters on different crafts: electroplating
Arabic