Manuscript Library
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al-Ḥāwī fī ʿilm al-tadāwī Al-Hawi in the science of medicine Shīrāzi, Najm al-Dīn Mahmud ibn Ilyās Shirazi, Najm al-Dān Mahmud ibn Ilyās
Najm al-Dīn Maḥmūd ibn Ṣā’in al-Dīn Ilyās al-Shīrāzi
Arabic
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'File 4/28 Kuwait Harbour Facilities and Shuwaikh Water Tank'
the British military authorities in Iraq. Specifically
ara,eng
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'File 14/155 I, succession to the Shaikhdom of Abu Dhabi, 1909 - 1921; 147/127 I Succession to the Shaikhdom of Umm al-Qaiwain, 1909 - 1929'
their forebears with the British concerning maritime peace
ara,eng
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A reminder of the possessor of understanding and the one who gathers wonder for admiration. Antioch, Dā’ūd ibn ‘Umar.
Dā'ūd al-Ḍarīr ibn 'Umar al-Anṭākī
Arabic
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"File 4/13 II Zubarah"
ara,eng
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'File 61/10 (D 63) Relations between Nejd and Transjordania (political status of Jauf)'
an agent. in Bahrain
ara,eng
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Sharḥ Risālat adab al-kātib Explanation of the message of literature by the writer Zajjājī, ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Isḥāq Zajji, Abd al-Rahman ibn Ishaq
Abū al-Qāsim 'Abd al-Raḥmān ibn Isḥāq al-Zajjājī
Arabic
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‘File 28/30 War. Hostilities in Iran’
‘a number of sacrificing volunteers’. The report encloses draft and final English translations of the letter
ara,eng
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Ars medica(Ars parva) Small Industry Galen Galen With commentary by Abū al-Faraj ‘Abd Allāh Ibn al-Ṭayyib (Abu Al-Faraj Abdullah Ibn Al-Tayyib)
Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq al-‘Ibādī. In Arabic
Arabic
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Coll 30/21(4) 'Persian Gulf: Koweit-Saudi relations. Trade, Bon Voisinage and Extradition Agreements. Desire of Ibn Saud to Establish Customs Post at Wafra'
Saudi Arabia. Much of the correspondence concerns the exact wording of these agreements and numerous amendments that were made to them. The correspondence also briefly discusses the desire of the Ruler of Saudi Arabia
ara,eng
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'File 5/193 IV (B 55) Slavery in the Persian Gulf'
Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. region. Reports on the slave trade were made by Captain Howes
ara,eng
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'File 10/1 XIII Bahrain Oil Concession'
an agent. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
ara,eng
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'File 17/6 Books and Periodicals: Correspondence re. Supply and Rules for the supply of articles'
the Bahrain Political Agency An office of the East India Company and
ara,eng
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'File 4/7 II Shaikh of Kuwait's Visit to Arab States, Europe , Etc'
the Ruler of Kuwait
ara,eng
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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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'File 1/A/48 I Control of Prices of standard foodstuffs in Bahrain.'
the Food Controller
ara,eng
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'File 8/96 Landing Contract'
ara,eng
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'File No. E/1. Hindu Merchants at Qatif'
the customs farmer at al-Qaṭīf
ara,eng,fra
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'File 20/10 Honours and Ceremonials:- Corr. re: His Majesty’s Silver Jubilee 1935.'
Their Majesties’ Silver Jubilee Fund to the Political Agencies and the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and
ara,eng
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Excerpts from a commentary on the alchemical poem Shudhūr
al-dhahab(شذور الذهب)
Abū Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Mūsá ibn ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad Ibn Khalaf al-Anṣārī al-Jayyānī al-Andalusī
Arabic
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'Diary of a journey in Inner Arabia. First part'
Julius Euting. Publication Details: Leiden
ara,deu
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[Tafsīr Sūrat al-Nās Interpretation of Surat An-Nas] Avicenna Ibn Sina
Abū 'Alī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʻAbd Allāh
Arabic
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‘File 7/2 VI Landing grounds and seaplane anchorages’
Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
ara,eng
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Qawl fī hay’at al-‘ālam A saying in the form of a scholar Alhazen Ibn al-Haytham
Abū ‘Alī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham
Arabic
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‘File 2/15 MASIRAH & SALALAH AIR FIELDS (CHARTER FLIGHTS)’
the RAF at Masirah and Salalah for the supply of aviation fuel to civil aircrafts. The main correspondents in the file are: the Royal Air Force Headquarters
ara,eng
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Tawḍīḥ al-Nasamah al-nafḥīyah Explanation of the whiff Maqdisī, ʿAlī ibn Ghānim Maqdisi, Ali bin Ghanem
ʿAlī ibn Ghānim al-Maqdisī
Arabic
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'File 2/24 British Consulate Muscat R.A.F. landing ground at Marbat.'
an agent.
ara,eng
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‘Forwarding specimens of the Zoology of Mesopotamia collected by Commander Jones of the Indian Navy.’
Commander Felix Jones in Mesopotamia and Turkish Arabia A term used by the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to
ara,eng
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Yearbook for 1887
Maṭbaʻat al-qāhira al-ḥurra in 1887. The author of the yearbook
Arabic
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Letter from Major Charles Grant, 1 Assistant Resident to Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Charles Ross, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, Bushire
Ibrahim bin Rujub [Ibrāhīm bin Rajab] in an address to the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative
ara,eng
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Kitāb Mānālāwus fī al-ashkāl al-kurrīyah The Book of Manelaus in Spherical Shapes Menelaus of Alexandria Manelaus
Abū 'Abd Allāh Muḥammad ibn 'Īsá al-Māhānī
Arabic
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'CONFIDENTIAL 86/28 - I Vol. D. 173 KUWAIT SULPHUR'
the Company in 1945 to discontinue their search as exploration had been unsuccessful.Also discussed within the volume is the value and importance of sulphur both for wartime military requirements and for general trade
ara,eng
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'Confidential File 35/141 Must'
ara,eng
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'File 1/A/41 Imposition of economic sanctions against Italy'
the League of Nations to end Italy's war in Abyssinia. The principal correspondents are the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative
ara,eng
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‘ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY’, Vol 29
eng,fas,guj,mar
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Fihrist Arisṭā[ṭā]līs
Arabic
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Risālah fī al-ʿamal bi-al-rubʿ al-marsūm bi-al-qanṭarāt A message on working with the quarter marked with arches
the scribe ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥasan ibn Zayn al-Dīn al-ʿĀmilī
Arabic
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Risālah fī al-ʿamal bi-al-kūrah al-falakīyah A treatise on working with the astrological calendar Jazāʾirī, ʿAbd al-Razzāq ibn Muḥammad, Algerian, Abd al-Razzaq ibn Muhammad
ʿAbd al-Razzāq ibn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥammādūsh al-Jazāʾirī
Arabic
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'File 6/28 Foreign Interests: Sa'udi Arabian Boundary'
an agent. in Muscat. In addition to this correspondence
ara,eng
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Tarṣīd shaḥr al-Muḥarram al-mubārrak Ramadi, Ibn Murād
Ibn Murād al-Ramādī. The manuscript was copied on 19 Ṣafar 1295
Arabic
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'File 8/54 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: AFFAIRS OF MEMBERS OF RULING FAMILY'
which the Muscat State acts as a debt collecting agency An office of the East India Company and
ara,eng
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‘File XXIX/2 THE IMAM’S RISING 1913-1920. RISING of IMAM of NIZWA in MAY 1913 & 1914’
the 'rebel' leaders at Nizwah
ara,eng,guj,snd
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‘File B/16 IMPERIAL AIRWAYS REST HOUSE AT SHARJAH’
Ibrahim bin Muhammad al Madfa’ the clerk of the Ruler of Sharjah and his brother Isa
ara,eng
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The Enclosures to Secret Letters Nos. 1-2 (Not included in the Volume)
an agent. on behalf of the British Government at Shikarpur and other important matters
eng,fas
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'File 5/17 Administration in the Neutral Zone'
various oil companies
ara,eng
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‘File 13/2 VIII Air facilities in Arab shaikhdoms’
the Royal Air Force [RAF]
ara,eng
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Khulāṣat al-ḥisāb summary of the calculation 'Āmilī, Bahā' al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn Amili, Bahā al-Dīn Muhammad ibn Husayn
Bahā’ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn al-‘Āmilī
Arabic
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al-Mūjiz fī ʿilm al-ṭibb The Summary of Medical Science 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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Mathematical compendium
a later hand than that of the main scribe
Arabic
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'File No. 13/3-ii. SHARJAH AIR AGREEMENT (Aerodrome Facilities at Sharjah).'
Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
ara,eng
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File 10/12 Tribal and desert information: Ikhwan raids; Motor Transport Concession, Kuwait/Basra; Ikhwan rebellion, 1927
Ikhwan forces and associated acts of livestock plunder and killing. As such
ara,eng
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'File 1/20 Liveries (Bahrain Agency)'
an agent.
ara,eng
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‘File B/12 SEIZURE OF A RAS-AL-KHAIMAH BOAT AT SIRRI ISLAND’
British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. belonging to nakuda Salim bin Abdullah
ara,eng
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'File 7/3 Landing Arrangements at Bahrain'
Bahrain
ara,eng
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Risālat al-mabdaʼ wa-al-maʻād The Message of the Principle and the Resurrection Avicenna Ibn Sina
Abū 'Alī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʻAbd Allāh
Persian
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The Extreme Perfection in Managing the Human Body
Shalih ibn Nasser Allah ibn Salloum al-Halabi
Arabic
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'Slavery: cases of Muscat and Saudi Arabian slaves reported at Bahrain'
an agent. in Bahrain. Most of the cases involve slaves who have absconded or travelled from Muscat or Saudi Arabian territory. In those cases where a slave had escaped from Muscat
ara,eng
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'File 2/2 I. Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling'
a Fao customs launch near Bubiyan Island
ara,eng
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'File 0205 Sharjah Affairs (Including Bani Qitab)'
an agent. at Bahrain
ara,eng
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'File 10/3 IV Qatar Oil Concession'
Shaikh'
ara,eng
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'File 8/27 I '1. H.H. the SULTAN. 2. SULTAN'S VISITS TO INDIA & EUROPE. 1932-1937.'
the Sultan during the summer months of 1932
ara,eng
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'File 3/4 Purchase of New Plot of Land Proposed to Acquire for the Agency Clerks' Quarters'
an agent. in Bahrain
ara,eng
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Nihāyat al-idrāk fī dirāyat al-aflāk The end of perception in the knowledge of the heavens
Quṭb al-Dīn Maḥmūd ibn Mas‘ūd al-Shīrāzī
Arabic
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'File 10/1 XVI Bahrain Oil Concession'
locals
ara,eng
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'File 18/55 I (C 101) Bahrain Order in Council'
the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
ara,eng
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'File 19/1 II Political Agents Bahrain touring'
Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. in 1937 and 1938
ara,eng
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Dustūr al-ʿajāʾib The Constitution of Wonders Anṭākī, Dāwūd ibn ʿUmar Antioch, Dawud ibn Umar
a number of sections dealing with the various subjects which should be included in the physician's education. The title appears at f. 3r
Arabic
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Tawḍīḥ al-Tadhkirah al-Nāṣirīyah Clarification of the Nasiriyah Ticket Nīsābūrī, al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad Nisaburi, Al-Hasan bin Muhammad
al-Ḥasan ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn Niẓām al-Dīn al-Aʿraj al-Nīsābūrī
Arabic
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‘File 28/10-(c) Anti-British Activities of Abdullah bin Faris, Secretary of the Shaikh of Sharjah’
the Ruler of Sharjah’s Secretary
ara,eng
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'Eastern side of the mountain'. Photographer: al-Sayyid ʻAbd al-Ghaffār
pilgrims and their tents. Many of the pilgrims visible here – male and female – are wearing the two piece garb
Arabic
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'Memo: by Abol Cassim Moonshee concerning the district of Guttur [Qatar]
Abol Cassim
ara,eng
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'File 6/82 Rent Control'
an agent. in Bahrain
ara,eng
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Fabrica, or Dictionary of Vernacular Arabic and Italian Language
the press of the Propagande de Fide. Dominicus was also the editor of the famous Arabic–Latin dictionary printed at the same press in 1639
ara,ita
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"File 4/13 I Zubarah"
Hickinbotham entitled ' Zubarah 18th-century town located 105 km from Doha. incident' that contains a summary of relevant events and recommendations for British Policy on the issue.
ara,eng
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Khuffī-'i ʿAlāʾī
Persian
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Ṣināʿat al-yad Handmade Anonymous
a short note on the 'oil of distillation'
Arabic
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Coll 28/60(2) ‘Persia; Treatment of Foreigners; Position of British subjects, British Consular Representatives, etc.,’
the Persian authorities. The file is a direct chronological continuation of Coll 28/60
eng,fas
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Sharḥ tashrīḥ al-qānūn Explanation of the Anatomy of Law 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 V/7 Christian Cemetery at Bahrain'
the ruler of Bahrain in 1901
ara,eng
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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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Soothing the Desire to Learn About Speech from Other Languages
Sultan Murad IV to more modest judgeships in Thessaloniki and later in Egypt
Arabic
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'File 53/83 IX (D 176) Kuwait Iraq Smuggling'
Iraqi Customs and Police Forces
ara,eng
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'File 18/55 II (C 102) The Bahrain Order in Council'
the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
ara,eng
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The Most Poetical of Poetry
John Styles. The work also contains poetic renditions from the books of Exodus
Arabic