Manuscript Library
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The Lesser Compilation of Hadiths of the Consecrated Messenger
the Egyptian polymath Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti
Arabic
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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.
ara,eng
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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
ara,eng
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Students' Guide
the honorific Shaykh al-Islam. Manhaj al-Ṭullāb
Arabic
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www.qdl.qa
Undetermined
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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
Arabic
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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
Arabic
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'File A/12 Arrest and capture of slaves'
an agent. in Bahrain. The first case
ara,eng
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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
Arabic
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Creation and History
the prolific French orientalist Clement Huart
Arabic
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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
ara,eng
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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
Arabic
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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
ara,eng
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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
ara,eng
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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
Arabic
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File 3540/1916 'MESOPOTAMIA 1920 PORTION (2)'
British officials relating to the British occupation of Mesopotamia [Iraq
ara,eng
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‘File B/10-3 CLAIM OF KAL AHMAD DRESSER AGAINST THE LATE HILAL BIN RAMAZAN OF DUBAI’
Ahmad Gharibi
ara,eng
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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
ara,eng
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'File 5/1 XI Kuwait Oil Company'
the Ruler of Kuwait in both English and Arabic.
ara,eng
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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
ara,eng
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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
ara,eng
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'File 4/16 I Bahrain State Education'
Adrian-Vallance concerning reforms undertaken between December 1939 and May 1940
ara,eng
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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
Arabic
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'File 8/65 IV MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: RENEWAL OF COMMERCIAL TREATY.'
the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative
ara,eng
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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
ara,eng
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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
Arabic
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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
ara,eng
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al-Mughnī fī sharḥ al-mūjiz Al-Mughnī fi Sharḥ al-Mujīz Kāzarūnī, Muḥammad ibn Masʿūd Kāzarūnī, Muhammad bin Masoud
Sadīd al-Dīn Muhammad ibn Mas‘ud al-Qazarouni
Arabic
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'File 82/1 III (F 64) Prospecting licenses for Kuwait, Bahrain, Nejd, Trucial Coast and Oman'
Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. against the competitor Eastern and General Syndicate Limited
ara,eng
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'File 3/6 II Purchase, upkeep and repair of launches'
an agent. at Bahrain and the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and
ara,eng
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'Confdl. 86/49-(i). Sharjah Oil.'
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
ara,eng
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al-Irshād li-maṣāliḥ al-anfus wa-al-ajsād Guidance for the interests of souls and bodies Ibn Jumayʿ, Hibat Allāh ibn Zayn Ibn Jumay, Hibat Allah ibn Zayn
al-Muwaffiq Shams al-Riyāsah abū al-‘Ashā’ir Hibat Allāh ibn Zayn
Arabic
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'Miscellaneous Papers Regarding Judicial Matters'
an agent.
ara,eng,fas
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'File 6/13 II Electric lighting in Manama'
an agent. in Bahrain
ara,eng
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'File 19/3 II Visits of His Excellency the Naval Commander in Chief'
the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative
ara,eng
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'File 19/261 I (C 92) Proposed Establishment of a U.S.A Consulate at Bahrain'
the US Office of War Information and sent to the head of police in Bahrain in 1946
ara,eng
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'File 3/12 Supply of provisions to His Majesty's Navy - contract of. Tenders for the Navy.'
British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
ara,eng
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'File XVIII/4 coal, mining rights and monopolies Anglo- Persian Oil Company, 1921 to 1928.'
the Anglo-Persian Oil Company to get exclusive prospecting rights in Muscat and Oman. British officials reported the importance of securing an agreement from the Sultan of Muscat
ara,eng
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Aqsarā’ī, Muḥammad ibn ‘Īsá Aqsarā’ī, Muhammad bin Issa
the general
Arabic
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‘File B/10 IX Claim of Maginmal Likumdas of Dubai’
Maginmal Likumdas
ara,eng
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'File 1/A/38 IV Negotiations with Bin Saud re: Eastern Boundary of Saudi Arabia.'
the presence of oil in the areas concerned. The principal correspondents are: HM Minister
ara,eng
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'File 11/32 III Palestinian Arab Students'
an agent. in Muscat
ara,eng
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Tarjamat risālat al-maʿād Translation of the Message of the Resurrected Avicenna Avicenna
Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh
Persian
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'File 12/1 [1 A/1 I] Persian Claims to Bahrain'
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.
ara,eng,fas,fra
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Firdaws al-ḥikmah The Firdaws of Wisdom Ṭabarī, ʿAlī ibn Sahl Rabban Tabari, Ali ibn Sahl Rabban
the Persian physician ʿAlī ibn Sahl ibn Rabban al-Ṭabarī
Arabic
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'File 8/61 Muscat State Affairs: Fujerah'
the Muscat Government to Shaikh Saif bin Hamad's brother and successor
ara,eng
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‘File 12/10 Shipping notice’
Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. . Correspondence dated 1935
ara,eng
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'File 12/6 II Persians in Bahrain'
which Persian nationals enter Bahrain. On folios 34-35 the file contains a notice
ara,eng
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Masā’il su’ilā ‘anhā Thābit ibn Qurrah al-Ḥarrānī Issues about which Thabit ibn Qurrah al-Harrani was asked Thābit ibn Qurrah al-Ḥarrānī Thabit ibn Qurrah al-Harrani
Abū al-Hasan Thabit ibn Qurrah al-Harrani
Arabic
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Kitāb al-bayzarah Book of Baizarah
an unnamed author. The title appears on the title page
Arabic
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'File VIII/3. Pedigree, Private affairs, notes, etc on the As-Subah family.'
an agent.
ara,eng,fra
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'File A/4 Persian pretentions to Bahrain'
the proper authorities”
ara,eng,fas
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'File 10/4 II Trade Reports'
ara,eng
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Miscellaneous
the peopleof Batina
ara,eng
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Kitāb al-tadhkirah fī al-hay’ah Book of Remembrance in the Authority Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad Tusi, Nasir al-Din Muhammad ibn Muhammad
Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī
Arabic
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‘File B/10-2 CLAIMS OF VIRUMAL VALABDAS OF DUBAI’
the Indian merchant Viroomal Vallabdas
ara,eng
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'File 8/51 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: SAIYID TARIQ & SAIYID FAHR BIN TAIMUR'
Saiyid Tariq bin Taimur with the Zhob militia in Baluchistan
ara,eng
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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
Shihāb al-Dīn Abū al-‘Abbās Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn al-Hāʼim al-Maqdisī al-Faraḍī
Arabic
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'Secret Department, Enclosures to Secret Letters from India, Jan. to Aug. 1837, Vol. 46'
an Act of Parliament in 1784 to supervise the activities of the East India Company.
eng,fas
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'14/115 X, B 31, Abu Musa Oxide'
ara,eng
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al-Qawl fī al-namūdhārāt The saying in the verses Abū Ma‘shar Abu Ma’shar
Abū Ma‘shar Ja‘far ibn Muḥammad al-Balkhī
Arabic
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Two medical treatises
Arabic
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Coll 30/110(3) 'Trucial Coast Oil Concessions: Hinterland Exploration and Survey. Trucial Coast Boundaries. Trucial Coast Surveys 1938-9.'
Petroleum Concessions Limited
ara,eng
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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
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
ara,eng
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'File 2/1 II IRAQ PROPAGANDA. (Absorption of Kuwait by Iraq). Relations etc.'
Ibn Saud of any form of unity between Iraq and Kuwait
ara,eng,fra
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‘File 16/30 Visits of shaikhs, notables and others to Bahrain.’
the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative
ara,eng
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Two treatises on astrolabes
an endowment inscription stating that the manuscript 'has been made the inalienable property of those who are capable [of learning]
Arabic
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'File 5/197 I – Absconding of Slaves from Sharja and Henjam'
a group of armed Arabs. The majority of the correspondence in the volume deals with a second incident occurring in June 1931
ara,eng,fas
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'File 8/65 COMMERCIAL TREATY 1891. MUSCAT ORDER-IN-Council. 1915'
Colonel Edward Charles Ross
ara,eng
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File 2/7 'Legislation to forbid Kuwait nationals to buy property in Iraq; and conscription'
the Shaikh of Kuwait
ara,eng
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Book of pimples in signs of death Kitāb al-buthūr fī ‘alāmāt al-mawt Hippocrates
the scribe Ayyūb of Nazareth
Arabic
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Kitāb al-mu‘tamad fī al-adwīyah al-mufradah The authoritative book on individual medicines ‘Umar ibn Yūsuf Omar ibn Yusuf
a later hand. The copy is defective at end
Arabic
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'File 4/3 SILVER JUBILEE MEDALS & KHARITAS'
a high-ranking British colonial representative
ara,eng
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Kitāb al-makhrūṭāt The Book of Conics Apollonius of Perga Apollonius
Apollonius of Perga
Arabic
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Native Letters Outward
Muḥammad bin Khalīfah Āl Khalīfah and Nāṣir bin Mubārak Āl Khalīfah
ara,eng,fas
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Coll 30/21(3) 'Persian Gulf: Kuwait-Saudi Relations: Blockade by Ibn Saud. Smuggling: Bon Voisinage and Extradition Agreements'
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
ara,eng
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[Taʿlīqāt ʿalá sharḥ al-mulakhkhaṣ Comments on the explanation of the summary] Birjandī, ʻAbd al-ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn Birjandī, Abdul Ali bin Muhammad bin Hussein
‘Abd al-‘Alī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn al-Birjandī
Arabic
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Lanterns Burning for Students Discerning
Jirmānūs Farḥāt
Arabic