Manuscript Library
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Sawāniḥ al-qarīḥah fī sharḥ al-ṣafīḥah fī ‘ilm al-asṭurlāb Sawāniḥ al-Qarīha in explaining the plate in the science of the astrolabe Fakhrī’zādah al-Mawṣilī, ‘Abd Allāh Fakhrizadeh al-Mawsili, Abdullah
Sayyid Abū Muḥammad ‘Abd Allāh ibn Fakhr al-Dīn al-Ḥusaynī al-A‘raj
Arabic
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Treatise on the use of the astrolabe Ibn al-Naṭṭāḥ, Muḥammad ibn ‘Alī ibn Yaḥyá Ibn al-Natah, Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Yahya
Muḥammad ibn ‘Alī ibn Yaḥyá ibn al-Naṭṭāḥ
Arabic
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The Book of Astronomical Phenomena by Euclid
the mathematician Euclid of Alexandria
Arabic
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‘File 16/35 Miscellaneous. Removal of corpses from Bahrain for re-burial at Karbala and other places.’
the Health Officer for the Port of Karachi and Health Officer for the Karachi Municipality
ara,eng
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A summary of the workmanship and operation of some observational instruments
‘Abd al-‘Alī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn al-Bīrjandī
ara,fas
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'File 6/72 Purchase of arms and ammunition by Bahrain Government for defence'
the Government of Bahrain. The correspondence is routine in nature and includes receipts
ara,eng
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'File 10/1 X Bahrain Oil Concession'
BAPCO to Mr. F.A. Davies and other American citizens
ara,eng
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'File 2/5 VIII Shaikh’s Date Gardens.'
the Shaikh of Kuwait
ara,eng
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'File 9/8 Japanese trade activities in the Persian Gulf'
the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative
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al-Mukhtār min kutub al-ikhtiyārāt al-falakīyah Selected from the books of astrological selections Takrītī, Yaḥyá ibn Jarīr Takrīti, Yahya bin Jarir
the scribe Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Abī al-ʿIzz al-ʿAskarī
Arabic
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'File 7/9 I Exemptions of Customs Duty'
an agent.
ara,eng
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Qawl fī qismat al-khaṭṭ alladhī ista‘maluhu Arshimīdas fī al-Kurah wa-al-usṭūwānah A saying about dividing the line that Archimedes used in the sphere and cylinder Alhazen Ibn al-Haytham
Abū ‘Alī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham
Arabic
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Sharḥ al-tadhkirah Explanation of the ticket Birjandī, ʻAbd al-ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn Burjandi, Abdul Ali bin Muhammad bin Hussein
‘Abd al-‘Alī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn al-Birjandī
Arabic
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'File 6/11 Resolutions passed by the Baladiyahs (Municipalities of Manama and Muharraq) and correspondence regarding deputations of officials in the Baladiyah'
both of them. The correspondence is between the municipalities
ara,eng
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Maqālah fī ṣūrat al-kusūf An article on the image of the eclipse Alhazen Ibn al-Haytham
Abū ‘Alī al-Ḥasan ibn al-Ḥasan ibn al-Haytham
Arabic
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'FILE 8/8 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: ZANZIBAR SUBSIDIES'
the Government of India to the Sultan of Muscat and Oman. The correspondence discusses details of advance payments
ara,eng
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'File 1/A/13 II TRANSHIPMENT OF CARGO & TRANSIT DUES'
Bahrain of transit dues on cargoes
ara,eng
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File 10/12 Desert news: defeat of Ikhwan by Ibn Sa`ud (Battle of Sibilla, 1929); operations against rebels
the Special Service Officer in Basra
ara,eng
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'Arabic Book No. 4'
the Khān Bahādur bin ‘Abd al-Laṭīf bin ‘Abd al-Raḥmān
ara,eng
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Kitāb fī-dafʿ al-maḍarr al-kullīyah li-l-abdān al-insānīyah A book on repelling the total harms to human bodies Avicenna Ibn Sina
Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAbd Allāh
Arabic
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Anonymous treatise on ophthalmology
a poem on sexual hygiene
Arabic
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'File 8/43 Muscat State Affairs: Politics and relations of Muscat with other Arab Chiefs – Borders, Wadi al Qaur, Kalba and Ras al Khaimah'
the British to be a violation of treaty terms by the Sultan of Muscat and Oman's officials
ara,eng
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'File 13/1 I Aerodrome at Bahrain'
extensive correspondence where issues and revisions to specific articles are raised. These chiefly relate to the payment of customs duties on cargo travelling through Bahrain by air
ara,eng
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'File 19/165 IV (C 57) Bahrain Reforms'
the British during the preceding years
ara,eng
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Elements of Geometry
Rifā‘ah Rāfi‘ al-Ṭahṭāwī
Arabic
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www.qdl.qa
Undetermined
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Articles of Agreement between the Sultan of Muscat and representatives of the British Government on the proposed extension of the telegraph line from Persia
His Highness Syed Thurveynee bin Saeed [Sayyid Thuwaini bin Sa'id] Sultan of Muscat in the presence of Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly
ara,eng
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'File 28/14 II Labour employed by the Bahrain Petroleum Company Ltd, Bahrain'
BAPCO. The file includes draft contracts
ara,eng
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'File 11/34 Defence: Muscat War Subsidy'
an agent. in Muscat and the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and
ara,eng
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'File 11/7 Death of King Edward VII and Accession of George V & Misc: Court Mourning'
an agent. in Kuwait
ara,eng,hin,urd
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Treatment for the Spirit, Refinement of Manners, and Renunciation of Vice
the famous Muslim thinker Ibn Hazm of Andalusia
Arabic
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'File 3/8 Books etc: Transliteration of vernacular names and places.'
an agent.
ara,eng,fas,pus
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File 8/22 Eastern Aden Protectorate Intelligence Summaries
the Resident Adviser
ara,eng
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'File A/9 I Bahrain Order in Council'
a number of different representatives throughout the period covered by the volume. The first item in the volume is a letter sent from Major Ramsay
ara,eng
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Vol 263: Persian Expeditionary Force
a range of correspondents
eng,fas
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'File 7/2 Customs and Duty: Landing certificates for cargo landed by country crafts - countersigned by P.A.'
the Assistant Director of Customs for Exports at Karachi for landing certificates of country craft in Bahrain and Qatar. Details are given about the country crafts and their cargo
ara,eng
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'File 19/176 II (C 40) Bahrain Finances'
Shaikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa's adviser
ara,eng
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'File 8/9 FINANCE REVENUE & TAXES. CUSTOMS TARIFF 1932-1939'
the Sultan
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‘File 18/13 I. Buildings: Accommodation for Agency Clerical Staff’
an agent. clerical staff
ara,eng
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'File [VIII D/3] H.H. THE SULTAN SAIYID TAIMUR ACCESSION 1913.'
the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative
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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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'File II. IRAQ (3) Vol. 1 Shaikh of Kuwait's Date Gardens on the Shatt-al Arab. (Kuwait's relations with Turkish Govt. and Turkish demand that Kuwaitis should take out Turkish Nationality Certificates)'
the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to
ara,eng
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'Persian representation at Muscat'
the Governor of Bushire following a report of an attack on a Persian shopkeeper at Muscat inHabl ul Matin [Ḥabl al-Matin] in 1914-1915
eng,fas
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'File 35/86 VII (A 82) Muscat Treaty'
Said bin Taimur on signing the treaty
ara,eng
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Maqālah fī al-nafs An essay on the soul Ibn Abī Thaur al-Mawṣilī, Abū Manṣūr Bakr ibn al-Qāsim Ibn Abi Thaur al-Mawsili, Abu Mansur Bakr ibn al-Qasim
Abū Manṣūr Bakr ibn al-Qāsim ibn Abī Thawr al-Mawṣilī
Arabic
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'File 8/21 II ON'
the Government of Muscat and Oman
ara,eng
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Collection of Arabic astrological and divinatory texts, and a fragment of a Persian manuscript
the hand of the scribe is found on f. 2v. Ff. 212-214 are a fragment of an Persian manuscript unrelated to the other folios in this volume
ara,fas
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PZ 5749/39(1) 'Propaganda: Articles forwarded to Persian Gulf, Kabul & Katmandu for dissemination'
Orhan Conker and Emile Witmeur
ara,eng,fra
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'File 1/A/13 IV Transhipment of cargo at Bahrain.'
the Iranian Government to the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia
ara,eng
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Coll 5/36 ‘Persian Gulf Air Route: Air facilities at Yas Island and at Abu Dhabi’
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
ara,eng
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File 161/1908 Pt 1 'Persian Gulf:- Abu Musa Oxide.'
the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima. ]
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'File 45 Company Regulations. Application of Indian Companies Act to Bahrain'
the shareholders of the Persian United Motor Company. The file also contains an agreement made between the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative
ara,eng,fas
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'Muscat succession'
Major Tom Hickinbotham
ara,eng
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'Articles in Press on Gulf Affairs'
L'Orient Arabe press agency An office of the East India Company and
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'File 53/6 (D 2) Kuwait [Kuwait] Affairs, 1898-1899'
a Russian named Count Kapnist
ara,eng,fra
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al-Mu‘ālajah al-buqrāṭīyah Haucratic treatment Ṭabarī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad Tabari, Ahmad ibn Muhammad
Abū al-Ḥasan Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭabarī al-Turunjī
Arabic
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'File 3/1 Agency Buildings. From 1900-1911'
an agent. at Bahrain. Included are procurement and estimated costs for building materials
ara,eng
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Secret of Success
ara,eng
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'File 61/20 I (D 75) Meeting between Kings of Iraq and Nejd'
the British. The main correspondents are Sidney Webb
ara,eng,fra
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Coll 30/186 'Oil: Koweit Territorial Waters. Jurisdiction over the sub-soil beneath the sea. Off-Shore Oil in the Persian Gulf.'
the British Government on the extent of Kuwait territorial waters
ara,eng
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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
the Andalusian botanist Ḍiyā’ al-Dīn Abū Muḥammad ʻAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad
Arabic
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'File 61/14 V (D 49) Nejd and 'Iraq, Relations between'
the British to prevent further incursions into the Aden Protectorate by the Imam's forces
ara,eng
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Kawkab al-rawḍah Kawkab al-Rawdah Suyūṭī Al-Suyuti
Jalāl al-Dīn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī Bakr al-Suyūṭī
Arabic
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'File 10/3 VIII Qatar Oil Concession'
an agent. informing the Shaikh of the reconnaissance and of the visit from the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative
ara,eng
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'File 19/109 I (C 12) Bahrein Chief's relations with British Govt. and other Powers'
an agent. in Bahrain and the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and
ara,eng,fas,fra
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'File 4/38 Supply of Saluting Gun for the Shaikh of Kuwait'
British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. in 1932
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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'
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
ara,eng
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'File 9/26 India and Persian Gulf Bank Limited'
the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative
ara,eng
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'File 8/10 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: MUNICIPAL & OTHER TAXES'
British subjects. Related matters covered in the correspondence include the following: the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative
ara,eng
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'File 10/4 III Trade Report Bahrain Islands'
Frank H Todd
ara,eng
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'File W/4 Hostilities in Persia: Tangistan Blockade; Confiscation of Tea for Tangistan'
Ra’īs ‘Alī Dalvārī under the influence of Wilhelm Wassmuss
ara,eng,fas,fra
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Two treatises on inheritance shares (farāʾiḍ) and mathematics
a page of prayers seeking protection especially against plague
Arabic
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'Letters from Harford Jones Esquire British Resident at Bagdat to The Right Honourable Henry Dundas, One of His Majesty's principal Secretaries of State, from July 1798 to May 1801, with an Appendix'
an Act of Parliament in 1784 to supervise the activities of the East India Company.
eng,fas,fra,ita,lat
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'File 8/67 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: MUSCAT – OMAN TREATY.'
the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative
ara,eng
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'File 7/12 Miscellaneous Correspondence re Customs Matters'
Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. at Sharjah
ara,eng
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'File 2/6 KARACHI-ADEN AIR ROUTE. II-A/8'
the Royal Air Force
ara,eng
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'Cyphers and Secret Documents: Safe Custody Reports and Handing Over Certificates for Secret Documents'
the Bahrain Political Agency An office of the East India Company and
ara,eng
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‘File 28/78 Shaikhs of Bahrain and Kuwait’s messages of loyalty and BAPCO’s [Bahrain Petroleum Company’s] offer of help at outbreak of war – Shaikh’s gift’
British Government officials in the Gulf
ara,eng
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'Vol 259 Slave Trade'
the Residency An office of the East India Company and
eng,fas
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Risālah fī al-ʿamal bi-al-aṣṭurlāb A treatise on working with the astrolabe Abū al-Ṣalt, Umayyah ibn ‘Abd al-Azīz Abu Salt, Umayyah ibn Abd al-Azīz
the Andalusian polymath Abū al-Ṣalt Umayyah ibn ‘Abd al-‘Azīz ibn Abī al-Ṣalt al-Dānī al-Andalusī
Arabic