Manuscript Library
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Sharḥ al-asbāb wa-al-ʿalāmāt Explanation of the causes and signs Nafīs ibn ʿIwaḍ Nafis bin Awad
Nafīs ibn ʿIwaḍ al-Kirmānī
Arabic
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Letters and Enclosures on Persia received from Bassora, 1799-1811
Whahabee [ Wahhābī A follower of the Islamic reform movement known as Wahhabism
ara,eng,fra,ota,tur
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'File 86/1 VI (D 97) Kuwait Oil'
Major Archibald Chisholm and Major Frank Holmes. The British Government's concerns over an oil concession for the Nejd-Kuwait Neutral Zone
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'14/138 Arab Coast: Hostilities Between the Chiefs of Abu Dhabi and Um al Kowein over the affairs of the Bani Katb tribe. April 1904 to May 1916'
Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. and the battles and disputes between the Trucial Shaikhs. Also discussed is the agreement
ara,eng
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'Confidential B24 File No. 14/205 Capture by Persian Customs Preventive Service Boat of a Debai Boat off Tamb Island'
a Persian customs launch of a boat carrying tea and sugar and implications for British prestige on the Arab coast. The file includes a sketch map of Jezirat Tunb [Tumb]
ara,eng
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File 37/1905 Pt 4 'Aden Frontier Delimitation'
Major-General P. J. Maitland
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'Sea-going launch for the Political Agent, Bahrain. Corr. re: Kelvin Engine.'
the Bergius Company
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Itḥāf dhawī al-albāb fī sharḥ Bidāyat al-ṭullāb Ithaf Dhawī al-Albāb in explaining the beginning of students Dādasī, ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad Dādasī, Ali bin Muhammad
'Alī ibn Muḥammad ibn Abī al-Qāsim ibn Ibrāhīm al-Dādasī
Arabic
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Ibn al-Shatir, Ali Ibn Ibrahim, Ibn al-Shāṭir, Ibn al-Shater, Ali Ibn Ibrahim
ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī ibn Ibrāhīm ibn al-Shāṭir
Arabic
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‘File B/10-6 Claim of K.B. Abdur Rahman al Zayani against Ahmad bin Khalaf bin Utaibah of Abu Dhabi’
pearl merchant Shaikh Abdul Latif [Shaikh Abdul Latiff bin Shaikh Mahomed Al Abdul Razak] of Bombay against Khalaf bin Abdulla bin Utaibah and Ahmad bin Khalaf bin Utaibah of Abu Dhabi and Dubai. The claim relates to a pearl transaction dating from 1926
ara,eng
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'File 6/4 Foreign Interests: French Interests in Muscat'
the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman and subsequently rented out to private entities. The file contains a limited amount of correspondence with local officials that is in Arabic
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'File 1/A/43 II Defence Measures in the Persian Gulf.'
the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and
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'Pocket No. 16: Enclosure to Part III of Volume I of the Persian Gulf Gazetteer: Geneaological Table of the Salaimi (Sabai’) Family of ’Anaizah in Qasīm'
John Calcott Gaskin in 1905 and revised by Captain Francis Beville Prideaux
ara,eng
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'File 9/1 I Naval & Shipping: Movements of HM Ships and Naval Officers'
the file include: the movement of naval officers
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al-Kāmil fī ṣan‘at al-asṭurlāb al-shimālī wa-al-junūbī wa-‘ilalihumā bi-l-handasah wa-al-ḥisab The complete workmanship of the northern and southern astrolabe and their reasons for geometry and arithmetic Farghānī, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Kathīr Ferghani, Ahmed bin Muhammad bin Kathir
Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Farghānī
Arabic
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The History of Modern France
the title
Arabic
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'15/7 HAWAR ISLANDS'
ara,eng
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Isagoge Book of Isagoge Galen Galen
Ḥunayn ibn Isḥāq al-‘Ibādī
Arabic
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'File 61/6 VI (D 70) Nejd affairs (Bin Saud General File) Final Payments to Bin Saud in Lieu of Subsidy'
Ibn Sa'ud. Other topics are: Ibn Sa'ud's liability for Ottoman Public Debt repayments
ara,eng
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'File 6/28 Prohibition of vegetable (adulterated) Ghi into Bahrain - Bahrain Govt notifications'
an agent. in Bahrain
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Literature and Religion of the Ancient Egyptians
the Lebanese-born Naǧīb Mitrī and that remains a prominent publisher to this day. The book includes a glossary of pharaonic terms
Arabic
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Kitāb al-mi’ah fī al-ṣinā‘ah al-ṭibbīyah The Book of the Hundred in the Medical Industry Masīḥī, ʻĪsá ibn Yaḥyá Christian, Isa bin Yahya
Abū Sahl ‘Īsá ibn Yaḥyá al-Masīḥī al-Jurjānī
Arabic
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Archimedes' article on breaking the circle
the mathematician
Arabic
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'File 19/109 VIII (C 68) Bahrain Relations with other Foreign Powers'
foreigners in Bahrain. Draft copies of both of the proposed laws are included in the file. The file also contains documents concerning an RAF intelligence report that stated an Iraq Trade Agency An office of the East India Company and
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'Al Janabah and other tribes rising against the Sultan - 1898'
the Jenebeh Tribe of Sur in Oman against the authority of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman
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File E/8 I Ibn Saud
Yusuf bin Ahmed Kanoo [Yusūf bin Aḥmad Kānū] regarding his treatment of 'Abd al-Ḥusayn bin Juma'ah
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Alphabetical list of substitute drugs
an unnamed author. Begins
Arabic
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'File 8/21 Muscat State Affairs: Dependencies – Sur (Operations)'
Beni Hasan tribesmen. The second is a trip to Sur
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Illumination of the Virtues of the Family of the Most Favored Prophet
biographies of Ahl al-Bayt
Arabic
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'File 4/26 I Correspondence re - payment of Rs. 440/- a month on account of the Dubai Commercial Air Agreement.'
the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative
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'File 6/17 I Bahrain Government Proclamations, Notices (Public), etc.'
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
ara,eng,fas,guj
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An Introduction to the Study of the Eloquent Speech of the Arabs
some to be among the finest Arabic poetry of all time. Ḍayf also includes a survey of literary criticism in France from Pierre de Ronsard
Arabic
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'File 3/11 Creation of Post of Assistant Political Agent, Bahrain'
Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. at Sharjah
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The Last Word on the Foundations of the Language of the Arabs
Nasif al-Yaziji
Arabic
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Explanation of roles Sharḥ al-adwār
a later hand at the head of f. 41v identifies the text incorrectly as Notes on the Ashkāl al-taʾsīs
Arabic
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'File 8/82 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: GWADUR IMPROVEMENTS.'
the British to recruit more personnel
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'File 61/14 X (D 57) Relations between Nejd and 'Iraq'
an agent. in Jeddah
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'File 8/40 MUSCAT STATE AFFAIRS: DEATH OF SHAIKH OF KALBA & KALBA AFFAIRS.'
neighbouring rulers and authorities to interfere with the affairs of Kalba
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Vol 66: Letters Inward
the Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
ara,eng,hin
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'File VII/1. Telegraphic Connection to Kuwait.'
Maurice G Simpson
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Ikhlāṣ al-naṣāʾiḥ fī takhṭīṭ al-ṣafāʾiḥ Sincerity of advice in planning plates Tūzarī, ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Tūzarī, Omar ibn Abd al-Rahman
Abū Jaʿfar ʿUmar ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Abī al-Qāsim ibn Muḥammad ibn Zakarīyā al-Qurayshī al-Makhrūmī al-Tūnisī al-Tūzarī
Arabic
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'File 82/1 II (F 53) A.P.O.C., and Oil Concession - Arab Coast'
Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. . The volume includes documents regarding: Bahrain: Letter in English and Arabic from the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative
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Coll 30/119 'Qatar: Protest by Ibn Saud against the grant of the Qatar Oil Concession. Direct correspondence between the Sheikh of Qatar & Ibn Saud.'
fomenting tribal unrest. The papers discuss the British response to the letter
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'File 5/1 II Kuwait Oil Company'
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'File XVII/2 Government Property, Christian Cemeteries'
an agent. in Muscat and external entities including a contractor in India
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Hāshīyah ʿalá Risālah fī nisbat al-taʾlīf Footnote to a treatise on authorship attribution 'Aṭṭārī,ʿAbd al-Munʿim Muḥammad Attari, Abd al-Moneim Muhammad
ʿAbd al-Munʿim Muḥammad al-ʿAṭṭārī
Arabic
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Fa‘altu fa-lā talum I did, so do not blame
Quṭb al-Dīn Maḥmūd ibn Mas‘ūd al-Shīrāzī
Arabic
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Kitāb al-mujmal fī aḥkām al-nujūm The Book of Al-Majmal fi Rulings about the Stars Kūshyār Koshyar
Narrated by Abu al-Hasan Khushar ibn Labban Bashahri al-Jil
Arabic
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'File 2/14 II Epidemics (in places other than Bahrain) Cholera, Smallpox etc'
Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
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Coll 30/87(1) 'Qatar: Oil Concession.'
a British company. The papers cover: discussion and drafts of the commercial agreement between APOC and the Shaikh of Qatar [‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī]
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'File E-15. Sayed Siddiq Hasan Khan Sahib I.A. Deputation to MECCA with Nejd Pilgrims and Consequent Arrangements'
an agent. at Bahrain
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File 13/11 'Registration of Foreigners - Kuwait'
an agent. papers regarding the registration of foreigners. It mainly consists of correspondence between the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative
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'File 10/3 I Qatar Oil Concession'
an agent. in Bahrain regarding the oil concessions in Qatar. It contains copies of the exclusive exploration agreement granted by Abdullah Ibn Qasim al Thani
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'Political'
Lieutenant Colonel Samuel Barrett Miles. In between these items are letters on incidents of plunder and looting in Gwadur. They include subsequent applications to the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and
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Ḥāwī al-mukhtaṣarāt fī al-ʿamal bi-rubʿ al-muqanṭarāt Container of abbreviations on working with quarter arches
Badr al-Dīn Abū ‘Abd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad ibn Aḥmad al-Shāfi‘ī al-Miṣrī al-Dimashqī
Arabic
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'Vocabularies: English, Arabic, Persian, Turkish, Armenian, Kurdish, Syriac'
the Admiralty War Staff
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'File A/2 VI Correspondence regarding slaves applying for manumission at Muscat'
an agent. in Muscat. Each case includes manumission statements sent to the Bahrain Agency An office of the East India Company and
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'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY', Vol 128
the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to
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'File 10/3 VII Qatar Oil Concession'
the Sheikh of Qatar to Mr Mylles
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Sharḥ kalimāt al-shaykh al-raʼīs raḥimahu Allāh Explanation of the words of Sheikh the President, may God have mercy on him Avicenna Ibn Sina
the sufi Abū Saʻīd ibn Abī al-Khayr al-Mayhanī
Arabic
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Coll 30/22 'Persian Gulf, Bahrein. Bahrein State Budget; Economy Proposals; Grant of Tariff Autonomy; Increase in Customs Duties; Developments in Bahrein'
an agent. in Bahrain and the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and
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Fuṣūl al-sittah The Six Chapters Ibn Jazlah, Yaḥyá ibn ‘Īsá Ibn Jazlah, Yahya bin Issa,
Abū ‘Alī Yahyá ibn ‘Ísá
Arabic
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File 12/14 Accession and coronation of King George VI: Bahrain arrangements
the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative
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File 4/25 I Corr. re: Kalba payments.'
Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
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'File 61/14 VIII (D 55) Relations Between Nejd And Iraq'
an agent. in Jeddah
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‘File 12/5 Wrecks of sailing boats and vessels in the sea and salvages’
nakhudas
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'File 14/201 I B 32 Trucial Coast Miscellaneous'
Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. . The main correspondents are the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative
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'Letters and Enclosures from Sir Harford Jones (Envoy to Persia) to Mr Dundas (President of the India Board), Dated 11th January 1809 to 28th July 1810, Vol: 3.'
Britain to Persia as part of the treaty agreements Jones's response to charges against his conduct made by the Governor-General of the Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company
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'File 34/3 Persian Gulf pearl fisheries'
an agent.
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Ibn al-Muná al-Bābī, Abd al-Malik ibn ʻAlī Ibn al-Muna al-Babī, Abd al-Malik ibn Ali
Taqī al-Dīn ʻAbd al-Malik ibn Abī al-Muná al-Bābī al-Ḥalabī al-Ḍarīr
Arabic
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Coll 30/139 'Oil: Debai Commercial Concession and Exchange of Notes.'
Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ) Limited
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al-Aqwāl al-kāfiyah wa-l-fuṣūl al-shāfiyah Sufficient sayings and healing chapters
al-Malik al-Mujāhid 'Alī ibn Dāwūd
Arabic
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Maqālah fī al-nafs An essay on the soul Avicenna Ibn Sina
Abū ‘Alī al-Ḥusayn ibn ‘Abd Allāh
Arabic
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Faṣl fī aḥwāl al-ʻiqdatayn wa-ḥulūlihā (!) fī al-burūj al-ithnā ʻashr A chapter on the conditions of the two nodes and their solutions in the twelve signs
some brief notes on astrological weather prediction
Arabic
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'File 86/1 V (D 96) Kuwait Oil'
Bin Saud
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‘File 28/34-(i) War Emergency Legislation’
the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
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'ENCLOSURES TO SECRET LETTERS FROM BOMBAY', Vol 88
the British officials to describe the territory roughly corresponding to
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Coll 30/159 'Ownership of Hawar Islands.'
the Government of Bahrain to the British Government
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'File 1/19 II Correspondence re the Political Agent, Bahrain'
an entry in the notes at the end of the file.
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'Political Events Oman and Muscat'
the Shaikh of Lengeh
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