Manuscript Library
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Sharḥ ashkāl al-taʾsīs Explanation of the forms of incorporation Qāḍīʹzādah, Mūsá ibn Muḥammad Qadhi Zadeh, Musa bin Muhammad and Sharḥ al-adwār Explanation of roles
the 'son of the learned Shaykh ‘Abd Allāh
Arabic
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al-Jamharah fī ‘ilm al-bayzarah Al-Jamhara fi Ilm al-Bayzarah Asadī, ‘Īsá ibn ‘Alī Asadi, Issa bin Ali
Abū al-Rūḥ ʿIsá ibn ‘Alī al-Asadī al-Baghdādī
Arabic
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'File 2/5 IX Shaikh’s Date Gardens.'
the Shaikh of Kuwait [Shaikh Aḥmad al-Jābir Āl Ṣabāḥ]
ara,eng
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Untitled text on smallpox and meats Muḥammad Badīʿ Muhammad Badie
Muḥammad Badīʿ
Arabic
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'File 12/3 Visit of Persian Warships to Bahrain'
the British authorities to arrange for all Arab rulers of the Gulf to formally request for the Persian Government to provide them with prior notification before any Persian warships enter their ports
ara,eng
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'F-82 82/27 I: QATAR OIL'
Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
ara,eng
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'86/1 XII (D 175) Kuwait Oil'
the Kuwait Oil Company for the British Army from 1942-1943 to provide Bitumen
ara,eng
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Kitāb na‘t al-ḥayawān Book of describing animals
Aristotle
Arabic
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A collection of treatises on medicine and pharmacology
Najīb al-Dīn Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn ‘Alī ibn ‘Umar al-Samarqandī
Arabic
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'File 19/243 II (C 72) Dentist'
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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'Correspondence re the Establishment of a Wireless Telegraph Station in Bahrain'
the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative
ara,eng
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'File 17/5 Staff Accommodation'
an agent. in Muscat and a number of different contractors and furniture companies based in Karachi. Inside an envelope
ara,eng,fas
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Tuḥfat al-Fuḥūl fī tamhīd al-uṣūl fī ‘ilm al-biḥār The masterpiece of stallions in the introduction to the principles of marine science Mahrī, Sulaymān ibn Aḥmad Mahrī, Sulaiman bin Ahmad
Sulaymān ibn Aḥmad ibn Sulaymān al-Mahrī
Arabic
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Ascent to Success: Commentary on the Light of Clarity
Egyptian legal scholar Hasan al-Shurunbulali
Arabic
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'CONFIDENTIAL 86/7-II B-35 OIL TRUCIAL COAST & OMAN'
Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. Shaikhs and the formation of a new company
ara,eng,fas
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File 522/1922 Pt 4 'Persian Gulf: Bahrein: Internal'
the Baharnah community in Bahrain complaining about oppression by the Bahrain Government
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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'CONFIDENTIAL 86/7-III B.36. TRUCIAL COAST.'
the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company
ara,eng,fas
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‘16/23-III Miscellaneous – Payments of Military Pension from the Bahrain Treasury and other Correspondence regarding’
the Agency An office of the East India Company and
eng,fas,hin,pan,tam
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'File 9/1 VI Import of Arms and Ammunition'
the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima. of Sharjah
ara,eng
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'File XXXIV/3 PROLONGATION of COMMERCIAL TREATY. 1919-1931'
the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative
ara,eng
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Kitāb al-ṭibb al-jadīd al-kīmāwī ta’līf Barākalsūs al-jarmānī wa-Kitāb Karūlīyūs ayḍan The book of new chemical medicine written by the German Paracelsus and the book of Crolius as well Ḥalabī, Ṣāliḥ Naṣr Allāh ibn Sallūm Halabi, Saleh Nasrallah bin Salloum
Shalih ibn Nasser Allah ibn Salloum al-Halabi
Arabic
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‘File 7/1 III Kuwait Order in Council and Jurisdiction over Foreigners’
the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. . The main correspondents in the file are as follows: the Kuwait Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative
ara,eng
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'File K/19 Interviews of foreigners with the Political Agent and the Political Resident'
the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative
ara,eng
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‘19/10 VISITS OF FOREIGN NOTABILITIES TO BAHRAIN’
foreign dignitaries. Correspondents in the file include the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative
ara,eng
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'File E 8/V. Shaikh Faisal bin Saud's Visit to London'
the King George V and Queen Mary
ara,eng
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'File 17/28 Government Motor Vehicles for Agency'
an agent. : a Humber Super Snipe Saloon and an Austin Sixteen Shooting Brake. Near the beginning of the file the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative
ara,eng
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Kitāb ḥudūth al-ḥarf The Book of the Occurrence of the Letter Avicenna Ibn Sina
Abū 'Alī al-Ḥusayn ibn ʻAbd Allāh
Arabic
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'File 2/4 II TAXATION of SHAIKH’S DATE GARDENS.'
the Shaikh of Kuwait
ara,eng
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'File 19/2 III The Honourable the Political Resident's tours'
Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
ara,eng
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File 2/5 XI 'SHAIKH'S DATE GARDENS'
the heirs of the former owners of the Al Faddaghiyeh
ara,eng
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Kitāb al-Majisṭī Book of the Almagest Ptolemy Ptolemy
al-Ḥajjāj ibn Yūsuf ibn Maṭar
Arabic
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The Most Wondrous of Crafts in Arrangement of Paths
the Hanafi scholar Abu Bakr al-Kasani
Arabic
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File 4673/1919 Pt 3 ‘Persian Gulf: Bahrein Mission to England 1919. Political business of Mission’
King George V at Buckingham Palace
ara,eng
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'File 38/1 II P. C. L. Exploration'
Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
ara,eng
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al-Durr al-naqī fī fann al-mūsīqī The pure Durr in the musical art Mawṣilī, Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥman Mawsili, Ahmed bin Abdul Rahman
Abū Ṣāliḥ al-Sayyid Aḥmad al-Rifā‘ī ibn ‘Abd al-Raḥmān
Arabic
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'File 3/2 Interference with Kuwait Sailing Craft on High Seas by Persian warships.'
Persian warships and other vessels
ara,eng,fas
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File 3540/1916 'MESOPOTAMIA 1919 PORTION (1)'
British officials relating to the British occupation of Mesopotamia [Iraq] in the period February 1916 to August 1919 covering topics such as criminal procedure regulations
ara,eng
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'File 8/62 Muscat State Affairs: Principal Shaikhs and Tribes of Oman'
Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
ara,eng
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'File 17/15 Government property: advances for the purchase and upkeep of cars'
an agent. and Yousuf Abdul-Rehman Fakhroo
ara,eng
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Coll 17/9 'Termination of Mandate: protection of Iraqi interests abroad; renunciation of capitulations'
HMG Her or His Majesty’s Government in London. to protect the rights of Iraqi subjects in foreign countries until such time as Iraq has appointed her own representatives. Correspondence dated 1933 concerns a petition made by an Iraqi subject
ara,eng
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Two treatises on medicine
a Lebanese Maronite Christian
Arabic
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'File 36/28 Quotas of Motor Spare Parts Fixed for Bahrain and Trucial Coast'
Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. . The correspondence in the file is primarily between the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and
ara,eng
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Mūjaz Kummī A brief summary
a large worm-hole. Begins
Persian
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'Political'
the Sultan's brother
ara,eng
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'File 11/29 Policy of H.M.Government regarding Arabian affairs'
the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative
ara,eng
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'File 4/1 General Information regarding Kuwait and Hinterland'
Alan Villiers in 1939
ara,eng
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'14/85 I CORRESPONDENCE REGARDING SUCCESSION OF CHIEFS OF RAS AL KHAMIA'
the British Government. Correspondents include the Residency An office of the East India Company and
ara,eng
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Tashrīḥ al-aflāk Anatomy of the spheres ‘Āmilī, Bahā’ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn Ameli, Bahaa al-Din Muhammad ibn Hussein
Bahā’ al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn al-‘Āmilī
Arabic
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Marrākushī, al-Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī Marrakshi, Al-Hasan bin Ali
Sharaf al-Din Abū ‘Alī al-Ḥasan ibn ‘Alī ibn ‘Umar al-Marrākushī
Arabic
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Sharḥ al-Majisṭī Explanation of the Almagest Birjandī, ʻAbd al-ʻAlī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn Burjandi, Abd al-Ali ibn Muhammad ibn Hussein
‘Abd al-‘Alī ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥusayn al-Birjandī
Arabic
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Kashshāf iṣṭilāḥāt al-funūn Exploration of Arts Terminology Tahānawī, Muḥammad Aʿlá ibn ʻAlī Tahānwi, Muhammad Alaa bin Ali
the Mughal scholar Muḥammad Aʻlá ibn ʿAlī ibn al-Qāḍī Muḥammad Ḥāmid ibn Muḥammad ibn Ṣābir al-Fārūqī al-Tahānawī
ara,fas
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'[Un-numbered file] Books etc: Transliteration of vernacular names and places'
the Permanent Committee on Geographical Names for British Official Use
ara,eng
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www.qdl.qa
Undetermined
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Kitāb al-milal wa-al-duwwal The Book of Mills and States Abū Ma‘shar Abu Ma’shar
Abū Ma‘shar Ja‘far ibn Muḥammad ibn ‘Umar al-Balkhi
Arabic
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Excerpts from the Risālah fī al-Ṣināʿah al-falsafīyah (A treatise on philosophical industry) al-Sayyid al-Sharīf al-Bukhārī al-Naqshabandī Mr. Sharif al-Bukhari al-Naqshbandī
al-Sayyid al-Sharīf al-Bukhārī al-Naqshabandī
Arabic
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'File 2/2 II Kuwait-Iraq Smuggling'
the Shaikh of Kuwait to the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative
ara,eng
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Two extracts on tuberculosis
Abū al-Ḥasan Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭabarī al-Turunjī
Arabic
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'File 86/1 II (D 78) Kuwait Oil. Eastern and General Syndicate'
Major Frank Holmes on behalf of the Eastern and General Syndicate Limited. The correspondence focuses on a proposed clause in the draft concession agreement
ara,eng
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'File 11/2: Jamileh and 4 others slave girls - Correspondence re.'
an agent. in Bahrain. The file includes documents in Arabic
ara,eng
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'Muscat, Wazir of - Appointment, Leave, Pay, etc'
Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr]. Also discussed is the Muscat Levy Corps budget: the object
ara,eng
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Miscellany of texts on gemstones, Ottoman sultans, and herbs
a page of notes
Arabic
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'File 32/2 Cases before Foreign Judicial Courts'
an agent.
ara,eng,tur
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‘File 22/21 Shaikh Sultan bin Salim of Ras-Al-Khaimah’
the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima. . The correspondence discusses tensions and sporadic conflict that arose between Shaikh Sultan and members of his family
ara,eng
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al-Qarābādhīn ʿalá tartīb al-ʿilal Al-Qarābīn in the order of causes Najīb al-Dīn al-Samarqandī, Muḥammad ibn ʻAlī Najib al-Din al-Samarqandi, Muhammad ibn Ali
Ailment by Najīb al-Dīn Abū Ḥāmid Muḥammad ibn ‘Alī ibn ‘Umar al-Samarqandī
Arabic
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‘File 16/32 VII Correspondence with the Bushire Residency’
an agent. in Bahrain. The file is a direct chronological continuation of ‘File 16/32 VI Routine correspondence with Bushire Residency’
ara,eng
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'Customs Duty on Goods Landed at Bahrain in Transit to the Mainland'
the Ruler of Bahrain of a charge of 5% customs duty
ara,eng
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'File 5/1 III Kuwait Oil Company'
ara,eng,fas,fra
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‘Persian Gulf Copies of engagements with the maritime Chiefs in the Persian Gulf for the suppression of the slave trade furnished to the Hon’ble the Court of Directors – Vol: 5’
the Qāsimī tribe from Ras al Khaima.
ara,eng
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'File 32/7 (4/6) Bahrain Cinemas'
an agent. in Bahrain and Charles Belgrave
ara,eng
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‘16/81 Re: Somalis Arrived in Bahrain’
the survivors of their shipwrecking and journey to Bahrain
ara,eng
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Bahrain Agency accounts
an agent. in Bahrain
ara,eng
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'File 5/17 Dr Mann'
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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Two medical texts
the use in the colophon Section at the end of a manuscript text.
Arabic
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'File 10/7 III Trade and Commerce. Registration of trademarks and protection of inventions in the Bahrain Island'
Abdul Rahman Noor Alfarsi
ara,eng
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'File 3/21 Political Officer, Qatar and Political Affairs, Qatar'
an agent.
ara,eng