Bahrain through the ages :
Bahrain through the ages : the history /
edited by Abdullah bin Khalid al-Khalifa, and Michael Rice ; introduction by Tariq Almoayed.
- London ; New York : Kegan Paul International, 1993.
- xiii, 621 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Selected papers of a conference held Dec. 1983 in Bahrain and organized by Bahrain's Ministry of Information.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The role of Bahrain in Mohammad Ali's attempt to establish a unified Arab nation - The inhabitants of Bahrain at the emergence of Islam - Bahrain in the seventh century - The Portuguese in Bahrain and its environs - Documentation of the modern history of Bahrain from American sources (1900–1938) - Reference works on Bahrain - The coinage of Mismar b. Salm, ruler of al-Qațif in the 3rd/9th century - C. Dalrymple Belgrave : the early years as Adviser in Bahrain - Bahrain in the Second World War - Traditional techniques of navigation in the seas of Bahrain - The contribution of Portuguese sources and documents in recording the history of Bahrain in the first half of the sixteenth century - Bahrain, the Gulf and trading contracts with South India and the Far East - Bahrain according to Arab geographers and historians from the ninth century to Ibn Battuta - Early visual documentation of Bahrain - Some issues in the history of Bahrain - The Bahrain of the geographers - Bahrain in early Islam - The Utoob in the eighteenth century - Bahraini trade, from the 'Utub conquest until the appearance of oil - An Arab pharmacopoea of the Gulf region - The art of printing in Bahrain 1913–1948 - Bahrain in a description by Ahmad ibn Majid, AD 1490 - A reconsideration of the history of Bahrain - Sassanid dirhams from the island of Tarut - Trade relations between Bahrain and Iraq in the Middle Ages - Commerce and coins in medieval Bahrain - The development of the postal service in Bahrain - Competition for Bahrain during the early decades of al-Khalifa rule, especially in the years 1799–1803 - The establishment of the shaikhdom of Bahrain in historical perspective - Customary irrigation law among the Baharnah of Bahrain - The Dutch East India Company and Bahrain - Bahrain according to the Annali Dell' Islam of Caetani, 1–40 AH - The secret alphabet on the map of an anonymous Portuguese sailor : a new document for the history of Bahrain - Some British views of Bahrain : the work of the Bombay Marine and Indian Navy, 1785–1863 - Frontier relationships between Bahrain and Oman - Anglo-American rivalry in Bahrain, 1918–47 - Aspects of the life of Shaikh Muhammad bin Khalifa bin Salman bin Ahmad al-Khalifa.
071030272x
Bahrain--History--Congresses.
DS247.B25 / B34 1993
Selected papers of a conference held Dec. 1983 in Bahrain and organized by Bahrain's Ministry of Information.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The role of Bahrain in Mohammad Ali's attempt to establish a unified Arab nation - The inhabitants of Bahrain at the emergence of Islam - Bahrain in the seventh century - The Portuguese in Bahrain and its environs - Documentation of the modern history of Bahrain from American sources (1900–1938) - Reference works on Bahrain - The coinage of Mismar b. Salm, ruler of al-Qațif in the 3rd/9th century - C. Dalrymple Belgrave : the early years as Adviser in Bahrain - Bahrain in the Second World War - Traditional techniques of navigation in the seas of Bahrain - The contribution of Portuguese sources and documents in recording the history of Bahrain in the first half of the sixteenth century - Bahrain, the Gulf and trading contracts with South India and the Far East - Bahrain according to Arab geographers and historians from the ninth century to Ibn Battuta - Early visual documentation of Bahrain - Some issues in the history of Bahrain - The Bahrain of the geographers - Bahrain in early Islam - The Utoob in the eighteenth century - Bahraini trade, from the 'Utub conquest until the appearance of oil - An Arab pharmacopoea of the Gulf region - The art of printing in Bahrain 1913–1948 - Bahrain in a description by Ahmad ibn Majid, AD 1490 - A reconsideration of the history of Bahrain - Sassanid dirhams from the island of Tarut - Trade relations between Bahrain and Iraq in the Middle Ages - Commerce and coins in medieval Bahrain - The development of the postal service in Bahrain - Competition for Bahrain during the early decades of al-Khalifa rule, especially in the years 1799–1803 - The establishment of the shaikhdom of Bahrain in historical perspective - Customary irrigation law among the Baharnah of Bahrain - The Dutch East India Company and Bahrain - Bahrain according to the Annali Dell' Islam of Caetani, 1–40 AH - The secret alphabet on the map of an anonymous Portuguese sailor : a new document for the history of Bahrain - Some British views of Bahrain : the work of the Bombay Marine and Indian Navy, 1785–1863 - Frontier relationships between Bahrain and Oman - Anglo-American rivalry in Bahrain, 1918–47 - Aspects of the life of Shaikh Muhammad bin Khalifa bin Salman bin Ahmad al-Khalifa.
071030272x
Bahrain--History--Congresses.
DS247.B25 / B34 1993