First Published in 1993. This volume is based on the papers delivered at the historical sessions of the conference 'Bahrain Through the Ages', organised in Bahrain on the initiative of the Government of the State of Bahrain, in December 1983. The papers are substantially the texts of those delivered at the Conference, adapted to printed form. This volume is the companion to 'Bahrain Through the Ages - the Archaeology'.
Introduction; 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 Mismiir b. Salm,
ruler of al-Qarif 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 'Utiib conquest until the appearance Ofoil; An Arab
pharmacopoea of the Gulf region; The art of printing in Bahrain 1913-1948;
Bahrain in a description by Al).mad ibn Majid, AD 1490; A reconsideration of
the history of Bahrain; Sassanid dirhams from the island of Tarot; 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
BaI:iarnah of Bahrain; The Dutch East India Company and Bahrain; Bahrain
according to the Annal Dell' Islam ofCaetani, 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
Mulhammad bin Khalifa bin Salman bin Al).mad al-Khalifa
Shaikh Abdullah bin Khalid Al-Khalifa, Michael Rice
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