Bahrain through the ages : the history / edited by Abdullah bin Khalid al-Khalifa, and Michael Rice ; introduction by Tariq Almoayed.

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 portuguerse 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 born Salm, ruler of al-Qatif in the 3rd/9th century; c.dalrymple belgrave: the early years as adviser in Bahrain; tradiontional techniques of navigation in the seas of Bahrain.......