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'North end of Awali.' Photographer: Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons
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Genre/Subject Matter: Image of the north end of Awali, a municipality in Bahrain, populated by workers from the Bahrain Petroleum Company. Inscriptions: Below image, in pen: 'N end of Awali' Below image, in pencil: ‘499’
'Manama' Photographer: Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons
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Genre/Subject Matter: View in Manama, Bahrain through an archway. Figure in the foreground at right. Inscriptions: Below image, in pen: ‘Manama’ Below image, in pencil: ‘500’
'Portuguese Fort, Bahrain'. Photographer: Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons
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Genre/Subject Matter: View from the walls of the Portuguese Fort, Bahrain towards a palm plantation. Crumbling ramparts at left. Inscriptions: Below image, in pen: 'Portuguese Fort, Bahrain' Below image, in pencil: ‘501’
'N. L. at Portuguese fort.' Photographer: Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons
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Genre/Subject Matter: View at the Portuguese Fort, with a European man and woman at left in the foreground. Crumbling ramparts at left in the background. Inscriptions: Below image, in pen: 'N. L. at Portuguese fort’ Below image, in pencil: ‘502’
'Mosque – Suq el Khamis' Photographer: Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons
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Genre/Subject Matter: View of the ruined mosque at Suq el Khamis [Khamis Mosque], Manama, Bahrain, built during the era of the Umayyad caliph Umar II. Two minarets along the horizon. Inscriptions: Below image, in pen: 'Mosque – Suq el Khamis' Below image, in pencil: ‘503’
'Mosque at Suq el Khamis' Photographer: Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons
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Genre/Subject Matter: View of the ruined mosque at Suq el Khamis [Khamis Mosque], Manama, Bahrain, built during the era of the Umayyad caliph Umar II. Two figures at far left. Inscriptions: Below image, in pen: 'Mosque at Suq el Khamis' Below image, in pencil: ‘504’
'Jetty at Sitra.' Photographer: Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons
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Genre/Subject Matter: View of the jetty at Sitra, Manama, Bahrain. Two large liners are visible at centre and left in the background. Various cranes and other moving equipment is visible. Inscriptions: Below image, in pen: 'Jetty at Sitra' Below image, in pencil: ‘505’
'British Sailor.' Photographer: Arthur Edward Broadbent Parsons
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Genre/Subject Matter: View from the stern of a steamship, ‘British Sailor’, at sail. Inscriptions: Below image, in pen: 'British Sailor' Below image, in pencil: ‘507’
Taḥrīr kitāb al-majisṭī تحرير كتاب المجسطي Ptolemy بطلميوس Ṭūsī, Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad طوسي، نصير الدين محمد بن محمد
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The Almagest (كتاب المجسطي), an Arabic version of the Μαθηματικῆς σύνταξις of Ptolemy (Claudius Ptolemaeus; c 90-c 168), in the annotated edition (تحرير) of Naṣīr al-Dīn Muḥammad ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭūsī (نصير الدين محمد بن محمد الطوسي; d. 1274). This was the most influential and enduring astronomic...
Miscellany of texts on gemstones, Ottoman sultans, and herbs
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An anonymous notebook containing texts on gemstones, Ottoman sultans, and herbs, interspersed with notes and a prayer. Divisions of the text: (1) Lughat al-jawhar wa-asmāʾ al-jawāhir wa-manāfiʿhā (كتاب لغة الجوهر واسماء الجواهر ومنافعها, ff.1v-20v); A text enumerating different types of gemsto...
