WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNAL FILES

Country Profiles

from BBC Country Profiles; from World Desk Reference ; from Nations Encyclopedia; from Wikipedia; from CIA World Factbook, countries - Bahrain Library of Congress, Country Studies : Bahrain Encyclopedia of the Orient : Bahrain

Links, General

from Library of Congress, Portals to the World; from Hejleh; from BUBL, from dmoz List of Bahrain-related Topics, from Wikipedia; Category : Bahrain, from Wikipedia Country Briefing : Bahrain, from Al Bab

Links, on History

from Virtual Library History Category : History of Bahrain, from Wikipedia

Historical Maps

click here Atlas of Bahrain, from Wikipedia

Timelines

from BBC News; from timelines.ws

Accounts of History

Article History of Bahrain, from Wikipedia from Military Sealift Command from Encyclopedia of the Orient Bahrain Archipelago, from Ancient Near East Bahrain : the Pre-Islamic History, from nestorian.org from Crime and Society. A Comparative Criminology Tour of the World (Robert Winslow)

Encyclopedia Entries

Article Arabia, from EB 1902 Articles Persian Gulf, Arabia, Bahrein Islands, from EB 1911 Article Arabia, from Catholic Encyclopedia, 1908 edition Articles Arabien, Persischer Meerbusen, from Meyers Konversationslexikon 1885-1892, in German

Politics

Political Resources on the Net : Bahrain; Governments on the WWW : Bahrain; Article Politics of Bahrain, from Wikipedia Bahrain Profile, from International Crisis Group

Military

Orders, Decorations and Medals from the Amirate of Bahrain, from World Medals Bahrain Riots 1956, from Britain's Small Wars CASCON Case BAH : Bahrain 1970, by L.P. Bloomfield, L. Moulton Bahrain Military Guide, from Global Security

Economy & Finances

Global Currency History : Bahrain Article Economy of Bahrain, Bahrain Stock Exchange, Bahraini Dinar, from Wikipedia History of National Bank of Bahrain Company Histories : Gulf Air Company, Investcorp from Funding Universe

Ethnography

Languages of Bahrain (3), from Ethnologue Minorities at Risk, Bahrain - Shi'is World Directory of Minorities and Indigenous Peoples : Bahrain

Religion

Category Religion in Bahrain, from Wikipedia Chronology of Catholic Dioceses : Bahrain, from Kirken i Norge Bahrain, from Virtual Jewish History Tour; Bahrain, from International Association of Jewish Genealogical Societies - Cemetery Project

History of Cities

History of Manama, from Encyclopedia of the Orient, from Wikipedia

Institutions

History, from Arabian Gulf University, Manama History, from Bahrain Radio & Television Corporation History, from Bahrain International Airport Bahrain, from Airline History Structurae : Bahrain; search Lighthouse Explorer for Bahrain

Bibliographies

Search ISBN Database for Bahrain Online Books on the History of Bahraini Architecture, posted by ArchNet Books about Bahrain, has very detailed historical accounts Datenbasis Internationale Beziehungen und Länderkunde (Data Base on International Relations and Country Studies), keywords Bahrein, Bahrain (site in German, most titles listed in English; hundreds of entries; publications mostly since 1970) Search RHS Bibliography for Bahrain Search UK National Archive Online Library for Bahrain

Biographies

List of Arabs : Bahrainis, from Wikipedia

Others

Alcohol and Drugs History Society : Bahrain Crime and Society. A Comparative Criminology Tour of the World : Bahrain Disaster History by Country : Bahrain, from Relief Web; Category : Disasters in Bahrain, from Wikipedia Palearctic Ecoregion, from WWF Article : Bahrain at the Olympics, from Wikipedia Bondarevsky, Turning the Persian Gulf into a British Lake : British Domination of the Indian Ocean in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Century, posted on Maldives Culture

WEB-BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . EXTERNALLY POSTED DOCUMENTS

Lists of Statesmen

World Statesmen : Bahrain, by Ben Cahoon; Rulers : Bahrain, by B. Schemmel; Regnal Chronologies : Mesopotamia & Arabia, scroll down for Bahrain from World Rulers (E. Schulz, illustrated)

List of Ambassadors

List of Ambassadors from the United Kingdom to Bahrain, from Wikipedia; U.S. Ambassadors to Bahrain, from NNDB; Chinese Ambassadors to Bahrain, from PRC MOFA; Liste der Botschafter der Bundesrepublik Deutschland in Manama (Bahrain), from Wikipedia German edition

Population Figures

Historical Population Statistics, Bahrain, from Population Statistics at Univ. Utrecht Population of Cities : Bahrain, from City Population Historical Abortion Statistics : Bahrain, from Johnston's Archive

Modern Documents

History of the Arabian Peninsula, from World History Archives, scroll down for Bahrain List of Ratifications of International Labour Conventions by Bahrain, from ILO, 8 docs. since 1977 Internet Law Library : Bahrain; links to constitutions of 1973 and 2002 from Al Bab Search Hansard for Bahrain Search Papers Past for Bahrain (New Zealand Newspapers 1839-1920) Efim A. Rezvan, Russian Reports as a Source on the History of Arabia and the Gulf Region 1898-1904

Online Newspapers

links from Online Newspapers, from ABYZ News Links, from World Newspapers, from IPL

Election Results

from Psephos (since 2002); from IFES Election Guide (since 2001)

Archives, Musea, Libraries

Public Library, from Bahrain Ministry of Education Museums of Bahrain, from Araboo Bahrain National Museum, from Wikipedia

National Symbols

Flag, from FOTW; Coat of Arms, from Wikipedia; National Anthem, from National Anthems Net

Coins, Banknotes

Banknotes of Bahrain, from World Currency Museum, from Ron Wise's World Paper Money Coin Catalog of Bahrain, from Numismaticon; Bahrain coins, from World Coin Image Gallery; About Currency Museum, from Bahrain Monetary Agency

Stamps

Rare Bahrain Stamps, from Sandafayre Stamp Gallery

Others

License plates from Bahrain, from Francoplaque; from License Plates of the World Passport, from World Passports Historic Picture Postcards, from Postcardman, commercial site Airline Timetable Images : Bahrain

PRINTED REFERENCE

On the Middle East

Ritchie Ovendale, The Longman Companion to the Middle East since 1914, London etc.: Longman 1994 [G]

General Accounts

Encyclopaedia Britannica, 15th edition, Macropaedia, Vol.13, pp.823-825 Article Arabia : Bahrain KMLA Lib.Sign. R 032 B862h v.13 J.S. Buckingham, Travels in Assyria, Media, and Persia, including a journey from Bagdad by Mount Zagros, to Hamadan, the ancient Ecbatana, researches in Ispahan and the ruins of Persepolis, and journey from thence by Shiraz and Shapoor to the sea-shore. Description of Bussorah, Bushire, Bahrein, Ormuz, and Muscat, narrative of an expedition against the pirates of the Persian Gulf, with illustrations of the voyage of Nearchus, and passage by the Arabian Sea to Bombay (1829), posted on Internet Archive

Historical Dictionaries

Malcolm C. Peck, Historical Dictionary of the Gulf Arab States, Lanham Md. : Scarecrow 1997 [G]

Yearbooks

Article : Bahrein Islands, in : Statesman's Year Book 1895 pp.100-101, 1898 p.101, 1901 pp.109-110, 1905 pp.112-113, 1910 pp.100-101 [G]