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PATRON
His Highness Shaikh Isa bin Sulman A1 - Khalifa
Amir of the State of Bahrain.
Editorial
The 1 Winter ’ edition is unfortunately
late this year due to production problems.
It is encouraging to note how the Society
has broadened its horizons during the past
year. Overseas membership has increased, we
are now represented in Saudi Arabia, United
Kingdom, Australia and Belgium. The British
Museum and the Universities of Cambridge,
London and Durham have also shown consider­
able interest in the Society and in the work
that it is undertaking.
The Photographic project is beginning to
show signs of progress. Pen and Ink drawings
were made of Bait Farouk before the house
was demolished and both drawings and photo­
graphs were used to record details of Shaikh
President Mr. Mohamed Eshaq
Vice President Mr. Khalid Zayani
Secretary Mrs. Marguerite Coady
Treasurer Mr. Ahmed Fakhri
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Honorary Members.
H. E. Shaikh Abdulaziz Mohamed Al-Khalifa.
Sir Mortiner Wheeler C.H., K.T., C.LE., M.C.
Mr. Thomas Geoffrey Bibby.
Mr. Frederick Day.
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Hamed’s Majlis, which is also due for
demolition.
The sketches and photographs, the work
of enthusiastic members of the Society, will be
presented to the Museum where they will serve
as a permanent record of Bahrain’s archi­
tectural past.
The Society’s magazine has, as always,
received considerable support by outside con­
tributors and I would like to thank in parti­
cular Professor Edith Porada, Dr. Abdul Latif
Kanoo, Mrs Maria Kanoo, Mr John Clingly,
Mr Abdulaziz Fakhro, Dr. Ali Taqi, Mr Ahmed
Bahlool, Mr AbdulRahman Ali Al-Saad, Mr
Abdulla Shirawi, Mr Jalil Ali Al-Saad together
with the Ministry of Information. Special
thanks should go to Mrs Anne Homfray who
undertook the layout and Mrs Toni Bernardy
and Mr Mohamed Murad Saleh for the proof
reading of the English and Arabic articles.
Editor Marguerite G. Coady
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1. One of the Dilmun Seals found in Bahrain in
the 1950’s. These seals were used in Bahrain by
traders 4,000 years ago.
The Bull’s Head found at the Temple of Barbar
in Bahrain, dates from about 2.500 B.C.
3. The stone with a cuneiform, found in Bahrain
in the 19th Century, tells of “the servant of the
god Inzak”. is known from the Babylonian
god-lists as the principal god of Dilmun. “Place
of Rimum, servant of the god Inzak, of the
tribe of Aqarum.”
4. The Qibla Stone from the Suq A1 - Kamis
Mosque, indicates the direction of prayer.
Suq Al-Khamis is the oldest existing Moslem
building in Bahrain and dates from the 11th
century.