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Dilmun Magazine
Bahrain Historical and Archaeological Society

Mohamed ‘Ali Al-Tajer and His Book نيرحبلا راثآو خيرات ةيعمج
نيرحبلا راثآو خيرات ةيعمج
‘Aqd al-La’al fi Tarikh Awal: A Critical
Study

Abstract

At the beginning of the twentieth centu-
ry, Bahrain witnessed great cultural ac-
tivity that was reflected in the intellectu-
al output of the time. Names appeared
in the various fields associated with
culture, thought, and literature, and the
prevailing sentiment among intellectu-
als and politicians was that the estab-
lishment of a national identity and the
push towards modernization required
that attention be given to the heritage
and history of Bahrain.

Among the writers who contributed to
the recording of Bahrain’s history was
Mohamed bin ‘Ali Al-Tajer, the author
of ‘Aqd al-La’al fi Tarikh Awal. His work
is divided into four sections: the first is
entitled “The Ancient Geography of Bah-
5 th Research rain, Its Islands, and the Condition of Its
Inhabitants Before Islam”; the second
“The Ancient History of Bahrain Until
the Spread of Islam”; the third “Bahrain
in the Islamic Era Until the Year 1783”;
and the fourth “The History of Bahrain
from the Beginning of the Reign of the
Al Khalifa Until the Year 1923”. The au-
thor relied on a number of works deal-
ing with history, geography, language,
and heritage alongside his being con-
temporary with some of the events, par-
ticularly those of the reign of Shaikh ‘Isa
bin ‘Ali Al Khalifa. His approach depend-

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