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Resources
Online Resources
- Al-Maktabah al-Shamilah (The Comprehensive Library) - Genealogy Category (Arabic) - catalogue of Arabic books on genealogy with detailed descriptions; books not accessible directly on website
- Arab Genealogy Books Online at FamilySearch Library; open access collection of Arabic genealogy books that have been digitized and can be browsed by country/region. They contain valuable information about tribal histories and family lineages.
- Genealogical Science Library (Arabic - مكتبة علوم النسب) - digital catalogue of Arabic books on family and tribal genealogies; open source books are linked and accessible
- Email: olomanasb@gmail.com
- Genealogy books at Isa Cultural Center - The National Library of Bahrain. Book borrowing information can be found here. Questions and requests can be sent to: xasklibrarian@icc.gov.bh.
- Gold bullion in the knowledge of Arab tribes by Swede, Muhammad Amin and Qalqashandi, Ahmad ibn Ali. Beirut, Lebanon Dār al-Kutub al-ʻIlmīyah,, 2016. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library
- "سبائك الذهب في معرفة قبائل العرب / سويدي، محمد أمين،, قلقشندي، أحمد بن علي،
- See Compiled Genealogies for more resources.
Print Publications
Background
Types of Records
Information Recorded in the Records
Oral Genealogies
- See Oral Genealogies for more resources.
Strategy
- See Compiled Genealogies for more online collections, catalogs, and repositories.
- Some repositories or societies may have additional compiled genealogies. See Bahrain Archives and Libraries and Bahrain Societies for more resources.