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- Al-Wafi tree by Abu Saeeda, Hussein. Beirut, Lebanon :Dar Sader Publishers, 2015. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library
- "المشجر الوافي في السلسلة الراديوية / أبو سعيدة، حسين
- 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.
- Al-Mashjar al-Kashshaf’s book of the origins of the noble masters, called Bahr al-Ansab by Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Umaid al-Din Ali al-Husayni al-Najfi and Abu Saeeda, Hussein. Beirut, Lebanon :Dār al-Maḥaǧǧa al-Baīḍāʼ, 2020. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library
- "كتاب المشجر الكشاف لأصول السادة الأشراف المسمى بحر الأنساب نسابة، محمد بن أحمد بن عميد الدين علي الحسيني النجفي , أبو سعيدة، حسين
- 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
- Dictionary of Arabic Genealogy by Al Qasimi, Khalid bin Mohammed. Alexandria, Egypt :Dar al-Kutub Waldirasat al-Earabiati,, 2017. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library
- "معجم الأنساب العربية / القاسمي، خالد بن محمد،
- Dictionary of genealogies of the tribes of the Arabian Peninsula by Zubaydi, Majid Nasir. Beirut, Lebanon :Al-Rafidain House,, 2010. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library
- "معجم انساب قبائل الجزيرة العربية /
- Dictionary of genealogies and ruling families in Islamic history by Zambaur, Eduard Karl Max von and Hassan Muhammad Zaki. Cairo, Egypt :Dar Alkutub Walwathayiq Alqawmiati,, 2016. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library
- "معجم الانساب والاسرات الحاكمة في التاريخ الاسلامي / حسن محمد زكي
- 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،
- The chosen saying regarding the news of the Al-Amoudi family by Al-Nakhabi, Abdullah bin Ahmed bin Mohsen. Amman, Jordan :Dar Alfath Lildirasat Walnashri,, 2005. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library
- "القول المختار فيما لآل العمودي من الأخبار / الناخبي، عبد الله بن أحمد بن محسن
- The lineage of Ma'ad and Greater Yemen by Al-Mundhir Hisham ibn Muhammad ibn al-Sa'ib al-Kalbi and Naji Hassan. Damascus, Syria :Dar Alyaqazat Alearabia,, 1988. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library
- "نسب معد واليمن الكبير / المنذر هشام بن محمد بن السائب الكلبي, ناجي حسن
- The masters of the Alawi family, the Aridis, the Husseinis, their origins, their genealogy, their knowledge, their method by Hatim bin Muhammad bin Alawi Al-Sheikhan, Al-Jafri. Beirut, Lebanon :Menşuratü'd-Difaf,, 2017. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library
- "ألسادة آل علوي العريضيون الحسينيون أصولهم أنسابهمأ علامهم طريقتهم / حاتم بن محمد بن علوي آل شيخان, الجفري
- The origins of Sadat’s genealogies in the world by Abu Sa'ida, Hussein . Beirut, Lebanon :Dār al-Maḥajjah al-Bayḍāʼ lil-Ṭibāʻah wa-al-Nashr wa-al-Tawzīʻ, 2020. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library
- "أصول أنساب السادات في العالم / أبو سعيدة، حسين
- The pure tree in the genealogies and biographies of the family of the Prophet: among them are the Alawite Sayyids of the Shafi’iyya al-Husayniyyah: Among their families are the Sayyids of the Jamal al-Layl family, 319 AH - 1436 AH/ by Youssef bin Abdullah. al-Riyāḍ, Saudi Arabia :Maktabat al-Tawbah,, 2015. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library
- "الشجرة الزكية في الأنساب وسير آل بيت النبوة : منهم السادة العلوية الشافعية الحسينية : من عوائلهم، السادة آل جمل الليل، 319 ھ - 1436 ھ / جمل الليل، يوسف بن عبد الله،
- Quoting Al-Anwar and Seeking Flowers in the Genealogies of the Companions and Narrators of Antiquities by Al-Lakhmi, Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Hisham. Beirut, Lebanon :Dar Alkutub Aleilmia, 1999. Online at: FamilySearch Digital Library
- "اقتباس الأنوار والتماس الأزهار في أنساب الصحابة ورواة الآثار / اللخمي، محمد بن أحمد بن هشام
- See Compiled Genealogies for more resources.
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Oral Genealogies[edit | edit source]
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Strategy[edit | edit source]
- 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.