History of Currency in the State of Bahrain
by Robert & Elisabeth
DARLEY-DORAN
issued by The Bahrain Monetary Agency 1417H/1996 AD
176 pages,
laminated jacket, cloth bound, illustrated throughout with color
photographs.
Contents: Bahrain and the Development of Trade before the
Invention of Coinage; The Development of Coinage up to the Birth of the
Prophet; Coinage in the time of the Prophet and in the Early Centuries
of the Muslim Community; Coinage in a Period of Political Diversity in
the Muslim World; The Coming of the Mongols and the Rise of Trading
States in Italy; The First Appearance of Europeans in the Gulf and the
Rise of the Three Great Islamic Empires; The Decline of the Three Great
Islamic Empires and the Rise of Local Consciousness in the Arabian
Peninsula; From the arrival of the Al Khalifa Family with the Discovery
of Oil in Bahrain; Coinage and Currency in Bahrain in the four decades
between the Discovery of Oil and the Establishment of the Bahrain
Monetary Agency; The Establishment of the Bahrain Monetary Agency and
its Role as the Central Monetary Institution of the state; Important
dates in the Monetary History of Bahrain.