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Key Historical Events. Treaties with Britain of 1882 and 1892 were replaced by a treaty of friendship which was signed on 15 Aug. 1971. Under the earlier treaties Britain had been responsible for Bahrain’s defence and foreign relations. On the same day the State of Bahrain declared its independence.
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Further Reading
Al-Khalifa, A. and Rice, M. (eds.) Bahrain through the Ages. London, 1993
Al-Khalifa, H. bin I.; First Light: Modern Bahrain and its Heritage. London, 1995
Lawson, F. H., Bahrain: The Modernization of Autocracy. Boulder, 1989
Unwin, P. T. H., Bahrain. [Bibliography]. London and Santa Barbara, 1984
National statistical office: Central Statistics Organization, Council of Ministers, Manama.
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Hunter, B. (1996). Bahrain. In: Hunter, B. (eds) The Statesman’s Year-Book. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271258_17
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