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The article contains twenty research points that have been discussed from the perspective of bibliography, biography (Tarajem), Rijal, history, geopgraphy and other aspects based on the findings of the manuscripts and their analysis to understand ancient Bahrain and the place of Shia there. Among these points in bibliography are: significance of Bahraini scholars’ ownerships on and possessions of manuscripts in 1129 A.H., the collection of manuscript articles of 9th century written by Bahraini scholar, writing of Mohaqqiq Karaki’s treatise on invalidators of prayers (Khalal al-Salat), Ali ibn Sulayman Bahrani’s possession of Sulaim’s book, Yasin Beladi’s note on borrowing the book, introducing some of exquisite scripts found in Ale Zain al-Deen Ahsaee’s library, Ahsaee scholars’ possession of the script of Intikhab al-Jayyid Damestani (Good Choice by Damestani). There is also some points on historiography of ancient Bahrain such as Ahsaee scholars migration to Iran, Basra, and Najaf as a result of factors like Wahhabis’ invasion in 13th century and its documents and the detailed account of the conquest of Qatif in 10th century. Introducing Ahsaee families like Ale Aithan family and its well-known men such as Sheikh Hussein Sheikh Muhammad is also among the re􀀐 search subjects addressed here. Geographical points of ancient Bahrain including a list of villages in the re􀀐 gion based on colophons of the manuscripts, the Persian village of Awal and Mohammad ibn Hirz Bahrani in 11th century, the village of Nadid in Ahsa’ and a number of its scholars such as Sayyid Hossein ibn Ahmad Nadidi, and Qabr al-’ajam which is a tomb in Qatif region are mentioned as well.