Mubarak bin Rashid Al Khater
Mubarak bin Rashid Jassim Al Khater (
Arabic: الأستاذ مبارك بن راشد جاسم الخاطر, born in 1935 in Muharraq, died 2001) was a Bahraini historian, writer, and poet.[1][2] He attended the Al-Hidaya Al-Khalifia Boys' School in Muharraq, then finished secondary school in Manama with a diploma in commerce.[3] He worked after graduation at the Courts Administration, a division of the Ministry of Justice (1955-1967), the Ministry of Waqf (1967-1982), and the Ministry of Information (1982-1994). Retiring in 1994, he belonged to the National Council for Culture, Arts, and Literature, Sunni Waqf Council, Union of Arab Historians, the Al Eslah Society, the International Islamic Literature Association
, and the Bahrain History and Antiquities Society.
Among the most influential historians of the region, he played a key role in documenting the early history of the Arab states of the Persian Gulf with a wide body of non-fiction and poetic work starting in the late 1960s.[4]
Books
- نابغة البحرين عبد الله الزايد (“Bahrain’s Genius: Abdullah Al Zayed”), 1972
- القاضي الرئيس قاسم بن مهزع (“Presiding Judge Qasim bin Mehza”), 1975
- الكتابات الأولى الحديثة لمثقفي البحرين (“The First Modern Writings of Bahrain’s Intellectuals”), 1978
- المنتدى الإسلامي (“Islamic Forum”), 1981
- الأديب الكاتب ناصر الخيري (“The Writer, Nasser al-Khairy”), 1982
- مسرحية العلاء بن الحضرمي لعبد الرحمن المعاودة (دراسة واستقراء) (“Abdulrahman Al Ma'awda’s Play Al-Ala al-Hadhrami [study and analysis]”)
- المغمورون الثلاثة (“The Three Virtues”)
- ابن مانع بين الخليج والجزيرة العربية (“Muhammad bin Abdul Aziz al-Mani Between the Gulf and the Arabian Peninsula”)
- شعراء النهضة الحديثة في الخليج (“Poets of the Modern Gulf Renaissance”)
- العلاقة الثقافية بين السعودية والبحرين خلال قرنين (“The Cultural Relationship between Saudi Arabia and Bahrain over Two Centuries”)
- دخول البحرين في الإسلام (“The Islamization of Bahrain”)
- ديوان عبد الله الزائد، (“The Diwan of Abdullah Al Zayed”), 1996
- المؤسسات الثقافية الأولى في الكويت (“The First Cultural Institutions of Kuwait”), 1997
- رجل ومولد قرن، مبارك سيف الناخي (المراسلات) (“A Man and the Birth of a Century: The Correspondence of Mubarak Sayf Nakhi”), 2000
- مضبطة المشروع الأول للتعليم الحديث في البحرين (“The Legacy of the First Project of Modern Education in Bahrain”), 2000
- بواكير العلاقة الثقافية والتعليمية بين بلاد الشام والخليج العربي،(1900 – 1950) (“Early Cultural and Educational Relationship Between the Levant and the Gulf: 1900—1950”)
- مقدمة في تاريخ التعليم في البحرين (“An Introduction to the History of Education in Bahrain”)
- مقدمة في تاريخ البلديات في البحرين، (1918 – 1984) (“An Introduction to the History of Municipalities in Bahrain: 1918—1984”)
- مقدمة في تاريخ الصحة في البحرين، (1894-1984) (“An Introduction to the History of Medicine in Bahrain: 1894—1984”)
- مفهوم العمل لدى سمو الشيخ زايد (“The Concept of Work according to His Highness Sheikh Zayed”)
- مفهوم اصطلاحي جديد للتراث الأهلي (“A New Authentic Idea of Civic Tradition”)
- كتاب من عدة أجزاء عن حركة الثقافة في الخليج في المنتصف الأول للقرن العشرين (“Cultural History of the Gulf in the Mid-20th Century”)
- Other work
Poetry
- أحاديث سمك (“Fishing Hadiths”, poetry collection, Cairo: Wahba, 1999)
- الصك (“The Instrument,” poetry collection, Cairo: Wahba, 2001)
- شيئًا من الإصغاء يا سادة (“Some Listening, Gentlemen,” manuscript)[1]
Conferences
He attended many literary and scientific conferences and festivals, including the following:
- International Islamic Youth Conference, Libya, 1974
- 1st Gulf Historical Studies Conference sponsored by Qatar University, Abu Dhabi, 1979)
- Biography of the Proper Conference, Doha, 1979
- 1st Author-Imam Conference, Medina
- 4th Gulf Studies Conference, 1981
- GCC Arab Poetry Festival, Riyadh, 1988[1]
Awards
He has received many awards, decorations, and certificates of appreciation, including the following:
- Arab Historian Medal, Union of Arab Historians, 1987
- State Appreciation Prize in Literature and Intellectual Work and National Order of Merit, 1992[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "مبارك الخاطر". Al Moajam. Archived from the original on March 8, 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ "الأستاذ مبارك بن راشد الخاطر". Maqalati. February 11, 2007. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ "مبارك الخاطر في "الجزيرة الثقافي"". Akhbar Al Khaleej. November 25, 2017. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ Mohammed, Saeed (March 2, 2017). "بن عربي يستعرض جوانب من حياة مبارك الخاطر من خلال مؤلفاته". Al-Wasat (Bahraini newspaper). No. 5291. Retrieved 22 April 2021.