1st Edition

The Emergence Of Qatar

By Rahman Copyright 2005
    330 Pages
    by Routledge

    330 Pages
    by Routledge

    First published in 2006. The history of Qatar from the Portuguese bombardment of 1627 to the conclusion of the Treaty of 1916 is a hitherto untold story of destructions, wars, battles, conflicts, intrigues, conspiracy and strategic contests originating in the ashes of the north-west coast of the peninsula and brought to a conclusion at al-Bida (later Doha). The present work examines the years of frustration and upheaval that led to the emergence of Qatar

    1 Historical and Geo-Political Setting 2 The Shifting Balance from Zubara to Al-Bida 3 The Struggle for Power in Bahrain and the Fall of Bin Tarif 4 Bin Thani and the Unification of Qatar 5 The Ottomans in al-Bida and the Ascendancy of Shaikh Jasim 6 The 1895 Zubara Tragedy and the Aftermath 7 Struggle for British Protection 8 The Last Phase of Shaikh Jasim's Rulership and the Zakhnuniyah Crisis 9 The Baghdad Railway and the Status of Qatar 10 Summary and Concluding Remarks.

    Biography

    Habibur Rahman