Rahman

The Emergence Of Qatar

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 332
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. November 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 506g
• ISBN-13: 9781138989146
• ISBN-10: 1138989142
• Artikelnr.: 44313283

Autorenporträt

Habibur Rahman

Inhaltsangabe

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.