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Format: 1 online resource (333 p.)

ISBN: 1-136-75369-9 , 0-429-23635-2 , 0-203-82092-4 , 1-283-84400-1 , 1-136-75370-2

Content: 〈P〉Rahman examines the wars, conflicts, intrigues, conspiracies, and strategic contests that were factors behind the comparatively late emergence of Qatar as an independent political entity. This is a significant contribution to the historical record and an important new resource for scholars and historians interested in the history of Qatar and the Gulf in general. 〈/P〉

Note: Description based upon print version of record. , ""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""List of Plates""; ""Glossary""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""1 Historical and Geo-Political Setting""; ""Qatar in Ancient and Medieval Times""; ""Towns and Topography in Modern Times""; ""The British Survey of Qatar""; ""Shaikhs and Tribes in Qatar""; ""Al-Thani Family""; ""The Major Powers""; ""2 The Shifting Balance from Zubara to Al-Bida""; ""The Foundation of Zubara""; ""The Rise of Zubara""; ""Zubara's Occupation of Bahrain""; ""Wahabi Rule and the Fall of Zubara""; ""The Ascendancy of bin Jaber"" , ""The Flight of bin Jaber""""The Emergence of al-Bida""; ""Conclusion""; ""3 The Struggle for Power in Bahrain and the Fall of Bin Tarif""; ""External Pressure on Bahrain""; ""Bahrain's Interference in al-Huwailah""; ""Bin Tarif""; ""British action against al-Bida""; ""British contact with bin Thani""; ""Bin Tarif in al-Bida""; ""The battle of Fuwairet""; ""Conclusion""; ""4 Bin Thani and the Unification of Qatar""; ""Bin Thani's move to Al-Bida""; ""Wahabi Plans to invade Bahrain""; ""Bin Thani's support for Faisal""; ""British Intervention""; ""Faisal's withdrawal"" , ""Collapse of the Peace Treaty""""The Problem of Zakat""; ""Bahraini Interference in Wakra""; ""Resumption of Tribute Payment""; ""Attack on Wakra and Doha""; ""The 1868 Treaty""; ""Unification of Qatar""; ""Conclusion""; ""5 The Ottomans in al-Bida and the Ascendancy of Shaikh Jasim""; ""Nejd Expedition""; ""Landing at al-Bida""; ""Struggle for Zubara""; ""Emergence of Shaikh Jasim""; ""Administrative Reforms""; ""Battle of Wajbah""; ""British Involvement""; ""Conclusion""; ""6 The 1895 Zubara Tragedy and the Aftermath""; ""Gathering Storm""; ""Pelly's Zubara Proceedings"" , ""Ottoman Intervention""""Bombardment of Zubara""; ""Post Aggression Settlement""; ""The Minor Uprising""; ""Conclusion""; ""7 Struggle for British Protection""; ""The Question of protection""; ""Mudirs for Zubara, Wakra and Khor al-Odaid""; ""Curzon's Historic Visit""; ""Pearls and the Qatar Treaty""; ""Perideaux's Mission and Internal Issues of Qatar""; ""Conclusion""; ""8 The Last Phase of Shaikh Jasim's Rulership and the Zakhnuniyah Crisis""; ""The Governorship of Shaikh Abdullah""; ""Shaikh Jasim's Saudi Mediation""; ""Economic Conditions""; ""Anglo-Ottoman Row over Wakra"" , ""Arms Trade""""Ottoman Occupation of Zakhnuniyah""; ""Evacuation of Zakhnuniyah and the Question of the Qatar Treaty""; ""Conclusion""; ""9 The Baghdad Railway and the Status of Qatar""; ""Britain and the Railway""; ""Qatar in the Anglo-Ottoman Negotiations""; ""The Convention of 1913 and the Autonomy of Qatar""; ""Post Convention Qatar""; ""The War Time Situation""; ""Ottoman Evacuation of al-Bida""; ""The Treaty Negotiations""; ""The Treaty of 1916""; ""Conclusion""; ""10 Summary and Concluding Remarks""; ""Appendix I Report on the Battle of Fuwairet, 1847"" , ""Appendix II Col. Pelly's findings on Zakat paid by the Chiefs of Qatar and Bahrain to the Wahabi Amir"" , English

Additional Edition: ISBN 1-138-98914-2

Additional Edition: ISBN 0-7103-1213-X

Language: English

DOI: 10.4324/9780203820926