Person

Barrak ibn Ghurayr

d. 1682 · 17th century

Barrak ibn Ghurayr was chief of the Banu Khalid, the leading tribal confederation of eastern Arabia. In 1670 he expelled the Ottoman garrison from al-Hasa and founded the Banu Khalid Emirate, with its centre at Hofuf. His family controlled the coast from Kuwait to Qatar and the Bedouin of the region for about a century, until the first Saudi state rose.

Mentioned in 2 state histories

Lahsa Eyalet Banu Khalid Emirate

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