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Zubarah

Also known as Al Zubarah

Zubarah is a ruined town on the north-west coast of Qatar. Settled in the 18th century by clans of the Bani Utbah, including the Al Khalifa, it grew into a thriving centre of pearling and trade, and in 1783 the Al Khalifa crossed from there to take Bahrain. Claims to it caused disputes between Bahrain and Qatar until 2001. Its excavated remains became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2013.

Zubarah
Image: Rafeek Qatar · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Mentioned in 2 state histories

Banu Khalid EmirateSheikhdom of Bahrain

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Zubarah. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/zubarah
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