Al Shamal
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Al Shamal is a municipality in Qatar. Its seat is Madinat ash Shamal and it is considered to be one of the major cities in Qatar, although its population is barely over 7,000. The seat's name translat
Al Zubara Fort
View to the east from Jebel Jassassiyeh on the north-east coast.
Ruins of Al Jumail fishing village near the northern tip
Outside view of Al Shamal Health Centre.
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Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is a country in West Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it shares its sole land border w
Al Shamal
…Al Shamal (Arabic: ٱلشَّمَال, romanized: Ash Shamāl, lit. 'the north') is a municipality in Qatar. Its seat is Madinat ash Shamal and it is considered to be one of the major cities in Qatar, although its population is barely over 7,000. The seat's…
Excavation of a Kassite dye site on Al Khor Island
A partially restored section of the ruined town of Zubarah
Old city of Doha, January 1904
Barzan Towers are watchtowers that were built in the late 19th century and renovated in 1910 by Sheikh Mohammed bin Jassim Al Thani.