Al Wajbah is a district in Qatar, located in the municipality of Al Rayyan. It lies10 miles west of the capital Doha. The village was the site of the Battle of Al Wajbah, an armed conflict between the Ottomans and the Qatari tribes in 1893. It was blockaded by the Ottomans in March 1893. The main encounter took place later that month in the village's Al Wajbah Fort.
Historic Al Wajbah Fort
Al Azairiq Street in Al Wajbah
Al Rayyan is the third-largest municipality in the state of Qatar. Its primary settlement is the city of the same name, which occupies the entire eastern section and is a part of the Doha Metropolitan Area. The vast expanse of mostly undeveloped lands in the south-west also falls under the municipality's administration.
Al Rayyan
Natural spring of Qulmat Al Maszhabiya in Al Mashabiya Reserve, next to Abu Samra.
Fenced-off area of Jebel Nakhsh in southern Qatar.
Men watch a camel being lifted by crane in the Abu Hamour Wholesale Market.