Fuwayrit
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Fuwayrit is a Qatari coastal village in the municipality of Ash Shamal approximately 90 km north of the capital Doha. It is an important site for Qatar's oil industry. Archaeological evidence suggests
A view of Fuwayrit's beach
Coastline of Fuwayrit
Cliffs of a rocky ridge in Jebel Fuwayrit (Fuwayrit Hill)
Mangroves in Fuwayrit
Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani
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Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani, was the founder of the State of Qatar.
Fuwayrit
…there was a mass exodus of members of the Bu Kuwara tribe from Doha to Fuwayrit. The cause of the migration was tensions between the tribe and Emir Jassim bin Mohammed, and was said to have been instigated by the Bahraini sheikh. In 1881, they were joined by members of the Al Nuaim tribe. An 1890 British account records…
1882 portrait