Zubarah in the northwestern coast of the Qatar peninsula

Zubarah is a ruined town located in the northwestern coast of the Qatar peninsula around 105 km from Doha (capital city), it is part of Madinat ash Shamal municipality. It was also a fortified town with an inner and an outer wall.

Zubarah Fort

History

Bani Utbah Tribe

Zubarah was originally the center of power of the Qatar.

The Utub, settled at Zubarah in the second half of the eighteenth century and established the town of Zubarah and its port making it one of the most important port and pearl trading centers in the Persian Gulf in the 18th Century. Built a fort outside the town of Zubarah and named it Murair.

20th and 21st century

In the 20th century on July 1937, Zubarah was found in ruins largely, it was taken by the Qatari Al Thani family and remained a possession of Qatar after independence in 1971. Bahrain continued to dispute Qatari sovereignty over Zubarah until the issue of Zubarah was decided to Qatar's side, other territorial issues have also been settled to Bahrain's side such as the Hawar Islands by the International Court of Justice in 2001. For more, see foreign relations of Qatar.

Zubarah Fort

Zubarah is noted for its old fortress built in 1938 under orders of Qatari Sheikh 'Abdu'llah bin Qasim Al-Thani and restored in 1987 as a museum. It is different from the Murair fort that was built outside the town of Zubarah.

Al Zubara is just little fort in the desert in northwestern coast of  Qatar state. you will feel lucky because it will be the only one at this lovely place, since it is not so popular among tourists. Note the three palm trees standing in the middle of nowhere.
Just sit down, listen to the wind and the pigeons clap their wings, and think about how life was before in a fort like this could be like 50-60 years ago, far from everything. It’s really amazing!