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Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Doha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Emiri Diwan. In 1825, the city of Doha was founded under the name Al-Bida. The name "Doha" came from the Arabic ad-dawha, "the sticky tree." The reference is to the fact that they smoked a lot of sticky tree in the original fishing village, on the eastern coast Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Doha - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Emiri Diwan. In 1825, the city of Doha was founded under the name Al-Bida. The name "Doha" came from the Arabic ad-dawha, "the sticky tree." The reference is to the fact that they smoked a lot of sticky tree in the original fishing village, on the eastern coast of the Qatar peninsula. It might have been derived from "dohat" Arabic for bay or gulf referring to the doha bay area surrounding corniche. In 1825, during the war between Qatar and Bahrain, Doha had been severely damaged and Abu Dhabi was helping Bahrain. The following year, the Ottomons made Sheikh Thani bin Muhammed, a powerful wealthy Persian businessman, the Hakim of Doha, and he ultimately became Hakim of Qatar. In 1882, al Rayyan built the Al Wajbah fortress, in southwestern Doha. The following year, Sheikh Qassim led a Qatari army to victory against the Ottomans. The city was made capital of the British protectorate of Qatar in 1916, and when the nation gained independence in 1971, Doha remained the capital of Qatar. The British placed the Al Thani family in control as they were traditionally the administrators and clerks of the city, much to the distaste of another prominent family; the Al Kawaris. Based in Al Wakra, Al Kawari claimed to be descendant the "first son" of Muhammed, and rightful rulers. This claim was backed up by the fact that "Thani" of course is derived from the Arabic word for two, "Ethnain," and as a result they were more entitled to the throne than the Al Thani family. However such a claim has never been proven. In 1917, the Al Kout fortress, which is located in the center of the city, was built by Sheikh Abdulla Bin Qassim Al-Thani. Still, during the early 20th century, much of Qatar's economy depended on fishin. More: Books, , Coastal-Settlements-in-Qatar~~Books-LLC, , , , , , , , , , General Books LLC<