ÿþ<html> <head> <title> WHKMLA : Timelines : History of Qatar </title> <META name="keywords" keyword=""> <!-- copyright Alexander Ganse, 2005-2007 --> </head> <body bgcolor="grey" text="black" link="blue" vlink="red" alink="brown"> <style> <!-- A{ font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-face: arial; } --> </style> <DIV align ="center"> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "../../index.html"> <img src = "../../whkmla2.jpg" border = "0"></a></TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "200" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> History of Qatar<BR> Index Page </b></font></TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xqatar.html"> <img src = "../../region/arrowleft.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD align = "center" valign = "center"> <A HREF = "xqatar.html"> <img src = "../banners/banqatar.jpg" border = "0"> </TD> <TD width = "36" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <img src = "../../region/arrowright.gif" width = "36" height = "36" border = "0"> </a></TD> <TD width = "200" height = "36" align = "center" valign = "center"> <font size = "2" face = "arial"><B> </b></font></TD></TR></TABLE> <font size = "3" face = "arial"><B><i>First posted on February 3rd 2005 </i></b></font><BR><BR><BR><BR> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- function SymError() { return true; } window.onerror = SymError; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-5834279270464755"; google_alternate_color = "FFFFE1"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_channel ="4814426207"; google_ad_type = "text"; //2007-02-17: MIT_ Ganse google_ad_channel = "0420158018"; google_color_border = "FF3300"; google_color_bg = "FFFFE1"; google_color_link = "0000CC"; google_color_url = "008000"; google_color_text = "6F6F6F"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <BR><BR><BR> </div> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "center" valign = "center" width = "900"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "5"><B> Timeline : History of Qatar </B></font> </TD></TR></TABLE> <BR><BR> <TABLE border = "0" cellspace="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"> <TR> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "110"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> 1783 <BR> mid 19th C. <BR> 1867 <BR> 1872 <BR> 1893 <BR> 1915 <BR> 1916 <BR> 1929 <BR> 1935 <BR> 1939 <BR> 1949 <BR> 1952 <BR> 1957 <BR> 1959 <BR> 1959 <BR> 1961 <BR> 1966 <BR> 1968 <BR><BR> 1970 <BR> 1971 <BR> 1971 <BR> 1972 <BR> 1973 <BR> 1974 <BR> 1981 <BR> 1991 <BR> 1992-1993 <BR> 1993 <BR> 1994 <BR> 1995 <BR> 1999 <BR> 2003 <BR> 2004 <BR> </font></TD> <TD align = "left" valign = "center" width = "600"> <font face = "Times Roman" size = "2"> Persian invasion <BR> Al Thani Emir established Doha as capital of Qatar <BR> Anglo-Qatari treaty; Shaykh of Qatar sought and got British protection against Bahrain <BR> Successor Emir Qasim signed treaty with Ottoman Empire, permitting Ottoman garrison <BR> Skirmishes between Qataris, Otoman garrison <BR> Ottoman garrison, at Qatari demand, withdrew <BR> Anglo-Qatari treaty; Qatar became British protectorate <BR> The emergence of artificial pearls caused the Qatari pearl fishing industry to decline <BR> Anglo-Qatari treaty of 1916 amended <BR> Oil discovered in Qatar <BR> Oil production began <BR> First school opened <BR> First postage stamps issued for Qatar <BR> Doha airport opened <BR> Currency reform : Persian Gulf Rupee introduced <BR> Qatar joined OPEC <BR> Currency Reform : Qatar-Dubai Riyal introduced <BR> Bahrain, Qatar joined the Trucial States; upon independence in 1971 they chose not to <BR> join the <A HREF = "tluae.html">U.A.E.</A> <BR> First Qatari constitution <BR> Qatar declared independence <BR> Currency reform : Qatar Riyal introduced <BR> Palace coup <BR> University of Qatar established <BR> Oil industry nationalized <BR> Qatar founding member of Gulf Cooperation Council <BR> Qatar provided logistical base during Second Gulf War <BR> Border Conflict with Saudi Arabia <BR> Qatar and Israel established diplomatic relations <BR> Qatar, U.S. signed mutual defense pact <BR> Coup <BR> Press censorship abolished, women's uffrage introduced <BR> Third Gulf War; HQ of U.S. Central Command stationed in Qatar <BR> New constitution <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE><BR><BR><BR><BR> </div><div align = "center"> <script language="JavaScript"> <!-- function SymError() { return true; } window.onerror = SymError; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "pub-0213752126925919"; google_alternate_color = "FFFFE1"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; google_ad_format = "728x90_as"; google_ad_channel ="4814426207"; google_ad_type = "text"; google_color_border = "FF3300"; google_color_bg = "FFFFE1"; google_color_link = "0000CC"; google_color_url = "008000"; google_color_text = "6F6F6F"; //--></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> <BR><BR><BR> <TABLE border = "3" cellspace="5" cellpadding="5" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "100" valign = "top" align = "center" bgcolor="#FFFACD"> <font size = "3" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> EXTERNAL <BR> FILES </font></TD> <TD width = "750" valign = "top" align = "left" bgcolor = "#FFFACD"> <font size = "2" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> History of Qatar, from <A HREF = "http://i-cias.com/e.o/qatar_5.htm"><B>Encyclopedia of the Orient</B></A>, from <A HREF = "http://www.lonelyplanet.com/destinations/middle_east/qatar/history.htm"><B>Lonely Planet</B></A> <BR> History of Qatar, from <A HREF = "http://www.qatarembassy.net/history.asp"><B>Qatar Embassy</B></A> <BR> <A HREF = "http://www.globalfindata.com/frameset.php3?location=/gh/index.html"><B>Global History of Currencies</B></A>, click for Qatar <BR> Countries : Qatar, from <A HREF = "http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0107901.html"><B>Infoplease</B></A> <BR> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <TABLE border = "3" cellspace="5" cellpadding="5" align="center"> <TR> <TD width = "100" valign = "top" align = "center" bgcolor="#FFFACD"> <font size = "3" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> REFERENCE </font></TD> <TD width = "750" valign = "top" align = "left" bgcolor = "#FFFACD"> <font size = "2" face = "Times Roman" color = "#000000"> </font></TD> </TR></TABLE> <BR><BR><BR><BR> </DIV> </DIV> <DIV align="center"> <A href="mailto:aganse@hotmail.com"> <IMG src="../../email.gif" border="0"></a><BR> <BR><BR><BR><BR><BR> <font size = "2" face = "Times Roman"> Click here to go <A HREF = "../../index.html">Home</A> <BR> Click here to go to <A HREF = "../../about.html">Information about KMLA, WHKMLA, the author and webmaster</A> <BR> Click here to go to <A HREF = "../..links.html">Statistics</A><BR> </font> <BR><BR><BR> <!-- Start of CH Counter --> <script type="text/javascript"> //<!-- // chCounter v2.0.0 // settings: cstatus = "active"; 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