Timeline of Doha
The following is a timeline of the history of the city of Doha, Qatar.
Prior to 20th century
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- 1681 - Earliest documented mention of Al Bidda (now part of Doha).[1][2]
- 1801 - Earliest description of Al Bidda and first attempt by the British to attack the city.[1][3]
- 1820 - Population: 10,000 (estimate).[1][4]
- 1821 - Al Bidda bombarded by the British as punishment for piracy.[5]
- 1820s - Doha founded as an offshoot of Al Bidda.[1]
- 1823 - Doha is mapped for the first time.[6][1]
- 1828 - Ruling tribe of Doha have their fort bombarded by the Al Khalifa and are evicted from the town.[7][8]
- 1841 - Al Bidda bombarded by the British as punishment for harboring pirate Jasim bin Jabir.[9]
- 1848–50 - Al Thani family migrate to Doha.[1]
- 1850 - Turkish fort built.[10]
- 1852 - Economic blockade placed on Doha and Al Bidda by the Al Khalifa.[11]
- 1867 - Doha sacked during the Qatari–Bahraini War.[12]
- 1871 - Doha occupied by Turks.[13]
- 1893
- Al Bidda townspeople fired at indiscriminately by the Ottoman troops during the Battle of Al Wajbah.[14]
- Population: 6,000 (estimate).[1][15]
20th century
[edit]- 1901 - Fariq Al-Salata Palace built.[16]
- 1910 - Barzan Tower built near Doha.
- 1927 - Al Koot Fort built.
- 1952
- 1955 - Establishment of first formal girls' school.[17]
- 1963
- Population: 45,000 (estimate).[18]
- Doha (municipality) created.
- 1969
- Al Sadd Sports Club formed.
- Government House built.[19]
- 1971 - Doha officially declared as the capital city of Qatar.[20]
- 1972 - Amiri Diwan (palace) built.[19]
- 1973 - Qatar University opened in Doha.[21]
- 1975
- Qatar News Agency headquartered in city.
- Qatar National Museum opens in the Fariq Al-Salata Palace.[22][16]
- 1976 - National Stadium opens.
- 1977 - Qatar University active.
- 1978 - Gulf Times begins publication.[23]
- 1981 - Persian Gulf States Folk Heritage Center established.[24]
- 1983
- Doha Zoo built.[25]
- A 15-storey Sheraton hotel building, the tallest structure in Doha until 1997, is built.[19]
- 1985 - Said Bin Sumich Mosque built.[25]
- 1988 - American School of Doha established.
- 1995 - FIFA World Youth Championship is hosted exclusively in Doha-based stadiums.[26]
- 1996
- Al Jazeera television begins broadcasting.[23]
- Doha Golf Club opens.
- 1997 - Doha British School opens.
- 2000 - Landmark Mall Doha in business.
21st century
[edit]- 2001 - November: World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference of 2001 held in Doha; "Doha Declaration" adopted.
- 2004
- 2005
- Doha Sports City opens.
- Doha Modern Indian School established.
- 2006
- December: 2006 Asian Games held in Doha.
- Fanar Islamic Cultural Centre established (approximate date).[citation needed]
- Villaggio Mall in business.
- Development of The Pearl Island artificial island begins.
- Qatar Canadian School and Virginia Commonwealth University in Qatar art gallery[27] established.
- 2007
- Doha bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics announced.
- Aspire Tower built.
- Dubai Towers Doha construction begins.
- 2008
- Museum of Islamic Art, Doha opens.[28]
- Doha International Maritime Defence Exhibition begins.[29]
- Tornado Tower built.
- Souq Waqif (market) reconstructed.[19]
- 2009
- Doha Tribeca Film Festival begins.
- Doha News blog begins publication.
- Commercialbank Plaza and Al Fardan Residences built.
- Al Quds Endowment Tower and Qatar National Bank Tower construction begins.[citation needed]
- 2010
- Mathaf museum opens.[28]
- Population: 796,947.[30][31]
- Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup bid selected.[32]
- Katara Cultural Village opens.[33]
- 2011
- December: 2011 Pan Arab Games held in Doha.
- Boeing office in business.[34]
- 2012
- February: National Sports Day begins.
- 28 May: Fire at Villaggio Mall.
- Burj Qatar built.
- Air pollution in Doha reaches annual mean of 93 PM2.5 and 168 PM10, much higher than recommended.[35]
- 2013
- Qatar Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics headquartered in Doha.
- Statue of Zinedine Zidane installed on the Corniche, then removed.[36]
- 2014 - Hamad International Airport begins operating.
- 2015 - Population: 956,457.[37]
- 2016 - 8 March: Tiger roams free on Doha Expressway; later recaptured.[38]
- 2019 - Doha Metro begins operating.[39]
- 2022 - Hosted 2022 FIFA World Cup
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "HISTORICAL REFERENCES TO DOHA AND BIDDA BEFORE 1850". The Origins of Doha Project. 15 March 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
- ↑ Billecocq, Xavier Beguin (2003). Le Qatar et les Français: cinq siècles de récits de voyage et de textes d'érudition. Collection Relations Internationales & Culture. ISBN 9782915273007.
- ↑ Al Qasimi, Sultan Muhammad (1995). The Journals of David Seton in the Gulf 1800 - 1809. University of Exeter Press.
- ↑ H. Rahman (2006), p. 36
- ↑ "'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [793] (948/1782)". qdl.qa. 30 September 2014. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ↑ Brucks, G.B. (1985). Memoir descriptive of the Navigation of the Gulf of Persia in R.H. Thomas (ed) Selections from the records of the Bombay Government No XXIV (1829). New York: Oleander press.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link) - ↑ Zahlan, Rosemarie Said (1979). The creation of Qatar (print ed.). Barnes & Noble Books. p. 33. ISBN 978-0064979658.
- ↑ "'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol I. Historical. Part IA & IB. J G Lorimer. 1915' [794] (949/1782)". qdl.qa. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
- ↑ Fromherz, Allen (13 April 2012). Qatar: A Modern History. Georgetown University Press. p. 164. ISBN 978-1-58901-910-2. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
- 1 2 Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), "Doha, Dohah, or Dawhah", Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 521, OL 6112221M
- ↑ Rahman, Habibur (2006). The Emergence Of Qatar. Routledge. pp. 113–114. ISBN 978-0710312136.
- ↑ BBC News (28 August 2011). "Qatar Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
- ↑ J.G. Lorimer (1915). "History of Qatar". Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman, and Central Arabia. Vol. 1. Calcutta. p. 787+. hdl:2027/uc1.l0061307658 – via HathiTrust.
Dohah
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ S. Zahlan (1979), p. 53
- ↑ Kurşun, Zekeriya (2002). The Ottomans in Qatar : a history of Anglo-Ottoman conflicts in the Persian Gulf. Istanbul : Isis Press. ISBN 9789754282139.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: publisher location (link) - 1 2 Lonely Planet 2010.
- 1 2 Abu Saud, Abeer (1984). Qatari Women: Past and Present. Longman Group. p. 173. ISBN 978-0582783720.
- ↑ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966. pp. 140–161.
- 1 2 3 4 Salama 2013.
- ↑ Encyclopædia Britannica. "Doha – Britannica Online Encyclopedia". Britannica.com. Retrieved 2010-06-27.
- ↑ "Our history". Qatar University. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- ↑ "Qatar's National Museum eyeing 2016 opening", Doha News, July 2014
- 1 2 "Qatar: Directory". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2004. p. 3505+. ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8.
- ↑ Malcolm C. Peck (2007). Historical Dictionary of the Gulf Arab States. USA: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6416-0.
- 1 2 Qatar: Doha, ArchNet
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "FIFA World Youth Championship Qatar 1995 - matches". FIFA. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- ↑ "Qatar". Art Spaces Directory. New York: New Museum. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
- 1 2 "Qatar's Royal Patronage of the Arts", New York Times, 29 February 2012
- ↑ "Contractors woo Qatar as maritime defense exhibition opens", Doha News, 25 March 2014
- ↑ "Population of Capital Cities and Cities of 100,000 or More Inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 2013. United Nations Statistics Division.
- ↑ "Population Chapter", Annual Abstract, Qatar Statistics Authority, 2013
- ↑ "World Cup Brings a Sense of Urgency to Qatar", New York Times, 1 September 2011
- ↑ Elspeth Black. "Katara: The Cultural Village". The Culture Trip. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
- ↑ "Sale of U.S. Arms Fuels the Wars of Arab States", New York Times, 18 April 2015
- ↑ World Health Organization (2016), Global Urban Ambient Air Pollution Database, Geneva, archived from the original on March 28, 2014
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ↑ "Qatar removes Zidane headbutt statue from Corniche", BBC News, 30 October 2013
- ↑ "Table 8 - Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 or more inhabitants", Demographic Yearbook – 2018, United Nations
- ↑ "Qatar commuters startled as escaped tiger appears on Doha motorway", BBC News, 8 March 2016
- ↑ "FAQs". www.qr.com.qa. Archived from the original on 2014-07-04. Retrieved 2026-04-19.
Bibliography
[edit]- British Admiralty (1916). "El-Qatar: Towns and Villages: Dohah". Handbook of Arabia. Vol. 1. London: British War Office. hdl:2027/njp.32101006882755.
- Yasser Elsheshtawy, ed. (2008). "Rediscovering the island: Doha's urbanity from pearls to spectacle". The Evolving Arab City: Tradition, Modernity and Urban Development. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-12821-1.
- Angie Turner (2008), "Doha", in Michael R.T. Dumper; Bruce E. Stanley (eds.), Cities of the Middle East and North Africa, USA: ABC-CLIO, p. 136+, ISBN 9781576079195
- "Doha". Oman, UAE & Arabian Peninsula. Lonely Planet. 2010. p. 272+. ISBN 978-1-74179-145-7.
- Ashraf M. Salama; Florian Wiedmann (2013). Demystifying Doha: On Architecture and Urbanism in an Emerging City. Ashgate. ISBN 978-1-4094-6636-9.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to History of Doha.
- Map of Doha, 1983
- Jill Brown. "Qatar Photo Galleries: Doha" – via St Antony's College, Oxford, Middle East Centre Archive. (1970s-1980s)
- "Geographical Index: Doha". Arabian Humanities (in English and French). Sana'a. ISSN 2308-6122.