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History of DOHA
Doha has always been a significant port for the region. Up until the construction of its deepwater port in the 1970s, it mainly handled small vessels due to offshore coral reefs and shallow waters.
Al-Bida, or Bida in sailors' jargon, is the city's first neighbourhood and is located in the northwest. Members of the Sudan tribe who left the sheikhdom of Abu Dhabi are likely responsible for its founding. Doha, then a small village, was destroyed in the war between Bahrain (which was assisted by Abu Dhabi) and Qatar in 1867. Doha was a port town that became involved in the 19th-century naval conflicts of the Persian Gulf. The following year, Muḥammad bin Thānī Āl Thānī, the sheikh of Doha, was appointed as the principal ruler of Qatar by the British government. He concurred the Perpetual Maritime Truce of 1853, and maritime warfare was significantly decreased. The Ottoman Empire intermittently kept a force at Doha in the late 19th century while serving as the suzerain over much of the Arabian Peninsula. A British political agency was kept in the town after Qatar was proclaimed a British protected state in 1916. Doha was designated as the capital of the newly formed Qatar in late 1971.
Doha, a long-abandoned fishing and pearling hamlet, had roughly 350 pearling boats during the start of the 20th century. The town was severely impacted by the growth of Japanese cultured pearls and the 1930s global economic slump. But after World War II, Qatar's significant oil deposits began to be exploited, resulting in a total economic revolution.Qatar pursued the comprehensive modernization of its capital and developed into an incredibly wealthy nation with a high per capita income. Modern commercial and residential buildings have replaced old slum areas. The harbour is home to the contemporary shrimp packaging plant as well as the headquarters of the Qatar National Fishing Company, which operates modern motorised boats.
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