Al Wajbah

Al Wajbah
Settlement
Country	Qatar
Municipality	Al Rayyan

Al Wajbah is a settlement in Qatar, located in the municipality of Al Rayyan.^[1] It is 10 miles west of the capital Doha. The town was the site of the Battle of Al Wajbah, a conflict that took place between the Ottomans and the Qatari tribes in 1893. It was blockaded by the Ottomans in March 1893.^[2] The main encounter took place later that month in the town's fort, Al Wajbah Fort.

In J.G. Lorimer's Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, the town was stated to have accommodated a walled garden with a fort and a mosque in 1908, all of which were owned by a member of the ruling family. It was also described as a Bedouin encampment site which contained three 40-feet deep masonry wells yielding good water.^[3]

References

↑ "2010 population census" (PDF). Qatar Statistics Authority. Retrieved 29 June 2015.
↑ Zahlan, Rosemarie Said (1979). The creation of Qatar (print ed.). Barnes & Noble Books. p. 53. ISBN 978-0064979658.
↑ "'Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf. Vol. II. Geographical and Statistical. J G Lorimer. 1908' [1529] (1644/2084)". Qatar Digital Library. Retrieved 26 July 2015.

Al Rayyan Municipality

Census designated areas Abu Hamour Abu Samra Ain Khaled Al Aziziya Al Gharrafa Al Jemailiya Al Karaana Al Luqta Al Mearad Al Mamoura Al Nasraniya Al Sailiya Al Seej Al Shagub Al-Shahaniya Al Themaid Al Utouriya Al Waab Al Wajbah Baaya Bani Hajer Bu Sidra Dukhan Fereej Al Amir Fereej Al Asiri Fereej Al Manaseer Fereej Al Murra Fereej Al Soudan Fereej Al Zaeem Gharrafat Al Rayyan Izghawa Lebday Luaib Mebaireek Mehairja Mesaimeer Muaither Muraikh New Al Rayyan New Fereej Al Ghanim New Fereej Al Khulaifat Old Al Rayyan Rawdat Egdaim Rawdat Rashed Sawda Natheel Umm Bab

Unincorporated or abandoned areas Al Da'asa Labour City Ras Abrouq Zekreet

Coordinates: 25°18′N 51°24′E / 25.300°N 51.400°E / 25.300; 51.400

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