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The Bani Utbah tribe migrated from Kuwait to Qatar's northwest coast and founded Zubarah.
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Many mechants and families moved from Basra and Kuwait to Zubarah causing Zubarah to become a thriving center of trade.
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War broke out between the Zubara-based Al Bin Ali trading clan of the Bani Utbah tribe and the Army of Nasr Al-Madhkur, which is the ruler of Bahrain and Bushire.
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They established a sheikhdom that endures to this day after sigining their first treaty of several treaties with the British to secure their rule and protect British Interests.
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A large Bahraini force sacked and looted Doha and Al Wakrah. This attack, and the Qatari counterattack, prompted the British political agent, Colonel Lewis Pelly, to impose a settlement.
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Colonel Lewis Pellyt declared a settlement. His mission for Bahrain and Qatar was the peace treaty. It recognized the difference between Qatar and Bahrain. It also recognized the position of Muhammad ibn Thani ibn Muhammad, an important representative of the peninsula's tribe.
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Qatar discovered oil.
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The first telephone exchange opened.
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Qatar was going to join the other emirates of the Trucial Coast and become part of the United Arab Emirates. But both Qatar and Bahrain decided against merging and instead formed independent nations.
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Qatar becomes an independent state.
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Qatar allowed the international forces to use Qatar as a base during the Persian Gulf War.
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Crown Prince Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani overthrew his father, Emir Khalifa, because the king was out of step with the country's economic reforms. The king was not totally banished from his title,but most of the power was already in his son's hands.
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Qatar agreed to give the islands to Bahrain in exchange for territoritory, relating to previous Bahrain claims on the mainland of Qatar.
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Qatar introduced its first constitution. It guarantees freedom of expression, assembly, and religion.
