Murair

Qal'at Murair (also Qal'at Im Murair) (Arabic: قلعة مرير‎) is a ruined and deserted fortified castle located a mile and a half to the south eastern part of the town of Zubarah.^[1]

Al-Khalifa built the Fort of Murair

It was built by the Utub Al-Khalifa in the late eighteenth century, ^[2]

Description of the Fort of Murair

This castle was built 1500 meters outside the town of Zubarah with a channel and four walls lying between the town and the fort as well as a cemetery some 2100 meters outside the town ^[2]. It was a fortified unit to oversee and protect the town from any invaders. Inside the fort was a masjid known as Murair Masjid as well a well two fathoms deep, and outside the fort there are five wells one fathom deep, and all of its water is fresh.^[3]

References

1. ^ The Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman, and Central Arabia, John Gordon Lorimer, Volume II, Part 9 (Geographical & Statistical), 1905 , p 1524
2. ^ ^{a b} , Qatar's response to the question put by Judge Parra Aranguren to Qatar and Bahrain, International Court of Justice, 13 July 2000, http://www.icj-cij.org/docket/files/87/13267.pdf?PHPSESSID=bda444c1e0660fceb3bcc5b710be5fad
3. ^ The Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman, and Central Arabia, John Gordon Lorimer, Volume II, Part 9 (Geographical & Statistical), 1905, p 1524

See also

• Bani Utbah
• History of Kuwait: The Anazia and Bani Utub (Early Migration and Settlement)
• Zubarah
• History of Bahrain
• History of Qatar
• Ahmed Al-Fateh

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