Yusufiyah (Qatar)

Yusufiyah (Arabic: يُوسُفِيَّة) is an abandoned village in Qatar located in the municipality of Al Shamal.[2][3] It was previously one of the most important towns on Qatar's north coast. An old stone fort, Qalaat Yusufiyeh, is found here.

Yusufiyah
يُوسُفِيَّة Yūsufīyah
Abandoned town
Yusufiyah is located in Qatar
Yusufiyah
Yusufiyah
Location in Qatar
Coordinates: 26°06′46″N 51°09′01″E[1]
CountryQatar Qatar
MunicipalityAl Shamal

Nearby settlements include Al Jumail to the south and Abu Dhalouf to the immediate east.[3]

Etymology

The village's name is credited to the Yusifiyeh tribe who, in the past, resided here.[3]

History

In the 1820s, George Barnes Brucks was tasked with preparing the first British survey of the Persian Gulf.[4] He wrote down the following notes about Yusufiyah, referring to it as Yossfee:

"Yossfee, in lat. 26° 5' N., long. 51° 14' E., is a small village, with a fort, belonging to Bahrein. It has about fifty inhabitants, of mixed tribes, all fishermen."[5]

References
  1. "Ra's Yūsufīyah: Qatar". geographic.org. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  2. "Qatar Development Atlas - Part 1" (PDF). Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics. 2010. p. 10. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  3. "District map". The Centre for Geographic Information Systems of Qatar. Retrieved 18 January 2019.
  4. Mark Hobbs. "George Barnes Brucks and the First English Survey of the Gulf". Qatar Digital Library. Retrieved 19 January 2019.
  5. G.B. Brucks; Robert Hughes Thomas (1856). "Historical and other information connected with place in the Persian Gulf". Bombay Education Society's Press. p. 561. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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