CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS9 PREFACE Abbreviations Introduction THE GEOGRAPHY, TRADITIONAL SOCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE OF QATAR 1. Geography 2. Traditional Social and Administrative Structure 3. Economic Life. Chapter One QATAR'S PLEDGING OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE OTTOMANS. 1. The Expansion of the Ottoman State to the Persian Gulf and Basic Information on Qatar.. 2. Midhat Pasha's Hasa Campaign and the Foundation of the Kaza of Qatar. 3. The Ottoman State and Relations Between the al-Thani Family. 4. Some Local Problems and the Attitude Adopted by the Ottoman State. a) The Banyanian Incident and Sheikh Jasim's Intention to Resign. b) The Fuwairat and Wakrah Issues.  Chapter Two NEW DIMENSIONS IN THE ANGLO-OTTOMAN CONTROVERSIES OVER QATAR AND BAHRAIN. 1. Efforts to Delineate the Areas of Influence of the British and the Ottomans in the Gulf. 2. The Zubarah and Odeid Question: Attacks by the British on Zubarah. 3. Ottoman Sovereignty Over the Persian Gulf Once Again on the Agenda. 4. The Issues of Nejd, Qatar and Bahrain in the 1913 Anglo-Ottoman Convention. Chapter Three THE OTTOMAN ADMINISTRATIVE STRUCTURE IN QATAR. 1. Kaza Administration. a) The Office of the Qaim-makam and Other Administrative Units. b) Financial and Legal Matters. c) Ottoman Troops in Qatar. 2. The Security Issue of the Qatari Coast and Measures Taken Against Contraband Arms. a) The Security of the Qatari Coast. b) Arms Contraband on the Qatar Coast. 3. Relations between the Qaim-makam of Qatar and Sheikhs in the Neighbourhood. a) Relations with Bahrain and Oman. b) Interfamily Dissensions in Kuwait and Jasim b. Thani's intention to intervene. Conclusion  BIBLIOGRAPHY. APPENDIX. MAPS INDEX. .