Jassim the Leader: Founder of QatarThe Gulf state of Qatar tops the Forbes list of the world's richest countries. In 2010, the country had the world's highest GDP per capita, and its reserves of oil and natural gas are vast. It has been estimated that Qatar will invest more than $120 billion in the energy sector over the next ten years. Yet Qatar has climbed to this pinnacle of wealth and influence in a remarkably short time, and from a starting point of obscurity and insignificance. This astonishing transition is the direct result of the efforts nearly 200 years ago of one visionary man - Jassim bin Muhammad Bin Thani, known as 'the Leader'. |
Contents
5000 years in thirteen pages | |
The Al Thani arrive | |
An industry in need of a government | |
Tribes and state formation | |
Jassims father | |
Jassims ascendancy | |
Ottoman Qatar | |
Qatars unity tested | |
The Ottoman demise | |
Sibling reconciliation | |
End of an | |
Glossary | |