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Gasparo Balbi, a Venetian merchant and traveler, made the first mention of Qatar in a print book in the West. The book, titled Viaggio dell’Indie Orientali Balbi, detailed Balbi's travels to the Far East from 1579 to 1588. In it, he mentions a place called 'Barechator', thought to be a corruption of Bar Qatar, or mainland Qatar. [64]
The person may lose Qatari citizenship in the following cases: the person joins the military service of a foreign country. the person works for a foreign government that is in war with Qatar. the person takes up a foreign nationality. Citizens are allowed to voluntarily give up Qatari citizenship. [1]
Qatar, [a] officially the State of Qatar, [b] is a country in West Asia.It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it shares its sole land border with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its territory surrounded by the Persian Gulf.
Previously, the 1961 citizenship law defined Qatari citizens as only those families who have been in the country since the 1930s, [26] though this was repealed in the 2005 citizenship law. In 2021, a law was signed by Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani restricting the rights to vote in local elections for those whose families' arrival post-date the ...
(N 26° 5.016 E 51° 8.832) QNG (193128 – 480889) end of the 18th century Town ruins in northern Qatar. Prior to visit, please contact Qatar Museums HAR20829 Murwab Archaeological Site Qatar Museums Archeological Site GPS Coordinates (N25° 51.548 E51° 01.270) QNG (180482 – 456034) 1985 An archaeological site in northwest Qatar.
Article 34 – The citizens of Qatar shall be equal in public rights and duties. Article 35 – Before the law, all persons are equal and shall not be discriminated by sex, race, language, or religion. Article 36 – Personal freedom is guaranteed. Torture is punishable by law. Article 37 – Human privacy is inviolable.
After Qatar started to receive substantial profits from its oil extraction activities in the 1960s and 1970s, the government launched several housing projects for its citizens. As part of this initiative, 50 houses were built in Madinat Al Kaaban by 1976. [7] Madinat Al Kaaban has a youth center which was officially inaugurated in November 2008.
Bangladesh School, Qatar: Type: Private School: Motto: Knowledge is Power (শিক্ষাই শক্তি) Established: 1979; 46 years ago: Founder: Late Brigadier Mohammad Mashhoor-ul Haque The first Ambassador of Bangladesh to Qatar: School board: Dhaka Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education: Authority: Governing Body: Chairman ...