Why Does Qatar Exist? | House Al-Thani and the British Empire 

Well Qatar was a British protectorate not a crown colony, so Britain’s main role was to supply a garrison and/or provide officers for the emir’s troops, while also directing the country’s foreign policy. Becoming a protectorate was oftentimes a more favorable arrangement to a local ruler than remaining independent and potentially being vulnerable to full colonization (and thus possible deposition) by another power.

A surprisingly large amount of the British Empire was made up of 'protectorates"; ie, countries with their own rulers, who had to acknowledge British sovereignty, and let the British take care of defence and foreign affairs. Crown Colonies (ie, actual colonies, literal British territory) made up a perhaps surprisingly smaller amount than one might expect-about 40% to a half.

@@TheLocalLt they colonised Qatar and did not protect. You westerners white-wash history

@@jonathanwebster7091 in other words colonising a country then saying they were told to recognise. More like white-washed historys and not saying the truth that it was brit that colonised Qatar. Hypocrite European folks.

@@rashiidabdallah1648 not exactly. It was more economic and practical to leave the native rulers in place, and simply rule through them, at least as a short-term solution. Divide and rule and all that. You pacify the elites by giving them a (subservient) position in power, so you can better rule everyone else. The Princely States is another example of where this policy worked hand in hand with the parts of India that were ruled directly. That doesn't excuse it (nor am I trying to), It was simply less hassle, less bureaucracy, less paperwork, less money expended, more efficient, and less manpower required in terms of armed forces, civil servants and administration to rule through local rulers than directly. Was it bad? Absolutely. And in a lot (but not all, this didn't happen in the Arab states, nor did it in the Malay ones) of examples, for example in what became Zimbabwe and Zambia, protectorates (non-direct rule) were established, and then actual colonies (ie, places where British people were actually settled) were put up in their place. In practice, most of the British Empire was run with a bit of both: to give just three examples; in Nigeria, the southern part was a colony (meaning it was settled by British people), the north was a protectorate (meaning the British ruled through local rulers). Gambia, where only the capital Banjul was a colony-the interior was again, ruled through local rulers. Aden (now the southern part of Yemen) was similar: again, only Aden and the immediate hinterland was a crown colony, the rest was governed through local Sultans. I absolutely think this was a cynical, though at the same time practical way of ruling territories, and I absolutely think that, had the British Empire actually lasted, most, if not all, of the protectorates would have have been converted to colonies eventually.

I plan to!

@@LookBackHistory Nationalism is evil.

Yes. Why the hell does Britain exist to this day?

Yes. Why the hell does Britain exist to this day?

Yes. Why the hell does Britain exist to this day?

I do like Middle-East history.

From my understanding: not worth the effort of conquering + it serves as buffer for India and China

Yeah sure Qataris always had the sense to unite with others “Arabs” like for example Egypt in the 1700s or before right ? Most Arabs in the peninsula for example during the last 1000 year have not met anyone outside 100 km radios, this notion of “Arab” unity is manufactured one during the 1950s , Matter of fact Qataris of different Tribes weren’t United until the last 90 years why would you think that they can be United with random people thousands of miles away ?

@nope2dat Al-Thani’s disagreements with other arab rulers?? They started in the first place by accusing us of supporting terrorism and literally sent a list of 13 things Qatar has to do or else they will blockade us. U mean we were supposed to give in and let Saudi tell us what do again like the old days just bc Al-Thani is originally from Saudi? We stood our ground and came back stronger and WAY richer than Saudi and the blockading countries. 👑 🇶🇦 I didnt actually understand ur comment well sorry if this wasnt what u said-

Not 1950s it was 1900 in the levant and egypt to unite arabs but it was not popular in arabian penisular​@mazenal4787

Nice

Good idea, maybe!

Because I was trying to find more information about the Qatari Bahraini war but couldn’t find any information on RU-vid or Google just here with you, keeps turning up when I search about this topic pacifically the war

If you can give me your source I’ll be grateful. ( and if it’s not too much. Can I have the map and or the Maps, if you used multiple you paste this video on) please respond ✨Thank you.✨

Good question! I generally post my sources in the video's description. Most of the information in this one came from Qatar: A Modern History by Allen J. Fromherz. Here it is on Amazon: www.amazon.com/Qatar-Modern-History-Fromherz/dp/1589019105

@@LookBackHistory Thanks for clarifying but is your sources only books or did you read anything online?

Yeah, and I’m sorry for bothering you but I am used to sources being links to online articles and or online videos

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Definitely an interesting country, so maybe!

@@LookBackHistory thanks man keep up the good work

Why shouldn't they exist?

If you give glory,education and without tax people will be loyal to you

He's a donut i know

Maybe!

It's pronounced Qatar.

@@save_sudan_and_palestine nobody pronounces it qaqtar

@@Dracovenatrix I pronounce it Qatar, and it's the "indonym" pronunciation in Arabic.

Done that video, check it out! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qvVDBp4-pW0.html

From the perspective of Britain, it was a matter of divide and rule. As for an Arab Bismarck, well that could certainly have brought about the unification of Arabia, but when it comes to sharing oil wealth... well, Bismarck wasn't really known for sharing.

Bingo ⭐️⭐️⭐️ He cant make that, antisemitism accusation is ready to be thrown at him.

I'm so interested how did the Althani backstab the Alkhalifa?

Britain is here being used as short-hand for the British Empire, which most certainly included Ireland (first as a nominally independent kingdom, and then as, you point out, as an integral part of the UK between 1801 and 1922). This video is set within that timeframe so your objection strikes me as a bit odd.

Britain and the British Empire are not actually synonymous however, so using one as shorthand for the other strikes not only as a little odd but factually incorrect which is what my point is. The attention is in the detail.

Of course they're not synonymous... today, when the British Empire no longer exists. It is not factually incorrect to use them interchangeably when discussing history because there was never a formal entity known actually known as the "British Empire." It is simply a catch-all term used both in British historiography, and by individuals who lived during it, to refer to the territories around the world once controlled or otherwise subject from/to London. Whether it's odd or not to use them synonymously is subjective. I don't think so, you're entitled to disagree.

@@LookBackHistory Going forwards, I would recommend not reply like this. It looks unprofessional.

@@richardhorrocks1460 Why would defending your point makes you unprofessional

That’s unique to arabs (talkin for 19th-20th span) as they werent developped.

Not all Muslims are Arabs. Arab tribal warfare has nothing to do with Muslims.

Modern history, maybe! because they stopped to judge themselves with Islam, but before, Muslim history was much stable.

@@eminderindeniz1959 you Europeans learned everything that you have from Muslims

@@rashiidabdallah1648 After the mongol invasion the develloped regions were ruled by other nations and the only quasi independant ones were these underdevelopped tribes.

It's Asian not African

There are a few different ways to pronounce the word Qatar. The second pronunciation in your comment is probably the commonest one. :)

@@flawyerlawyertv7454 I was kinda hoping for someone from Qatar to clear it up for me. What we’re calling it either way is probably an exonym.

it's pronounced cutter in american english for some reason, but in british english it's pronounced cataar. not sure about other english variations

In arabic it is katar In qatari accent it is gitar.

Until I don't want it anymore I'll agree

@@AD-en5dq wait what

As a Qatari i can see it ending. No country stood forever dude.

@@AmogusTrollaccount bro what ?

@@achourfreepalestine well the ussr fell, ottomans fell It all has a bad leader to end it. I am saying probably the next leaders will ruin Qatar. You never know how will it get occupied or split.

someone's jealous they never had a great empire.

Says you 😝

There are a few different ways to pronounce the word Qatar. It depends where you live and what accent you are used to.

@@flawyerlawyertv7454 yeah but it's still the same word and it's meaning didn't change Qatar is Qatar incredibles meme

@@flawyerlawyertv7454 No you're wrong. It's pronounced Qatar not other ways you donkey

Lol. I'm a dual British-US citizen, that's how I talk. Thanks though!

@@LookBackHistory Damn, bro got the same origin story as Andrew Tate, no wonder he sounds like that lol

@@luffy101311 Nearly, he's an American who moved to the UK. I'm the opposite.

The British Empire did plenty of reprehensible things to colonies around the world, but it didn't colonise the gulf states.

ofc the anti-anglo person refuses to admit the empire did any good.

@@Crimsrn coming from a Qatari here I would say that Britain definitely brought many good things to Qatar it’s one of the reasons why we modernised ourselves but do you have to admit that the Empire did some atrocious and appalling things to other colonies around the world, but other than that I think the British Empire is one of the coolest

Qatar and bahrain never belonged to Iran

@@rashiidabdallah1648 go read your history books. Bahrain was part of Iran during the Zand dynasty. During Qajars it was occupied by the brits and was never given back. Qatar together with UAE were a part of Iran during the Afsharid dynasty and were separated by Britain after the collapse of Afsharid rule (around 1700).

@@Erfanh1995 why would we Qatari's want to be ruled by Shia Iranians, we're good thanks.

@@mbn9672 I did not claim that. I said you were part of Iran which is correct. Bahrain even had a seat in the Iranian House of Representatives before officially parting ways. But apparently, you are too busy with religion that you didn't have time to read the history.

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you werent even born when homophobia was first expressed.

@@teriblesoldiertv2108 My previous soul does

With how they treat the LGBT community I became more supportive towards the country

who are u to say such things and promote hate and lawlessness in other countries. U don’t go to other cultures and insult their believes. If u feel mistreated then fk off

@@tekinet7958 Don't worry, I will help to bless your country with Freedom and Democracy🦅🇺🇸

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