The 18th of December IS NOT, I repeat is not Qatar's "Independence" day....Our independence day is September 3, and that happened in 1971
December 18 commemorates a date of the "founding" of a state called Qatar...basically uniting the whole peninsula as "one state" lead on the local level by one person, Sheikh Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani (also referred to as Sheikh Qassim)....at that point Qatar was not independent and The union was a local choice and the leader was a local choice as well....basically it was a union by the ppl, a day when everyone on this land came together and put all their eggs in one basket and that is why it's a very important day for us. This actually happened in 1878.
The battle with the Ottomans didn't happen for another 15 years, March 1893. Hope this helps
Just thought I'd correct something for yall
The 18th of December IS NOT, I repeat is not Qatar's "Independence" day....Our independence day is September 3, and that happened in 1971
December 18 commemorates a date of the "founding" of a state called Qatar...basically uniting the whole peninsula as "one state" lead on the local level by one person, Sheikh Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani (also referred to as Sheikh Qassim)....at that point Qatar was not independent and The union was a local choice and the leader was a local choice as well....basically it was a union by the ppl, a day when everyone on this land came together and put all their eggs in one basket and that is why it's a very important day for us. This actually happened in 1878.
The battle with the Ottomans didn't happen for another 15 years, March 1893. Hope this helps