See Zubarah on Bahrain’s map, Dr Shaikh Abdulla bin Ahmed Al Khalifa at Derasat Conference

Zubarah is an integral part of Bahrain’s territories and the Kingdom has historic and legitimate rights over it, Chairman of the Board of Trustees at the Bahrain Centre for Strategic, International and Energy Studies, Dr Shaikh Abdulla bin Ahmed Al Khalifa has stressed. 

He was addressing the delegates at the Derasat Conference yesterday when he made this remark. “Bahrain has never given up Zubarah; it has been one of the main demands put before the

International Court of Justice, as it is an integral part of the Kingdom’s territories. These are historic and legitimate rights of the sovereign entity of Bahrain.

The new borders were then drawn by force with the support of a foreign power with an aim to control the sources of energy,” he said.

“We express our thanks and heartfelt appreciation and pride in the attendance, participation and contributions of this brilliant group of intellectuals, thinkers, and distinguished historians and media experts taking part in ‘The Khalifa Rule in the Qatar Peninsula: History and Sovereignty’ which deals with an important period in the history of the Arabian gulf region, the rule of the Khalifas and their sovereignty on the peninsula of Qatar since the inception of the Al Khalifa state in Zubarah in 1762.