African Entrepreneurship Records 2

Chapter 1328: The Traitor Sayyid
North Gulf Territory.

Originally, Qatar and the Beibu Gulf (UAE) territory in East Africa did not border each other, but with East Africa’s “anti-bandit” activities, the border area between Qatar and the Arabian Peninsula fell into the hands of East Africa.

This region is also quite controversial, located at the intersection of East Africa, Qatar, the Ottoman Empire, the Kingdom of Hejaz and the Kingdom of Nej.

The reason why East Africa was able to spread its influence here so smoothly was thanks to the Arab Revolt that broke out in 1916.

The Kingdom of Hejaz was a kingdom established by the Hashemite family, which is also the family of the later Jordanian royal family. With the decline of the Ottoman Empire, the Hashemite family gained independence with the help of the Arab Revolt.

The so-called Arab Revolt was actually a nationalist movement that broke out on the Arabian Peninsula. Although there are many Arab countries, the ethnic composition of Arab countries or regions does not equal Arabs, such as Persia, the Ottoman Empire, or Arab countries in North Africa, Central Asia, and Southeast Asia.

The Ottoman Empire was not an Arab country. Its ruling class belonged to a branch of the Turks, which was also the root cause of the nationalist movement that broke out in the Arabian Peninsula.

Unfortunately, the Arab Revolt coincided with the expansion of East Africa in the Persian Gulf region, which allowed East Africa to successfully seize a lot of territory after occupying the Beibu Gulf territory.

This behavior in East Africa is very similar to the situation in the past when the Syrian regime was in turmoil and neighboring countries and forces such as Turkey and Israel took advantage of the situation to invade Syrian territory.

The only difference between the two is that the Arab uprising was not instigated by East Africa, while the Syrian civil war was the result of the joint support of many countries.

With the help of the chaos in the Arab region, Qatar naturally became a neighbor of East Africa.

Qatar border.

The 34th Motorized Infantry Brigade of East Africa has assembled and blocked this place. The entire 34th Motorized Infantry Brigade is a semi-mechanized infantry unit.

It is equipped with a certain number of vehicles, but at the same time there are still many cavalry units and a large number of camels to transport supplies.

In desert areas, especially in the Middle East where there is no complete road system, cars are not a good means of transportation, so the 34th Motorized Infantry Brigade cannot completely use cars as a means of transportation.

The entire 37th Motorized Infantry Brigade has a total of more than 6,000 people. This force can easily deal with Qatar, a country with a population of only more than 20,000.

The commander of the 37th Brigade, Sevreul, listened to the detailed intelligence about the Qatar region.

The person doing the reporting was a Zanzibar businessman, or, of course, an Omani businessman. The Omani businessman's name was Said, and he had been active in Qatar for many years, dealing with local tribes.

Said was holding a simple map in his hand. The map was very simple, without many landmark buildings, only the rugged coastal outline of Qatar.

Said said to the East African officers surrounding him: "My dear officers, the inhabitants of the Qatar Peninsula are concentrated in the eastern part of the Qatar region, especially in the coastal areas. There are almost no settlements in the inland areas, and there are no so-called cities. There are only larger villages and towns with a population ranging from a few hundred to thousands of people."

"Moreover, these villages and towns are not fixed settlements. Most of them are nomadic, or they change their place of residence according to the amount of pearl or fishery resources. Therefore, most of the residents of Qatar are in a state of nomadism."

"Maybe they were living in one place yesterday, and the next day they drove their livestock to the next place because the grass was eaten up."

"The Qataris who make a living by pearling or fishing are relatively stable, but their activity areas often change, but the cycle can be stable for at least one or two months or even longer." "At present, the only clear place where Qataris live is the residence of the Sani family on the east coast, which is also the center of Qataris' daily trade activities. Our business with Qataris is carried out in the Sani family area."

The Sani family is actually the ruling family of Qatar today. Of course, according to the civilization level of Qatar, it can also be called the Sani tribe.

The only "city" clearly marked on the map is the residence of the Sani family. Of course, according to Sayyid's description, Beida certainly does not meet the standards of a city. The population here is only a few thousand people, most of whom are from the Sani tribe.

But this is already the largest tribe in Qatar. In the last century, before the Sani tribe became the actual ruler of Qatar, its population was only more than 200 people.

This shows how poor Qatar is. Even the largest tribe in Qatar has a population that is only the size of a smaller village in East Africa, and Said's subsequent words also confirmed this.

"The patriarch of the Sani family, or Chief Jasim, should be considered the ruler of Qatar, but the population of their tribe is not as large as the number of your troops. Let alone more than 6,000 imperial soldiers, your country can easily control the entire Qatar with only a few hundred people."

“In fact, in the past, the Bahraini royal family, the Ottoman Empire and the British were able to subjugate most of Qatar’s tribes by sending only a few hundred troops.”

"The reason why the Thani family was able to grow so big was that they took advantage of the conflict between the Ottoman Empire and Britain and became their agent. They gradually took control of the entire Qatar and got rid of the control of the original Bahraini royal family."

Although Bahrain is much smaller than Qatar in area, it is much stronger than Qatar, mainly because Bahrain has more oases than Qatar.

Although in the 21st century, Qatar's population was almost twice that of Bahrain, with a population of about three million and Bahrain's population of over one million, that was affected by the oil economy. Without oil, Qatar's population might not be able to surpass Bahrain's.

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After all, Bahrain has too little land. Even if it is also rich, urban construction cannot expand blindly. In the past, almost half of the island of Bahrain was developed into an urban area.

Both countries are small places in East Africa, but even though they are small places, the difference in area is very large. Qatar has an area of ​​about 10,000 square kilometers, while Bahrain has an area of ​​only more than 700 square kilometers, which is less than one-tenth of Qatar.

Even so, Bahrain's population is half of Qatar's, which shows the difference in the living environment faced by the two places.

Moreover, an interesting point is that in the past, most of the population of Bahrain and Qatar were immigrants from South Asia or Southeast Asia. For example, among Qatar’s three million people, more than two million are immigrants from India, Pakistan and other countries, and there are only a few hundred thousand real Qataris.

Therefore, Qatar, which is extremely wealthy and has a very high fertility rate, has a population of only a few hundred thousand by the 21st century, not counting immigrants. The population of Qatar in the early 20th century was naturally even smaller.

Said said: "If your army wants to conquer Qatar, it can be said that it is easy. The only difficulty is how to find small tribes in Qatar. Some small tribes in Qatar have a population of only a dozen people. Fortunately, Qatar is not large and the terrain is not complicated. It only takes a little more time to find out the population situation of the whole Qatar."

After listening to Qatar's intelligence, Brigadier General Sevreul said speechlessly: "I have underestimated the strength of the Qataris as much as possible before, but I didn't expect that I still overestimated them a little."

"Among all the tribes in Qatar, I'm afraid only the Sani family is barely worthy of attention. However, to conquer this largest tribe, a company of soldiers is probably enough."

"As for taking over the entire Qatar, a battalion of troops is more than enough, but we are now mobilizing the entire brigade to deal with this little guy, which seems to be an overreaction. However, since things have developed to this point, let's treat this war as a journey!"

(End of this chapter)