Chapter 1328
Northern Gulf Territory.
Originally, Qatar and the Northern Gulf (UAE) territory in East Africa did not border each other, but with the "anti-bandit" activities in East Africa, 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 Neizhi.
The reason why East Africa was able to spread its influence here so smoothly is also due to the Arab Revolt that broke out in 1916.
The Kingdom of Hejaz was a kingdom established by the Hashemite family, and this family is also the family of the Jordanian royal family in later generations. With the decline of the Ottoman Empire, the Hashemite family relied on the Arab Revolt to become independent.
The so-called Arab Revolt is 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 is not equal to Arabs, such as Persia, Ottoman 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 the root cause of the nationalist movement in the Arabian Peninsula.
Unfortunately, the Arab uprising encountered the expansion of East Africa in the Persian Gulf region, which allowed East Africa to successfully gain a lot of areas after occupying the Beibu Gulf territory.
East Africa's behavior is very similar to the previous life when the Syrian regime was turbulent, and the surrounding forces such as Turkey and Israel took advantage of the fire to invade Syria's territory.
The 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 here. The entire 34th Motorized Infantry Brigade is a semi-mechanized infantry unit.
It is equipped with a certain number of cars, but at the same time there are still many cavalry units and a large number of camels are equipped to transport supplies.
In desert areas, especially in the Middle East where there is no perfect 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, which has 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 one who was reporting was a Zanzibar businessman, of course, he could also be called an Omani businessman. This Omani businessman was named Said, who had been active in the Qatar region and dealing with local tribes all year round.
Said was holding a simple map in his hand. This map was very simple, without many landmark buildings, only the rough coastal outline of Qatar.
Said said to the East African officers surrounding him: "My lords, the residents of the Qatar Peninsula are concentrated in the eastern part of Qatar, especially in the coastal areas. There are almost no settlements in the inland area, 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."
"And these villages and towns are not fixed settlements. Most of them are nomadic, or they change their residence according to the amount of pearls or fishery resources. Therefore, most of the residents of Qatar are in a state of nomadism."
"Maybe they lived in one place yesterday, and the next day because the grass was eaten up, they drove their livestock to the next place."
"The Qataris who rely on pearling or fishing for a living are relatively stable, but their activity areas will 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 can live is the residence of the Sani family on the east coast. This is also the center of Qatar's daily trade activities. Our business with Qataris is carried out in the area of the Sani family."
The Sani family is actually the ruling family of Qatar today. Of course, according to the civilization 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, the population was only more than 200 people.
This shows that Qatar is poor. Even the largest tribe in Qatar has a population that is only a small village in East Africa, and Sayyid's next words also confirmed this.
"The chief 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 by sending only a few hundred people."
"In fact, in the past, the Bahrain royal family, the Ottoman Empire and the British only sent a few hundred troops to make most of the tribes in Qatar surrender."
"The reason why the Sani family can become so big is actually that they took advantage of the contradictions between the Ottoman Empire and the United Kingdom and became their agent, so that they gradually controlled the entire Qatar and got rid of the control of the original Bahrain royal family."
Although Bahrain is much smaller than Qatar in area, Bahrain is much stronger than Qatar. This is mainly because Bahrain has more oases than Qatar.
Although in the previous life of the 21st century, Qatar's population was almost twice that of Bahrain. Qatar's population was about three million, while Bahrain's was more than one million. However, this was due to the impact of the oil economy. Without oil, Qatar's population might not be as large as Bahrain's. .
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After all, there is too little land in Bahrain. Even if it is equally rich, urban construction cannot expand blindly. In the past, almost all of the Bahrain peninsula was developed into urban areas.
The two countries are both small places in East Africa, but even if they are both small places, the area gap is very different. Qatar covers an area of about more than 10,000 square kilometers, while Bahrain only covers an area of more than 700 square kilometers. Even Qatar’s Less than one tenth.
In this way, Bahrain's population can reach half of Qatar's, and we can see the difference in the living environment faced by the two places.
Moreover, a very interesting point is that in the previous life, most of the populations of Bahrain and Qatar immigrated to the two countries from South or Southeast Asia. For example, out of the three million people in Qatar, more than two million were from India and Pakistan. immigrants from other countries, while there are only a few hundred thousand real Qataris.
Therefore, Qatar, which is extremely wealthy and has a very high fertility rate, has developed into the 21st century. Not counting immigrants, the population is only a few hundred thousand. The population of Qatar in the early 20th century was naturally even pitiful.
Said said: "Your army, if you want to conquer Qatar, you can easily conquer it. The only difficulty is how to find the small tribes in Qatar. Some small tribes in Qatar even have a population of only a dozen people. Fortunately, Qatar is not large and the terrain is It’s not complicated, just take a little more time to understand the population of Qatar as a whole.”
After listening to Qatar's intelligence, Brigadier Sèvres said somewhat speechlessly: "I have underestimated the strength of the Qataris as much as possible before, but I didn't expect that I still overestimated it."
"Among the tribes in Qatar, I am afraid that only the Sani family can barely catch the eye, but to conquer this largest tribe, it is estimated that a company of troops can win."
"As for taking down the whole of Qatar, one battalion is more than enough. But now that we have to dispatch the entire brigade to deal with such a small thing, it seems too fussy. But since things have developed to this point, then Treat this war as a journey!”
