Hillock on northern end of Al Khor Island.Excavation of the Kassite dye site on Al Khor Island.Dirt path in Al Khor Island.Vegetation in Al Khor Island.
Al Khor Island (Arabic: جزيرة الخور), also known as Jazirat bin Ghanim and Purple Island, is an island located in the municipality of Al Khor on the northeast coast of Qatar. It accommodates the only archaeological site in the country attributable to the second millennium BC.[1] There are four main periods of occupation on the island, dating from as early as c. 2000 BC to as late as 1900 AD. The island is best known for being the site of operation of a Kassite-controlled purple dye industry in the second millennium BC.[2]
^Casey, Paula; Vine, Peter (1991). The heritage of Qatar (print ed.). Immel Publishing. p. 15. ISBN 978-0907151500.
^Carter, Robert Jr.; Killick, Robert (2014). Al-Khor Island: Investigating Coastal Exploitation in Bronze Age Qatar(PDF). Moonrise Press Ltd. p. 40. ISBN 978-1910169001.
AlKhorIsland (Arabic: جزيرة الخور), also known as Jazirat bin Ghanim and Purple Island, is an island located in the municipality of AlKhor on the northeast...
AlKhor (Arabic: الخور; also spelled Al Khawr), officially AlKhor and Al Thakhira, is a municipality in northeastern Qatar. AlKhor City, the municipal...
Babylonian material dating back to the second millennium BC found in AlKhorIslands attests to trade relations between the inhabitants of Qatar and the...
expeditions, with the most extensive being the coastal areas of Al Da'asa, Ras Abrouq and AlKhorIsland. Artifacts such as flint tools, Ubaid and Barbar pottery...
of islands of Qatar, inhabited and uninhabited. Al Aaliya Island or Alia Island (Arabic: جَزِيرَة اَلْعَالِيَّة, romanized: Jazīrat ‘Alya) AlKhor Island...
following: Al Da'asa AlKhorIsland Jebel Jassassiyeh Lehsain Murwab Ras Abrouq Ruwayda Umm Al Maa Wadi Debayan Zubarah Al Ghariyah Beach Al Thakhira Beach...
water. The settlements dating to the Dilmun period, particularly in AlKhorIsland, may have been established to expedite trade journeys between Bahrain...
Emirate of Umm Al Quwain in the United Arab Emirates. Its ruling royal family are the Al Mualla. The city is located on the peninsula of KhorAl Bidiyah, with...
Al Thakhira (Arabic: الذخيره, romanized: Adh Dhakhīrah, lit. 'Ammunition') is a town on the coast of the AlKhor municipality in Qatar, about 7 kilometres...
which lies the Dukhan oil field, and massive sand dunes surrounding Khawr al Udayd, an inlet of the Persian Gulf in the southeast known to local English...
conception, the purple dye was a valuable commodity and the area surrounding AlKhorIsland and was under contention of the Sasanian Empire, gaining control over...
AlKhor Community, also known as Umm Anaig (Arabic: ام عنيق), is a gated community on the coast of the AlKhor municipality in Qatar, over 50 kilometres...
rule of the Kassites due to the presence of a purple dye industry on AlKhorIslands. Qatar was also known for its production of purple dye during the rule...
Khawr al Udayd, (Arabic: خور العديد; also spelled Khoral Adaid and Khoral-‘Udeid) is a settlement and inlet of the Persian Gulf located in Al Wakrah...
island off the coast of the Western Region of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates. The island is 15 km (9.3 mi) north of the Khoral-Bazm...
The Jabrids (Arabic: الجبريون, romanized: al-Jabrīyūn) or Banu Jabr were an Arab dynasty that ruled all of Arabia except for Hejaz, parts of Oman and Yemen...
found also. Kassite pottery deposits have been found as far away as AlKhorIsland in the Persian Gulf area. Remnants of two Kassite glass beakers were...
things: the vast industrial area of Ras AlKhor, the residential areas of Nad Al Sheba and Wadi Al Safa, with the Al Warsan area containing the residential...
sub-precincts: Al Zeina, KhorAl Raha, Al Bandar, Al Seef, Al Dana, Al Rumaila, Al Zahiya, Al Lissayli, Al Shaleela, Al Razeen, and Al Thurayya. Spread...
Basra (Arabic: ٱلْبَصْرَة, romanized: al-Baṣrah) is a city in southern Iraq located on the Shatt al-Arab. It had an estimated population of 1.4 million...
garrison at Khor Fakkan, besieged by Ahmed bin Said, to surrender. He went on to take Khasab and then blockaded Ras Al Khaimah, Rams, Jazirat Al Hamra, Fasht...
1976. His team, Mission Archéologique Français à Qatar, discovered AlKhorIsland that year. He also discovered an archaeological site in Shagra. Tixier...
Tróia Vila Nova de São Pedro Lapedo Child Al Da'asa AlKhorIsland Jebel Jassassiyeh Murwab Ruwayda Umm Al Maa Wadi Debayan Acidava (Enoşeşti) – Dacian...
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