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Shaikh Isa Bin Tarif Al Bin Ali Al-Utbi
(c. 1789 – 1847) was the ex chief of Al-Bida, known today as Doha , the capital of Qatar, as well as the chief of the Al Bin Ali tribe from the beginning of the 19th Century until his death in 1847. He was described by the political agents in the gulf as being one of the most energetic and powerful chiefs in the gulf region .
Biography
Shaikh Isa Bin Hamad Bin Tarif Al Bin Ali Al-Utbi Al-Sulami was born in the late eighteenth century in Zubarah, which is one of the oldest historical towns in Qatar.
Shaikh Isa Bin Tarif was the uncle of Shaikh Ali Bin Khalifa Al Khalifa ex Ruler of Bahrain (1868-1869), Shaikh Ali was Shaikh Mohamed's half brother sharing the same father.
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Shaikh Isa Bin Tarif Al Bin Ali Al-Utbi
(c. 1789 – 1847) was the ex chief of Al-Bida, known today as Doha , the capital of Qatar, as well as the chief of the Al Bin Ali tribe from the beginning of the 19th Century until his death in 1847. He was described by the political agents in the gulf as being one of the most energetic and powerful chiefs in the gulf region .
Biography
Shaikh Isa Bin Hamad Bin Tarif Al Bin Ali Al-Utbi Al-Sulami was born in the late eighteenth century in Zubarah, which is one of the oldest historical towns in Qatar.
Shaikh Isa Bin Tarif was the uncle of Shaikh Ali Bin Khalifa Al Khalifa ex Ruler of Bahrain (1868-1869), Shaikh Ali was Shaikh Mohamed's half brother sharing the same father. Shaikh Isa was also the brother in law of Shaikh Abdulla Bin Ahmed Al-Khalifa ex ruler of bahrain (1820-1843).
Isa Bin Tarif, Chief of the Al Bin Ali Al-Utbi Tribe, is a descendant of the Original Uttoobee conquerors of Bahrain .
Origin of the Bani Utbah Tribe
The Al Bin Ali Tribe are the original descendants of Bani Utbah tribe being that they are the only tribe to carry the last name Al-Utbi in their Ownership's documents of Palm gardens in Bahrain as early as the year 1699 - 1111 Hijri . They are specifically descendants of their great grand father Ali Al-Utbi who is a descendant of their great grand father Utbah hence the name Bani Utbah which means sons of Utbah. Utbah is the great grandfather of the Bani Utbah which is a section of Khafaf from Bani Sulaim bin Mansoor from Mudhar from Adnan.The plural word for Al-Utbi is Utub and the name of the tribe is Bani Utbah .
Conquest of Mombasa by in 1837 with the assistance of Shaikh Isa Bin Tarif
Sayyid Said Bin Sultan, Sultan of Oman, asked for the assistance of Shaikh Isa Bin Tarif in conquering the town of Mombasa in Kenya in 1837 with his tribe Utub Al Bin Ali. Fort Jesus in Mombasa was named after Shaikh Isa Bin Tarif after he conquered the fort. The translation of Jesus in Arabic is Isa, hence in Arabic it is called the Fort of Isa.
Shaikh Isa Bin Tarif overthrows the Ruler of Bahrain Abdulla Al Khalifa 1843
In the year 1843, Shaikh Isa Bin Tarif was one of the men who assisted Shaikh Mohamed Bin Khalifa to overthrow the Ruler of Bahrain who was Shaikh Mohamed's great uncle Shaikh Abdulla Bin Ahmed Al Khalifa whom was also Shaikh Isa Bin Tarif's enemy..
Shaikh Isa Bin Tarif Actual Ruler of Qatar 1843-1847
After helping Shaikh Mohamed in ousting Shaikh Abdulla from rulership of Bahrain, Shaikh Isa Bin Tarif and his tribe Al Bin Ali decided to move to the town of Al-Bida (known today as Doha) and re-established it after the removal of the Al-Sudan Tribe from it. In Al-Bida , Shaikh Isa Bin Tarif built a wall to the sea from both the East and West. In Al-Bida, Shaikh Isa Bin Tarif was its chief, which at that time meant that he was the Shaikh of Qatar since power was centralised in Al-Bida after it has been transformed from Zubarah, the original homeland of the Utub, Isa Bin Tarif's tribe.
Battle of Fowairat between the Ruler of Bahrain and Ruler of Qatar in 1847
His last battle was in the Battle of Fowairat also known as the battle of um sumwaya which took place at the end of 1847 in Qatar against Shaikh Mohamed Bin Khalifa Al Khalifa, Ruler of Bahrain in which Shaikh Mohamed's forces were defeated. But hours after the finish of the battle one of Shaikh Mohamed's followers killed Shaikh Isa Bin Tarif.
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