Abu Dhalouf

Abu Dhalouf (Arabic: أبو ظلوف, romanized: Abū Ḑalūf) is a town on the north coast of Qatar, located in the municipality of Al Shamal.

After investigating an act of piracy that took place off Abu Dhalouf, Prideaux learned the tribespeople of the village pledged their allegiance to the sheikh of Bahrain instead, as stated 80 years earlier by Brucks.

Lorimer's Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf gives an account of Abu Dhalouf in 1908: A village on the north-west coast of the Qatar Promontory, near its tip and 1 or 2 miles south-west of Ar Ru'ays.

Brucks' earlier report, Lorimer also stated that prior to 1856, the village was inhabited by about 50 men of the Bu Kuwara (Kuwari) tribe.

It is situated along the Abu Dhalouf Beach, providing a vantage point of the Persian Gulf, and is also near the town center.

Thus, in April 2016, the Ministry of Municipality and Environment began a QR 12.5 million renovation that spanned the park's 17,000 m2 area.

Entrance to Abu Dhalouf Park