Al Muhannadi

The tribal confederation emerged in the coastal town of Al-Khor, ruling the region before Qatar gained its independence in 1971, the larger portion of its members belong to the Bani Hajer, a Qahtanite tribe.

The formation of the Al-Mohannadi Arab tribal confederacy likely involved a collective agreement among various families to defend the villages of Al Thakhira and Al-Khor.

[citation needed] Mustafa Murad Al-Dabbagh mentioned in his book, Qatar, Its Past and Present, that the city of Al-Khor was established in 1200 AH (1785–1786 AD), and its population in the middle of the last century reached more than 2,000 people, belonging to the Al-Muhanada tribe, whose leaders were known as Al-Misanada.

[2] The settlement expanded its borders after one of their hunting groups discovered a substantial water source near the coast in the mid-19th century.

[5] In 1908, J. G. Lorimer, a British historian, compiled his two-volume encyclopedia, the "Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia" in which he wrote that Al Khor was frequently referred to as 'Khor al-Mahandah [Mohannadi]'.