Yoghbi (Arabic: اليغبي) is an abandoned village in north-west Qatar located in the municipality of Al Shamal.
This name was derived from its low elevation and partial concealment by stands of trees.
The settlement discovered here is thought to have been founded during the Sasanian period, between 538 and 670 CE.
However, habitation continued well into the Umayyad period, with some ruins bearing features that indicate they were built sometime between 661 and 750 CE.
[2] Jose Carvajal Lopez, the lead archaeologist for UCL-Q, stated that this finding is of some significance because it suggests that habitation of Qatar's north coast was not dependent on trade generated by the formation of Baghdad in 762 or the emergence of Siraf around 800.