The center published the 14th issue of Rewaq of History and Heritage Magazine. It includes a number of academic researches that emphasize its vision in presenting novel ideas and studies. In the first and second articles, titled "Utubi Migration and the Rise and Development of Zubarah" and "The Strategic Site of Qatar and Salafi Influence on the Arabian Gulf Coast", Professor Hassan Bin Mohamed Bin Ali Al-Thani resumes his exploration of aspects of Qatar's modern history. He confirms that Eastern Arabia has witnessed, since the mid-seventeenth century, migration of groups of Najdi tribes from the hinterland to the Gulf coast in pursuit of trade and pearl diving. In historical sources, they were referred to as the Utub. These groups established sheikhdoms on the coast and formed states in Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar.
He mentions that after the Fall of Bani Khalid State, the region witnessed expansion of the Salafi influence over areas that were under the Bani Khalid State, including the coast of the Gulf. This led regional powers weaken that unrestrained power, resulting in a state of disturbances in the Arabian Gulf, Oman Coast, and Eastern Arabia.
In his article, titled "Sayyid Abdul Jalil Al-Tabtawi and His Grandsons and Their Relations with the Scholars of Their Time", Professor Abdul Latif bin Nasser Al-Humaidan explores the influence of this family on the events of the region under the Utubi, Saudi, Al Khalifa of Bahrain, and Al-Sabah of Kuwait influence, as well as on their interactions with Ottoman Muttasalim in Basra. He concludes his article by highlighting their involvement in the events of Az Zubayr, Basra, and Kuwait.
In his article, titled "The Mamluk Fighter between Rise and Fall (1250-1517)", Professor Ahmed Abdel Razek Abdel Aziz points out that the fighter was raised under Harsh conditions. The Author takes us to experience their live since childhood and then their ascent to power; including their victories, setbacks, ambitions, struggles and methods of governance.
In his article, "Deciphering the Craft's Codes (Ancient Chemistry): Heritage Writings in the Terminology of this Science", Professor Lutfullah Qari emphasizes that this craft (Ancient Chemistry) was a discipline that combined practical and theoretical treatment pertaining to it. It was divided into two types: one whose practitioners aimed at transforming cheap metals into gold; and one whose practitioners made use of the experiments of the first party in chemical processes and applied them in useful handicrafts such as manufacturing metal painting materials, ceramics, perfumes, preparing compound medicines. The practitioners of the first type used vague technical terms in order to conceal their meanings from the reader, so that only the practitioners themselves could understand them. Chemists from both types wrote works interpreting vague terms with hidden meanings for the first type, or terms of the tools, operations, and substances used in experiments for the second type. The article gives a brief description of ten heritage writings, some of which have been examined in researches published in the West in German, French and English, while four of them are being introduced for the first time.
