| The Trip to Qatif/Tarut Island | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Qatif and Tarut Island are about an hour north of Dhahran on the gulf. Qatif was first settled around 3,500 BC. Prior to the discovery of oil it was the main Arabian settlement on the coast. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Along the gulf at Tarut Island | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| The old section of Tarut | ||||||||||||||||||||