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'''Qatif''' or '''Al-Qatif''' ({{lang-ar|ٱلْقَطِيف}} ''Al-Qaṭīf'') is a [[Governorates of Saudi Arabia|governorate and urban area]] located in [[Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia|Eastern Province]], [[Saudi Arabia]]. It extends from [[Ras Tanura]] and [[Jubail]] in the north to [[Dammam]] in the south, and from the [[Persian Gulf]] in the east to [[King Fahd International Airport]] in the west. This region has its own municipality and includes the Qatif downtown, [[Safwa City|Safwa]], [[Saihat]], [[Tarout Island]], and many other smaller cities and towns.
Qatif is one of the oldest settlements in [[Eastern Arabia]], its history going back to 3500 BC, more than 5000 years ago, and was part of the [[Eastern Arabia|Bahrain Region]] which was called Dilmun at that time and the Sumerians knew it as the land of Paradise, immortality, and life.<ref>{{cite book |last=Crawford |first=Harriet E. W. |author-link=Harriet Crawford |date=1998 |title=Dilmun and Its Gulf Neighbours |page=9 |location=Cambridge, UK |publisher=Cambridge University Press |isbn=978-0-52158-679-5}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last=Rice |first=Michael |date=1991 |title=Egypt's Making: The Origins of Ancient Egypt 5000–2000 BC |location=London, UK |publisher=Routledge |page=229 |isbn=978-0-41506-454-5}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theregister.com/2010/12/09/ancient_dilmun_garden_eden_gulf_lost_civilisation/ |title=Lost ancient civilisation's ruins lie beneath Gulf, says boffin
Several travelers visited the city, the most two famous of them were [[Abulfeda]] (1273–1331), who described it: "Al-Qatif: a town next to Al-Ahsa, of a beautiful nature, whose people are well-groomed, and it is on the Arab side of the Persian Sea coast."<ref name=":0"/> And [[Ibn Battuta]] (1304–1369): "Then we traveled to the city of Al-Qatif, its name is derived from fruit picking, which is an oasis of water and a large city with many palm trees inhabited by sects of Shiite Arabs."<ref>{{cite book |url=http://islamport.com/w/bld/Web/455/133.htm |last=Battuta |first=Ibn |authorlink=Ibn Battuta |date=2017-08-08 |title=Ibn Battuta's Journey |language=ar |location= |publisher=Al-Maktaba Al-Asriyya for printing and publishing |page= |isbn= |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170808193820/http://islamport.com/w/bld/Web/455/133.htm |archive-date=2017-08-08}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite book |last=Al-Ramis |first=Salman |date=2004 |title=Qatif, a study in ancient history |url= |location= |publisher=Al-hazen library |page= |isbn=}}</ref>
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