Al Koot Fort, most com­mon­ly known as Doha Fort, is locat­ed in Souq Waqif. Built-in 1880, the Al Koot Fort was orig­i­nal­ly built by Sheikh Abdul­la bin Qas­sim Al Thani and was used as a police sta­tion and jail to pro­tect Souq Waqif from thieves.