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The Al Thani family is the royal family of Qatar
Qatar
Qatar , also known as the State of Qatar or locally Dawlat Qaṭar, is a sovereign Arab state, located in the Middle East, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. Its sole land border is with Saudi Arabia to the south, with the rest of its...

 whose origins can be traced back to Banu Tamim
Banu Tamim
Banī Tamīm Tamim is one of the largest of all Arab tribes. Their history goes back to pre-Islamic times....

. The Al Thani family has been ruling Qatar since its foundation in 1825.

List of Hakims
Hakim (title)
' and ' are two Arabic titles derived from the same triliteral ḤKM "appoint, choose, judge". Compare the Hebrew title hakham.-Hakīm :...

 and Emirs:
  • Sheikh Thani bin Mohammed, Hakim of Qatar (1825–1850)
  • Sheikh Mohammed bin Thani, Hakim of Qatar (1850–1878)
  • Sheikh Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani, Emir of Qatar (1878–1913)
  • Sheikh Abdullah bin Jasssim Al Thani, Emir of Qatar (1914–1945)
  • Shiekh Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani, Emir of Qatar (1945–1946)
  • Sheikh Ali bin Abdullah Al Thani, Emir of Qatar (1949–1960)
  • Sheikh Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani, Emir of Qatar (1960–1972)
  • Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani
    Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani
    Emir Shaikh Khalifa bin Hamad bin Abdullah bin Jassim bin Muhammed Al Thani GCB GCMG was the Emir of Qatar from 1972 until he was deposed by his son Hamad bin Khalifa in 1995....

    , Emir of Qatar (1972–1995)
  • Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of Qatar (1995–present).

Family tree

The Emir Jassim Branch

    • Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani (ca. 1825–1913) Founder of Modern Qatar
      • Muhammed bin Jassim Al Thani- Defacto ruler
        • Jassim bin Muhammed bin Jassim Al Thani
          • Khalifa bin Jassim Al Thani
      • Ali bin Jassim Al Thani
      • Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani
        Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani
        Abdullah bin Jassim bin Muhammed Al Thani was born in 1871 at Doha, and on 17 July 1913, he became the ruler of Qatar. Great Britain and the Ottoman Empire accorded their recognition to Shaikh Abdullah and his successors’ right to rule over the whole of the Qatari Peninsula...

         - Ruler
        • Ali bin Abdullah Al Thani - Ruler
          • Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani - Emir
            • Abdelaziz bin Ahmed Al Thani (1945–2008), ex-crown Prince (in-exile)
          • Muhammed bin Ali Al Thani
            Muhammed bin Ali Al Thani
            Shaikh Muhammad bin Ali bin Abdullah bin Jassim bin Muhammed Al Thani was born in 1922. He married one of his wives a daughter of Shaikh Muhammad bin Saqr al-Qasimi from UAE.He died in December 1970 at age of 48....

            • Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Thani (Sharjah) 
            • Saud bin Muhammed Al Thani 
        • Hassan bin Abdullah Al Thani
          • Sultan bin Hassan bin Abdullah Al Thani
        • Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani - Crown Prince (died before his father)
          • Ahmed bin Hamad Al Thani
            • Saud bin Ahmed Al Thani, (born 1969) former Qatari footballer
          • Jassim bin Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani
            • Hamad bin Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani
          • Abdelaziz bin Hamad Al Thani
            • Saud bin Abdelaziz bin Hamad Al Thani
          • Mohammed bin Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani
          • Khalid bin Hamad Al Thani
            • Abdullah bin Khalid Al Thani
            • Hamad bin Khalid Al Thani
          • Suhaim bin Hamad Al Thani
            • Hamad bin Suhaim Al Thani
              • Jawaher bint Hamad Al Thani
          • Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani
            Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani
            Emir Shaikh Khalifa bin Hamad bin Abdullah bin Jassim bin Muhammed Al Thani GCB GCMG was the Emir of Qatar from 1972 until he was deposed by his son Hamad bin Khalifa in 1995....

             - Emir
            • Abdelaziz bin Khalifa Al Thani
            • Abdullah bin Khalifah Al Thani
              Abdullah bin Khalifah Al Thani
              style="float:right;"| Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalifa Al Thani was a Prime Minister of Qatar from 29 October 1996 to 3 April 2007...

            • Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani - Emir
              • Jassem bin Hamad Al Thani - Heir Apparent (till 2003)
              • Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani - Heir Apparent (since 2003)
              • Mohammed bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
      • Fahad bin Jassim Al Thani
        • Jassim bin Fahad Al Thani
        • Saud bin Fahad Al Thani
        • Hassan bin Fahad Al Thani
        • Mubarak bin Fahad Al Thani
        • Faleh bin Fahad Al Thani
        • Nasser bin Fahad Al Thani
      • Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani
      • Thani bin Jassim bin Muhammed Al Thani
        • Muhammed bin Thani Al Thani
          • Thamir bin Muhammed bin Thani Al Thani
            • Hamad bin Thamir Al Thani

Ahmed bin Muhammad branch

    • Ahmed bin Muhammed Al Thani
      Ahmed bin Muhammed Al Thani
      -Bio:He was the chief of the Al Thani Family on the resignation of his brother Qassim in 1900.He was killed by his servant at Doha in December 1905.-Children:Mubarak Bin AhmedMuhammed Bin AhmedAbdallah Bin AhmedAli Bin AhmedAbdelrahman Bin Ahmed...

       -Governor of Doha
      • Saif bin Ahmed Al Thani
        • Ahmed bin Saif Al Thani
          • Saif bin Ahmed Al Thani
          • Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Thani
      • Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Thani
        • Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani
          • Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani
            Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani
            Brigadier Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani is a Qatari politician. A member of the ruling family, he is the current Minister of State for Internal Affairs of Qatar....

            , Minister of State for Internal Affairs
      • Abdullah bin Ahmed Al Thani
        • Nasser bin Abdullah bin Ahmed Al Thani
          • Abdullah bin Nasser bin Abdullah Al Ahmed Al Thani
            Abdullah bin Nasser bin Abdullah Al Ahmed Al Thani
            Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Abdullah Al Ahmed Al Thani , is a Qatari businessman and billionaire. As of 2010, he is a member of Board of Directors of Doha Bank...

      • Khalid bin Ahmed Al Thani
        • Ahmed bin Khalid Al Thani
        • Nasser bin Khalid Al Thani, founder of Nasser bin Khalid Holdings
          • Nawaf bin Nasser Al Thani
      • Ahmed bin Ahmed Al Thani
          • Mubarak bin Ahmed Al Thani
          • Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Thani
          • Hamad bin Ahmed Al Thani
          • Nasser bin Ahmed Al Thani
          • Abdullah bin Ahmed Al Thani

Jabr bin Muhammad branch

    • Jabr bin Muhammed Al Thani
      • Muhammad bin Jabr Al Thani
        • Abdullah bin Mohammad bin Jabr Al Thani
      • Jassim bin Jabr Al Thani
        • Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani
          Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani
          style="float:right;"| Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber bin Muhammad Al Thani is a Qatari politician and the current Prime Minister of Qatar, a position he has held since 3 April 2007, and Foreign Minister, which he has been since 11 January 1992.-Life and education:Sheikh Hamad was born in Doha,...

          , Prime Minister
        • Jaber bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani
          • Hamad bin Jabor bin Jassim Al Thani
            Hamad bin Jabor bin Jassim Al Thani
            H.E. Sheikh Hamad bin Jabor bin Jassim bin Jabor bin Muhammed Al Thani was appointed by the Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, as the Director General of the General Secretariat for Development Planning and Chairman of Qatar Statistics Authority in 2007.At GSDP, Sheikh Hamad is in...

      • Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani
        • Saud bin Abdulrahman Al Thani
          • Muhammed bin Saud Al Thani
            • Abdullah bin Mohammad bin Saud Al Thani

Thamir bin Muhammad branch

    • Thamir bin Muhammed Al Thani
      • Issa bin Thamir bin Muhammed Al Thani

See also

  • List of Sunni Muslim dynasties
  • Line of succession to the Qatari throne
    Line of succession to the Qatari throne
    The order of succession as the Ruler of Qatar is determined by appointments within the Al Thani family.The current Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani , has appointed his fourth son, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani , as Heir Apparent on 8 August 2003, this after his older brother...


The Al Thani Royal family of Qatar
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