Jump to content
 







Main menu
   


Navigation  



Main page
Contents
Current events
Random article
About Wikipedia
Contact us
Donate
 




Contribute  



Help
Learn to edit
Community portal
Recent changes
Upload file
 








Search  

































Create account

Log in
 









Create account
 Log in
 




Pages for logged out editors learn more  



Contributions
Talk
 



















Contents

   



(Top)
 


1 History and structure  





2 Rulers  





3 Family tree  



3.1  Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani branch  





3.2  The Ahmed bin Muhammed Al Thani branch  





3.3  The Jaber bin Muhammed Al Thani branch  







4 See also  





5 References  





6 External links  














House of Thani






العربية
Azərbaycanca

Čeština
Deutsch
Ελληνικά
فارسی
Français
Bahasa Indonesia
Italiano
עברית


مازِرونی
Bahasa Melayu

Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча
پنجابی
Português
Русский
سرائیکی
Türkçe
Українська
اردو

 

Edit links
 









Article
Talk
 

















Read
Edit
View history
 








Tools
   


Actions  



Read
Edit
View history
 




General  



What links here
Related changes
Upload file
Special pages
Permanent link
Page information
Cite this page
Get shortened URL
Download QR code
Wikidata item
 




Print/export  



Download as PDF
Printable version
 




In other projects  



Wikimedia Commons
 
















Appearance
   

 






From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 

(Redirected from Qatari Royal Family)

House of Thani
آل ثاني
Parent houseBanu Hanzala[1]
CountryQatar
Foundedc. 1847
FounderMohammed bin Thani
Current headTamim bin Hamad
Titles
TraditionsIslam (Sunni)

The House of Thani (Arabic: آل ثاني, romanizedĀl Thānī) is the ruling familyofQatar, with origins tracing back to the Northern Arab Banu Tamim tribe.[2] Today Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and his mother Moza bint Nassir lead the house.

History and structure[edit]

The Al Thanis[3] can be traced back to Mudar bin Nizar. The tribe moved from Nejdi town of Ushaiger and settled at the Gebrin oasis in southern Najd (present-day Saudi Arabia) before they moved to Qatar.[4] Around the 17th century, the tribe lived in Ushaiger, a settlement north-west of Riyadh. They settled in Qatar around the 1720s. Their first settlement in Qatar was in the southern town of Sikak, and from there they moved north-west to Zubarah and Al Ruwais.[5] They settled in Doha in the 19th century under their leader Mohammed bin Thani.[4] The group was named after the father of Mohammad, Thani bin Mohammad.[4]

The family is made of four main factions: Bani Qassim, Bani Ahmed, Bani Jaber, and Bani Thamer.[6][7] As of the early 1990s, the number of the family members was estimated to be about 20,000.[7]

The leadership transitions in 1913, 1949, 1960, and 2013 were all abdications.[6] These abdications were to a nephew in one incident and sons in the others.[6][8]

The family and their relatives and associates own significant properties in the Mayfair district of London, with an estimated quarter of Mayfair's 279 acres including two of the area's best known luxury hotels, The Connaught and Claridge's. The area has acquired the nickname "Little Doha".[9]

Rulers[edit]

List of Emirs:

Family tree[edit]

'Genealogical table of the Ruling Āl Thāni (Ma’ādhīd) Family of Dōhah in Qatar', produced in 1915
House of Thani
Muhammad
bin Thani

(1)
r. 1847–1878
Jassim
bin Muhammad

(2)
r. 1878–1913
Abdullah
bin Jassim

(3)
r. 1913–1949
Ali
bin Abdullah

(4)
r. 1949–1960
Hamad
bin Abdullah
Ahmad
bin Ali

(5)
r. 1960–1972
Khalifa
bin Hamad

(6)
r. 1972–1995
Hamad
bin Khalifa

(7)
r. 1995–2013
Tamim
bin Hamad

(8)
r. 2013–present

Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani branch[edit]

  • Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim Al Thani (1851–1931)
  • Sheikh Thani bin Jassim Al Thani (1856–1943), Sheikh of Al Gharafa
  • Sheikh Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani (1871–1930), Sheikh of Al Wakra
  • Sheikh Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani (1880–1957), former Sheikh of Al Rayyan, Ruler of Qatar (1914–1940, 1948–1949)
  • Sheikh Ali bin Jassim Al Thani (19th century, died when he was young)
  • Sheikh Mohammed bin Jassim Al Thani (1881–1971), Sheikh of Umm Salal Mohammed
  • Sheikh Ghanim bin Jassim Al Thani (1880s 2nd millennium)
  • Sheikh Ali bin Jassim Al Thani II (1893–1972), Sheikh of Umm Salal Ali
  • Sheikh Fahad bin Jassim Al Thani II (19th century, died young)
  • Sheikh Fahad bin Jassim Al Thani III (1897-ca.1980), Sheikh of Al Khiesa, settled in Rumeliah and Adba
  • Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Jassim Al Thani (1896–1985), Sheikh of Al Markhiya
  • Sheikh Salman bin Jassim Al Thani (19th century, died during/soon after his birth)
  • Sheikh Idris bin Jassim Al Thani (19th century, died during/soon after his birth)
  • Sheikh Mubarak bin Jassim Al Thani (19th century, died during/soon after his birth)
  • Sheikh Salman bin Jassim Al Thani II (1899–1984), Sheikh of Dukhan
  • Sheikh Nasser bin Jassim Al Thani (1900s–1978), Sheikh of Nasiriya
  • Sheikh Sultan bin Jassim Al Thani (1900s–1976), Sheikh of Umm Al Amad
  • Sheikh Ahmed bin Jassim Al Thani (1900s–1995), Sheikh of Al Khor
  • Sheikh Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani (ca. 1825–1913), founder of Modern Qatar
  • The Ahmed bin Muhammed Al Thani branch[edit]

  • Sheikh Saif bin Ahmed Al Thani
  • The Jaber bin Muhammed Al Thani branch[edit]

  • Sheikh Jabor bin Jassim Al Thani
  • Sheikh Fahad bin Jassim Al Thani
  • Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani (1959), Foreign Minister of Qatar (1992-2013), Prime Minister of Qatar (2007-2013)
  • Sheikh Falah bin Jassim Al Thani
  • Sheikh Mansoor bin Jassim Al Thani
  • Sheikh Nawaf bin Jassim Al Thani (jailed for six years)[12]
  • Sheikh Muhammad bin Jabr Al Thani (1916–1983)
  • See also[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "The Banu Tamim tribe". 28 February 2019.
  • ^ "Meet the world's other 25 royal families". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 4 July 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  • ^ Althani, Mohamed (2013). Jassim the Leader: Founder of Qatar. Profile Books. p. 25. ISBN 978-1-78125-070-9.
  • ^ a b c "Line of succession: The Al Thani rule in Qatar". Gulf News. 24 June 2013. Archived from the original on 27 June 2013. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  • ^ Mohamed Althani, p. 26
  • ^ a b c Kamrava, Mehran (Summer 2009). "Royal Factionalism and Political Liberalization in Qatar". The Middle East Journal. 63 (3): 401–420. doi:10.3751/63.3.13. S2CID 154521643. Archived from the original on 13 July 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  • ^ a b Helen Chapin Metz, ed. (1993). "The Al Thani". Persian Gulf States: A Country Study. Washington: GPO for the Library of Congress. Archived from the original on 14 October 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  • ^ Crystal, Jill (July 1989). "Coalitions in Oil Monarchies: Kuwait and Qatar". Comparative Politics. 21 (4): 427–443. doi:10.2307/422006. JSTOR 422006.
  • ^ "How Qatar bought up Britain". The Guardian. 5 November 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  • ^ "File 160/1903 'Persian Gulf: El Katr; appointment of Turkish Mudirs; question of Protectorate Treaty with El Katr' [170v] (345/860)". Qatar Digital Library. 20 August 2015. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  • ^ "Qatari emir Sheikh Hamad hands power to son Tamim". BBC News. 25 June 2013. Archived from the original on 25 June 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  • ^ "Qatari court convicts ex-finance minister of laundering $5.6 billion: Document". Khaleej Times. Reuters. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  • External links[edit]


    Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=House_of_Thani&oldid=1230871012"

    Categories: 
    Arab dynasties
    Wahhabi dynasties
    House of Thani
    Banu Tamim
    Hidden categories: 
    Articles with short description
    Short description is different from Wikidata
    EngvarB from June 2014
    Use dmy dates from June 2014
    Articles containing Arabic-language text
    All articles with unsourced statements
    Articles with unsourced statements from July 2010
    Commons category link is on Wikidata
    Articles with TDVİA identifiers
     



    This page was last edited on 25 June 2024, at 05:05 (UTC).

    Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 4.0; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization.



    Privacy policy

    About Wikipedia

    Disclaimers

    Contact Wikipedia

    Code of Conduct

    Developers

    Statistics

    Cookie statement

    Mobile view



    Wikimedia Foundation
    Powered by MediaWiki