House of Thani

House of Thani
آل ثاني
House of Thani; آل ثاني
Parent house	Al-Maadeed
Country	Qatar
Founded	c. 1847
Founder	Mohammed bin Thani
Current head	Tamim bin Hamad
Titles	Hakim; Emir; Sheikh;
Traditions	Sunni Islam

The House of Thani (Arabic: آل ثاني, romanized: Āl Thānī) is the ruling family of Qatar, with origins tracing back to the Adnanite Banu Tamim tribe.^[2] Today Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and his mother Moza bint Nassir lead the house.

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The Al Thani family^[3] can be traced back to Mudar bin Nizar, a descendant of Ismail. The tribe moved from Najdi 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 Arab houses: Banu Qasem, 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 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".^[8]

List of Emirs:

Sheikh Thani bin Mohammad
Sheikh Mohammed bin Thani, Emir of Qatar (1851–1878)
Sheikh Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani, Emir of Qatar (1878–1913)
Sheikh Ahmad bin Mohammed Al Thani, ruled Qatar between 1898 and 1905 (after his brother abdicated in favor of him) until he was killed in 1905^[9]
Sheikh Mohammed bin Jassim Al Thani, Emir of Qatar (1913–1914)
Sheikh Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani, Emir of Qatar (1914–1949)
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, Emir of Qatar (1972–1995)
Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of Qatar (1995–2013)
Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, Emir of Qatar (2013–present)^[10]

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

Sheikh Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani (ca. 1825–1913), founder of modern Qatar
- Sheikh Fahad bin Jassim Al Thani I (19th century, died when he was young)
- 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 Jassim bin Muhammed bin Jassim Al Thani
    - Sheikh Fahad bin Jassim Al Thani (19th century–1977)
      - Sheikh Faisal bin Fahad Al Thani
      - Sheikh Hamad bin Fahad Al Thani
      - Sheikh Abdullah bin Fahad Al Thani
    - Sheikh Nasir bin Jassim Al Thani
      - Sheikh ??? bin Nasir Al Thani
      - Sheikh ??? bin Nasir Al Thani
      - Sheikh ??? bin Nasir Al Thani
      - Sheikh ??? bin Nasir Al Thani
      - Sheikh ??? bin Nasir Al Thani
    - Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Jassim Al Thani (19th century–1970)
    - Sheikh Khalid bin Jassim Al Thani
      - Sheikh Fahad bin Khalid bin Jassim Al Thani
      - Sheikh ??? bin Khalid Al Thani
    - Sheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Al Thani
      - Sheikh ??? bin Hamad Al Thani
      - Sheikh ??? bin Hamad Al Thani
    - Sheikh Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani
      - Sheikh ??? bin Abdulrahman Al Thani
      - Sheikh ??? bin Abdulrahman Al Thani
      - Sheikh ??? bin Abdulrahman Al Thani
      - Sheikh ??? bin Abdulrahman Al Thani
    - Sheikh Ali bin Jassim Al Thani
    - Sheikh Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani
      - Sheikh ??? bin Abdullah Al Thani
      - Sheikh ??? bin Abdullah Al Thani
      - Sheikh ??? bin Abdullah Al Thani
      - Sheikh ??? bin Abdullah Al Thani
    - Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim Al Thani (1959)
      - Sheikh Jassim bin Khalifa Al Thani
      - Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Thani
      - Sheikh Sultan bin Khalifa Al Thani
      - Sheikh Ahmed bin Khalifa Al Thani
      - Sheikha Najla bint Khalifa Al Thani
      - Sheikha Reem bint Khalifa Al Thani
    - Sheikh Salman Bin Jassim Al Thani
      - Sheikh ??? bin Salman Al Thani
      - Sheikh ??? bin Salman Al Thani
      - Sheikh ??? bin Salman Al Thani
    - Sheikh Saud Bin Jassim Al Thani
      - Sheikh ??? bin Saud Al Thani
      - Sheikh ??? bin Saud Al Thani
      - Sheikh ??? bin Saud Al Thani
      - Sheikh ??? bin Saud Al Thani
    - Sheikh Sultan bin Jassim Al Thani, married
    - Sheikh Faysal bin Jassim Al Thani
      - Sheikh ??? bin Faysal Al Thani
    - Sheikh Hasan bin Jassim Al Thani
      - Sheikh ??? Hamid Mohammed
    - Sheikha Noor bint Jassim Al Thani, married
    - Sheikha Rowdha bint Jassim Al Thani, married to Abdullah bin Ahmad Bin Abdullah
    - Sheikha Amna bint Jassim Al Thani, married to Khalid bin Hamad bin Abdullah
    - Sheikha Al-Anoud bint Jassim Al Thani, married, with two sons and two daughters
    - Sheikha Tamather bint Jassim Al Thani
    - Sheikha Fatma bint Jassim Al Thani
    - Sheikha Muna bint Jassim Al Thani
    - Sheikha Jawaher bint Jassim Al Thani
    - Sheikha Sheikha bint Jassim Al Thani
    - Sheikha Maha bint Jassim Al Thani
    - Sheikha Moneera bint Jassim Al Thani
    - Sheikha Khowla bint Jassim Al Thani
    - Sheikha Leena bint Jassim Al Thani
    - Sheikha Loolwa bint Jassim Al Thani
    - Sheikha Mariam bint Jassim Al Thani
    - Sheikha Noora bint Jassim Al Thani
- 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 Khawar bin Ahmed Al Thani, Emir of Al Khor since 1996
    - Sheikh Fahad bin Khawar Al Thani
    - Sheikha ??? bint Khawar Al Thani
    - Sheikha ??? bint Khawar Al Thani
- Sheikh Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani (ca. 1825–1913), founder of Modern Qatar
  - Sheikh Muhammed bin Jassim Al Thani, de facto ruler
    - Sheikh Jassim bin Muhammed bin Jassim Al Thani
    - Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Thani
    - Sheikh Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Thani
      - Sheikh Saoud bin Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Thani
    - Sheikh Thamir bin Mohammed bin Jassim Al Thani
    - Sheikh Ghanim bin Mohammed Al Thani
    - Sheikh Thani bin Mohammed Al Thani
    - Sheikh Abdulrahman bin Mohammed Al Thani
    - Sheikh Khalid bin Mohammed Al Thani
    - Sheikh Khalifa bin Mohammed Al Thani
    - Sheikh Mubarak bin Mohammed Al Thani
    - Sheikh Musa'id bin Mohammed Al Thani
    - Sheikh Hassan bin Mohammed Al Thani
    - Sheikh Mansoor bin Mohammed Al Thani
    - Sheikh Falih bin Mohammed Al Thani
    - Sheikh Jabor bin Mohammed Al Thani
    - Sheikh Ali bin Mohammed Al Thani
    - Sheikh Saud bin Mohammed Al Thani
    - Sheikha Fatima bint Mohammed Al Thani
    - Sheikha Sarah bint Mohammed Al Thani
    - Sheikha Loulwa bint Mohammed Al Thani
    - Sheikha Hessa bint Mohammed Al Thani
    - Sheikha Sheikha bint Mohammed Al Thani
    - Sheikha Noura bint Mohammed Al Thani
  - Sheikh Ali bin Jassim Al Thani
  - Sheikh Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani, ruler
    - Sheikh Ali bin Abdullah Al Thani, ruler
      - Sheikh Ahmad bin Ali Al Thani, emir
        Sheikh Abdelaziz bin Ahmed Al Thani (1945–2008), ex-crown prince (in exile)
      - Sheikh Muhammed bin Ali Al Thani
        Sheikh Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Thani (Sharjah) ^{[citation needed]}
        
        Sheikh Saud bin Muhammed Al Thani ^{[citation needed]}
    - Sheikh Hassan bin Abdullah Al Thani
      - Sheikh Sultan bin Hassan bin Abdullah Al Thani
        Sheikh Abdulrahman bin Sultan bin Hassan Al Thani
        Sheikh Sultan bin Abdulrahman Al Thani
        
        Sheikha Sara bint Abdulrahman Al Thani
    - Sheikh Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani, crown prince (died before his father)
      - Sheikh Ahmed bin Hamad Al Thani
        Sheikh Saud bin Ahmed Al Thani, (born 1969) former Qatari footballer
      - Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani
        Sheikh Hamad bin Jassim bin Hamad Al Thani
      - Sheikh Abdelaziz bin Hamad Al Thani
        Sheikh Saud bin Abdelaziz bin Hamad Al Thani
      - Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad bin Abdullah Al Thani
      - Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Thani
        Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalid Al Thani
        
        Sheikh Hamad bin Khalid Al Thani
      - Sheikh Suhaim bin Hamad Al Thani
        Sheikh Hamad bin Suhaim Al Thani
        Sheikha Jawaher bint Hamad Al Thani
      - Sheikh Khalifa bin Hamad Al Thani, emir
        Sheikh Abdelaziz bin Khalifa Al Thani
        
        Sheikh Abdullah bin Khalifah Al Thani
        
        Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Thani
        
        Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, emir until 25 June 2013
        Sheikh Mishaal bin Hamad Al Thani, heir apparent (until 1996)
        
        Sheikh Jasim bin Hamad Al Thani, heir apparent (until 2003)
        
        Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, emir from 25 June 2013
        
        Sheikh Joaan bin Hamad Al Thani
        
        Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad Al Thani
        
        Sheikh Khalid bin Hamad Al Thani
        
        Sheikh Abdullah bin Hamad Al Thani, deputy emir
        
        Sheikha Alanoud bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani
        
        Sheikh Thani bin Hamad Al Thani
        
        Sheikh Khalfa bin Hamad Al Thani
  - Sheikh Fahad bin Jassim Al Thani
    - Sheikh Jassim bin Fahad Al Thani
    - Sheikh Saud bin Fahad Al Thani
    - Sheikh Hassan bin Fahad Al Thani
    - Sheikh Mubarak bin Fahad Al Thani
    - Sheikh Faleh bin Fahad Al Thani
    - Sheikh Nasser bin Fahad Al Thani
  - Sheikh Abdulrahman bin Jassim Al Thani
  - Sheikh Thani bin Jassim bin Muhammed Al Thani
    - Sheikh Muhammed bin Thani Al Thani
      - Sheikh Thamir bin Muhammed bin Thani Al Thani
        Sheikh Hamad bin Thamir Al Thani

The Ahmed bin Muhammed Al Thani branch

Sheikh Ahmed bin Muhammed Al Thani, Governor of Doha
- Sheikh Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Thani
  - Sheikh Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani
    - Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser bin Khalifa Al Thani, Prime Minister and Interior Minister of Qatar (2013-20)
- Sheikh Saif bin Ahmed Al Thani
  - Sheikh Ahmed bin Saif Al Thani
    - Sheikh Saif bin Ahmed Al Thani
    - Sheikh Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Thani
    - Sheikh Jamal bin Ahmed Al Thani

The Jaber bin Muhammed Al Thani branch

Sheikh Jaber bin Muhammed Al Thani (1878–1934)
- Sheikh Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani
  - Sheikh Yousif bin Jassim Al Thani
  - 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 Jabor bin Hamad Al Thani
    - Sheikh Mohammed bin Hamad Al Thani
    - Sheikh Fahad bin Hamad Al Thani
    - Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani
    - Sheikh Falah Bin Hamad Al Thani
    - Sheikha Alanoud bint Hamad Al Thani
  - Sheikh Falah bin Jassim Al Thani
  - Sheikh Mansoor bin Jassim Al Thani
  - Sheikh Nawaf bin Jassim Al Thani (jailed for six years)^[11]
- Sheikh Muhammad bin Jabr Al Thani (1916–1983)
  - Sheikh Jaber bin Muhammad Al Thani

[1]
"The Banu Tamim tribe". 28 February 2019.
[2]
"Meet the world's other 25 royal families". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 4 July 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
[3]
Althani, Mohamed (2013). Jassim the Leader: Founder of Qatar. Profile Books. p. 25. ISBN 978-1-78125-070-9.
[4]
"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.
[5]
Mohamed Althani, p. 26
[6]
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.
[7]
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.
[8]
"How Qatar bought up Britain". The Guardian. 5 November 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
[9]
"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.
[10]
"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.
[11]
"Qatari court convicts ex-finance minister of laundering $5.6 billion: Document". Khaleej Times. Reuters. Retrieved 5 February 2024.

[1] [1]
"The Banu Tamim tribe". 28 February 2019.

[2] [2]
"Meet the world's other 25 royal families". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 4 July 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2017.

[3] [3]
Althani, Mohamed (2013). Jassim the Leader: Founder of Qatar. Profile Books. p. 25. ISBN 978-1-78125-070-9.

[gnrews24june-4] [4]
"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.

[5] [5]
Mohamed Althani, p. 26

[kamsum09-6] [6]
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.

[hcm1993-7] [7]
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.

[GuardNov05-8] [8]
"How Qatar bought up Britain". The Guardian. 5 November 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2022.

[9] [9]
"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.

[New_Emir_BBC-10] [10]
"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.

[11] [11]
"Qatari court convicts ex-finance minister of laundering $5.6 billion: Document". Khaleej Times. Reuters. Retrieved 5 February 2024.

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House of Thani آل ثاني

Parent house	Al-Maadeed^[1]
Country	Qatar
Founded	c. 1847
Founder	Mohammed bin Thani
Current head	Tamim bin Hamad
Titles	Hakim Emir Sheikh
Traditions	Sunni Islam