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House of Thani
آل ثاني
Parent houseAl-Maadeed[1]
CountryQatar
Foundedc. 1847
FounderMohammed bin Thani
Current headTamim bin Hamad
Titles
TraditionsSunni Islam
Politics of Qatar

Arab League Member State of the Arab League

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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] Currently, Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani leads the house.

Officially, the House of Thani rules Qatar as a constitutional monarchy,[3][4] but the wide powers retained by the emir and his family have it bordering an absolute monarchy[5][6] and autocracy.[7][8]

History and structure

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The Al Thani family can be traced back to Mudar ibn Nizar, a claimed descendant of the Biblical figure Ishmael.[9] The tribe moved from the Najdi town of Ushaiger, a settlement north-west of Riyadh, and settled at the Gebrin oasis in southern Najd (present-day Saudi Arabia) before they moved to Qatar.[10] 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, Al Ruwais and then to Fuwayrit.[11] They settled in Doha in the 19th century under their leader Mohammed bin Thani.[10] The group was named after his father Thani bin Mohammed.[10]

The family is made up of three main branches: the Bani Ali, Bani Hamad, and Bani Khalid.[12][13] As of the early 1990s, the family numbered an estimated 20,000 members.[13]

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".[14]

Rulers

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List of rulers:

Family tree

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File:Geneaological tree of the Al Thani tribe.jpg
'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

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The Ahmed bin Muhammed Al Thani branch

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The Jaber bin Muhammed Al Thani branch

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See also

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References

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  3. ^ BBC News, How democratic is the Middle East? Archived 11 February 2021 at the Wayback Machine, 9 September 2005.
  4. ^ United States Department of State Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2011: Qatar Archived 26 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine, 2011.
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