Khalifa ibn Hamad Al Thani, ruler of Qatar Courtesy Embassy of Qatar, Washington. The 1970 provisional constitution (sometimes called the basic law) declares Qatar a sovereign Arab ...
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Six months later Khalifa bin Hamad al-Thani, a cousin of the emir and for many years Qatar's ruler in all but title, took power in a palace coup.
http://www.eslsite.com/country_guide/Qatar/Qatar_History.html

When the Ottomans left at the beginning of World War I, the British recognized Sheikh Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani as ruler. The Al Thani family had lived in Qatar for 200 years.
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Is Qatar Ruler credible, after the overthrown his father and kicked him out of the country. This is a struggle of power between father and son in a small tribal nation.
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When the Ottomans left at the beginning of World War I, the British recognized Sheikh Abdullah bin Jassim Al Thani as ruler. The Al Thani family had lived in Qatar for 200 years.
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The museum also includes displays of Qatari architecture, medals given to Qatar by foreign rulers in the past, medallians of honour from Qatar's own army, how the landmass of Qatar ...
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Qatar (history) The United Kingdom recognized Sheikh Abdullah at-Thani as Ruler of Qatar, and in 1916 made a treaty with him
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... Gulf, the British installed Muhammad ibn Thani al-Thani, head of a leading Qatari family, as the region's ruler. In 1893, the Ottoman Turks made incursions into Qatar, but ...
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The Al Thanis are the undisputed rulers of Qatar ? but it wasn't always this way. Find out how this merchant family rose to became the rulers of one of ...
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In 1999, the former emir still claimed to be the legitimate ruler of Qatar, and his allies within the ruling elite were still a source of problems for Sheikh Hamad.
http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/Asia-and-Oceania/Qatar-HISTORY.html

Executive. The head of state is the emir, and the right to rule Qatar is passed on within the Al Thani, the ruling family. Qatar's current ruler is Shaykh Khalifa ibn Hamad Al ...
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Bank pledges $20mn for eyecare initiative 9 October 2008 Standard Chartered Bank yesterday announced that ?Seeing is Believing?, its global initiative to help tackle avoidable ...
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... and the ruling Banu Yas tribe of Abu Dhabi against Doha and other settlements led to British intervention that established Muhammad ibn Thani as de facto ruler of Qatar.
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In 1968 Britain announced its intention to withdraw from Qatar by 1971. The rulers of Bahrain, Qatar and the Trucial Coast wanted to form a federation after their withdrawal.
http://www.explore-qatar.com/info/Facts-and-Figures/Qatar-History/

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Sheikh Khalifa was effectively the first modern ruler of Qatar, taking a close interest in and a strong supervisory role over all aspects of the government and ...
http://www.qatar-info.com/general/ruling.htm

Six months later Khalifa bin Hamad al-Thani, a cousin of the emir and for many years Qatar's ruler in all but title, took power in a palace coup.
http://www.lonelyplanet.com/worldguide/qatar/history

Early history Turkey & Britain: The discovery of oil Rulers of Qatar ... Links to Qatar-oriented web sites
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Qatar has been inhabited for millennia. The Al Khalifa family of Bahrain dominated the area until 1868 when, at the request of Qatari nobles, the British negotiated the termination ...
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May/June 1996, pgs. 78-79. Qatar?Special Section. Qatar's New Ruler Breaks the GCC Policy Mold. by Richard H. Curtiss. If Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani's assumption of rule ...
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The name of the ruling family of Qatar is Al- Thani. It was part of a tribe which was long settled around the Jibrin oasis in what is now Saudi Arabia.
http://www.explore-qatar.com/info/Facts-and-Figures/Qatar-History/Rulers-of-Qatar-01.htm

Qatar's ruler, King of Jordan discuss reconciliation, current developments, Qatar, Politics. ArabicNews.com - Your source for Daily News about the Arabic world.
http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/030318/2003031811.html

The emir of Qatar receives his father back to the country for the first time since ousting him in 1995.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/1/hi/world/middle_east/3743776.stm

The amir of Qatar, the ruler of the oil-rich country that has pumped $100 million into hurricane-recovery projects, is visiting New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast today and ...
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THE rulers of Qatar have paid tens of millions of pounds for works by two of Britain?s best-known modern artists.
http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/visual_arts/article3868098.ece

Rulers of Qatar . The name of the ruling family of Qatar is Al-Thani. It was part of a tribal group which was long settled around the Jibrin oasis in what is now Saudi Arabia.
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Qatar 12 Sep 1868 Muhammad ibn Thani signs a treaty with the British, effectively establishing Qatar (previously considered to ...
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