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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] Today Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and his mother Moza bint Nassir lead the house.
He became the heir apparent to the Qatar throne on 5 August 2003, when his elder brother Sheikh Jassim renounced his claim to the title. [12] [11] Since then he was groomed to take over rule, working in top security and economics posts. [13] On 5 August 2003, he was appointed deputy commander-in-chief of Qatar's armed forces. [11]
This is a list of current monarchs of the Arabian Peninsula. It includes the reigning houses of those states which are monarchies: Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and each of the seven emirates which make up the United Arab Emirates. The ruling families and their current head (and therefore ruler) are:
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Though they are mainly present in Qatar, there are Maadeed's in Kuwait as well as Saudi Arabia. The Al Maadeed's are descendants of the Bani Tamim. The Binali tribe was a tribal alliance with Al Maadeed tribe The founder of Qatar Sheikh Mohammed Bin Thani was chosen from Al Maadeed tribe as the leader of modern Qatar.
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The Emir of Qatar has begun his final day of his two-day state visit to the UK at the Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst, following a star-studded banquet at Buckingham Palace on Tuesday night.
Tamim bin Hamad was born on 3 June 1980 in Doha, Qatar.He is the fourth son of Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, and second son of Sheikha Moza bint Nasser Al-Missned, Hamad's second wife.