Thani bin Mohammed
| Thani bin Mohammed ثاني بن محمد | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hakim of Qatar | |||||
| Successor | Mohammed bin Thani | ||||
| Born | Zubarah, Qatar | ||||
| Died | 1825 Doha, Qatar | ||||
| Issue | Thamir bin Thani bin Mohammed Al Thamir Mohammed bin Thani Eid bin Thani bin Mohammed Al Thamir Ali bin Thani bin Mohammed Al Thamir Ahmad bin Thani bin Mohammed Al Thamir | ||||
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| Arabic | ثاني بن محمد ال ثامر | ||||
| Dynasty | Thani | ||||
Thani bin Mohammed (Arabic: ثاني بن محمد) also known as Thani bin Mohammed Al Thamir (Arabic: ثاني بن محمد ال ثامر), was the Hakim of the Qatari Peninsula.
Early life
[edit]He was born in Zubarah and emerged as a successful pearl trader.[1] In 1748 the Al Thani family moved from Fuwayrit to Doha, the capital city of Qatar.[2]
He died in 1825. By the early 1825s, his second eldest son Sheikh Mohammed bin Thani emerged as the most important figure in Qatar and an important government official in the Persian Gulf.
History
[edit]The Al Thani family can be traced back to Mudar ibn Nizar, a descendant of Ishmael.[3] The tribe moved from the 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 his father Thani bin Mohammed.[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]
Children
[edit]Sheikh Mohammed had 5 children, all of whom were sons.[citation needed]
| No. | Name | Government Position | Year of birth | Year of death |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sheikh Thamir bin Thani bin Mohammed Al Thamir | None | Unknown | Unknown |
| 2 | Sheikh Mohammed bin Thani | Emir of Qatar | 1788 | 1878 |
| 3 | Sheikh Eid bin Thani bin Mohammed Al Thamir | None | Unknown | Unknown |
| 4 | Sheikh Ali bin Thani bin Mohammed Al Thamir | None | Unknown | Unknown |
| 5 | Sheikh Ahmad bin Thani bin Mohammed Al Thamir | None | Unknown | Unknown |
References
[edit]- ^ Al-Abdulla, Yousof Ibrahim (October 1981). A Study of Qatari–British Relations 1914–1945 (PDF) (Masters thesis). McGill University. p. 8. Retrieved 16 June 2025.
- ^ Abū Nāb, Ibrāhīm (1977). Qatar: A Story of State Building. p. 85.
- ^ 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
- ^ 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.