QATAR

covering a total area of 11850 square Kilometers including a number of Islands

and Islets.

Qatar is an independent and sovereign State situated in the midway

of the Western coast of the Arabian Gulf

having a land and maritime boundary with

Saudi Arabia, and also maritime boundaries

with Bahrain, United Arab Emirates and Iran.

The State of Qatar with its arid desert climate extends over a Peninsula

of about 200 Kilometers long & 100 Kilometers wide

HISTORYOF

QATAR

RULERS QATAROFSHAIKH

KHALIFA BIN HAMAD ALTHANI1972-1995

SHAIKH MOHAMMED BIN THANI1850 - 1878

SHAIKH QASSIM BIN MOHAMMED ALTHANI1913 - 1878

SHAIKH ABDULLAH BIN QASSIM1994 - 1913

SHAIKH ALI BIN ABDULLAH ALTHANI1960 - 1994

SHAIKH AHMED BIN ALI ALTHANI1972 - 1960

Acceded SHAIKH HAMAD BIN KHALIFA ALTHANI to power on 27.6.1995

Crown Prince Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani

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