Qatar
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Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is a country in West Asia. It occupies the Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it shares its sole land border w
Excavation of a Kassite dye site on Al Khor Island
A partially restored section of the ruined town of Zubarah
Old city of Doha, January 1904
Barzan Towers are watchtowers that were built in the late 19th century and renovated in 1910 by Sheikh Mohammed bin Jassim Al Thani.
Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani
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Tamim bin Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani is Emir of Qatar, reigning since 2013.
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…recognised its separate status. Following Ottoman rule, Qatar became a British protectorate in 1916 and gained independence in 1971. The current emir is Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, who, like previous emirs, holds nearly all executive, legislative, and judicial authority in an autocratic manner under the Constitution of Qatar. He…
Tamim in 2025
Sheikh Tamim with U.S. Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, 10 December 2013
Sheikh Tamim with Argentinian president Mauricio Macri at the Presidential Residence of Olivos in Buenos Aires, July 2016
Tamim with Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Masoud Pezeshkian in Tehran, 19 February 2025