also 0100; l Th 0101; n 012B; ("Th 0101; n 012B; family")
Ruling family of Qatar.
They are from the Tam 012B; m tribe, which migrated eastward from central Arabia to the Qatar peninsula in the mid-19th century. There have been eight leaders from 1868 to the present. The second sheikh , Q 0101; sim ibn Mu 1E25; ammad (18781913), is considered Qatar's founder. The seventh sheikh, Khal 012B; fah ibn 1E24; amad (r. 197295), was instramental in obtaining Qatar's independence from Britain in 1971 and became the first emir. The clan comprises about two-fifths of the native Qatari population.