The Al Khalifa (Arabic: آل خليفة) dynasty is the ruling Sunni family of Bahrain. Arabic (ar الْعَرَبيّة (informally ar عَرَبيْ) in terms of the number of speakers is the largest living member of the Semitic language Sunni Islam is the largest denomination of Islam. Sunni Islam is also referred to as Ahl as-Sunnah wa’l-Jamā‘h (Arabic The Kingdom of Bahrain (in مملكة البحرين,, literally Kingdom of the Two Seas) is an Island country in the Persian Gulf The Al Khalifa clan belongs to the Anizah tribe that migrated from Najd to kuwait in the early Eighteenth Century. `Anizzah ( عنزة, `Anizah, `Aniza) are the largest Arab tribal confederation of the Arabian Peninsula After ariving at Kuwait, they entered under the umbrella of the Bani Utbah at Kuwait. The Bani Utbah (Arabic بني عتبة banū l-`utbah is a tribe that originated from the region of Hijaz in central Arabia The current head of the family is Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa who became the emir in 1999 and gained the title of king in 2002. Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, KCMG (حمد بن عيسى آل خليفة (born December 28, 1949 in Riffa, Bahrain) Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar.
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List of the emirs of Bahrain from the Al Khalifa dynasty
- Ahmed Al Fateh: ? - 1795 (shaikh 1783 - 1795)
- Abdullah ibn Ahmad Al Khalifa: ? - 1843 ( shaikh 1820 - 1843)
- Salman ibn Ahmad Al Khalifa: ? - 1825 ( shaikh 1820 - 1825)
- Khalifah ibn Salman Al Khalifa: ? - 1834 ( shaikh 1825 - 1834)
- Muhammad ibn Khalifa Al Khalifa: ? - 1869 ( shaikh 1834 - 1842, 1843 - 1868 )
- Ali ibn Khalifa Al Khalifa: ? - 1869 ( shaikh 1868 - 1869)
- Muhammad ibn Khalifa Al Khalifa: ? - 1897 ( shaikh Sept. Ahmed bin Muhammad Al Khalifa ( also known as Ahmed Al Fateh ( "Ahmed the Conqueror" was a leader of the Al Khalifa tribe Year 1795 ( MDCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1783 ( MDCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Year 1795 ( MDCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1843 ( MDCCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1820 ( MDCCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1843 ( MDCCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1825 ( MDCCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1820 ( MDCCCXX) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1825 ( MDCCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1834 ( MDCCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1825 ( MDCCCXXV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1834 ( MDCCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1834 ( MDCCCXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1842 ( MDCCCXLII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1843 ( MDCCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1868 ( MDCCCLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common 1869 - Dec. Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year 1869) - second reign
- Muhammad ibn Abdullah Al Khalifa: 1813 - 1890 ( shaikh Dec. Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1813 ( MDCCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common 1869)
- Isa ibn Ali Al Khalifa: 1848 - 1933 ( shaikh 1869 - 1933)
- Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa (1872-1942): 1872 - 1942) ( shaikh 1932 - 1942)
- Salman ibn Hamad Al Khalifa (1895-1961): 1895 - 1961 ( shaikh 1942 - 1961)
- Emir Isa ibn Salman Al Khalifa: 1933 - 1999 ( shaikh 1961-1971 emir 1971 - 1999)
- King Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa: 1950 ( emir 1999-2002 King 2002 - Present )
Other notable members
- Khalifa ibn Sulman Al Khalifa, Prime Minister of Bahrain and considered the backbone of the country. Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Shaikh Isa ibn Ali Al Khalifa, KCIE, CSI (1848 &ndash 1932 was the Ruler of Bahrain from 1869 until his death Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sheikh Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa KCIE, CSI ( 6 February 1872 &ndash 20 February 1942) was the ruler of Bahrain Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Shaikh Salman ibn Hamad Al Khalifa, KCMG, KCIE ( 10 October 1894 &ndash 2 November 1961) was the ruler of Bahrain Year 1895 ( MDCCCXCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Emir Isa ibn Salman Al Khalifah, GCB, GCMG ( June 3 1933 &ndash March 6 1999) (عيسى بن سلمان آل خليفة Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, KCMG (حمد بن عيسى آل خليفة (born December 28, 1949 in Riffa, Bahrain) Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Khalifa ibn Salman Al Khalifah ( (born 22 November 1936) is the Prime Minister of Bahrain. He is the son of late Hakim Salman ibn Hamad Al Khalifa (1895-1961) and brother of late Emir Sheikh Isa; the current King Sheikh Hamad is his nephew. Shaikh Salman ibn Hamad Al Khalifa, KCMG, KCIE ( 10 October 1894 &ndash 2 November 1961) was the ruler of Bahrain Emir Isa ibn Salman Al Khalifah, GCB, GCMG ( June 3 1933 &ndash March 6 1999) (عيسى بن سلمان آل خليفة Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, KCMG (حمد بن عيسى آل خليفة (born December 28, 1949 in Riffa, Bahrain)
- Mohammed bin Salman Al Khalifa
- Salman Ebrahim Mohamed Ali Al Khalifa, captured in Afghanistan, held in extrajudicial detention by the USA in Guantanamo for four years. Shaikh Mohammed bin Salman Al Khalifa ( was the youngest of three sons by former ruler of Bahrain Salman ibn Hamad Al Khalifa (1895-1961. Sheikh Salman Ebrahim Mohamed Ali Al Khalifa is a citizen of Bahrain, held in Extrajudicial detention in the United States Guantanamo Bay Extrajudicial detention is the holding of captives by a state without ever laying formal charges against them The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp is a controversial United States Detention center operated by Joint Task Force Guantanamo since 2002 in Guantanamo
- Meriam Al-Khalifa, the daughter of Sheikh Abdullah bin Ibrahim Al-Khalifa; married Jason Johnson, a United States Marine and a Mormon, against her family's wishes and moved to the United States. Meriam al-Khalifa (born 1980 is a relative of Sheik Hamad bin Isa Al-Khalifa, the King of Bahrain. TalkMormon#Latter Day Saint vs Latter-day Saint --> Mormon They subsequently filed for a divorce on November 17, 2004, one day after their fifth anniversary.
- Sheikh Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, crown prince and chief of defense force. Shaikh Salman bin Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Crown Prince of Bahrain (الشيخ سلمان بن حمد آل خليفة (born 21 October 1974) is the Crown Prince
See also
External links
- Bahrain: The Ruling Family of Al Khalifah, A. Bahrain is a borderless Island country in the Persian Gulf. Although Bahrain became an independent country in 1971 the history of these islands starts In 1783 the Al Khalifa clan led an attack on the islands of Bahrain, from their then base of Zubara, successfully capturing it from Nasr Al-Madhkur. The ' Utub ( العتوب) was an alliance of Arab clans originating from the region of Najd in central Arabia. The Bani Utbah (Arabic بني عتبة banū l-`utbah is a tribe that originated from the region of Hijaz in central Arabia de L. Rush, Archive Editions, 1991
- History and genealogy of the Al Khalifa
- Genealogy of the Al Khalifa
- Rulers.org — Bahrain List of rulers for Bahrain
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