Rabat – The former Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Bin Hamad Al-Thani died on Sunday evening, the Qatar Emiri Court announced tonight. He was 84.
The Emir of Qatar Shaikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani has ordered a three-day mourning period, the Court said in statement carried by Qatar News Agency, QNA.
Sheikh Khalifa Bin Hamad is the grand-father of Qatar’s current Emir, Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad.
The deceased ruled the state of Qatar since its independence in 1972 until 1995.
