Sheikh Khalifa ibn Hamad Al Thani

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Born	1932 • Qatar
Died	October 23, 2016 (aged 84)
Title / Office	emir (1972-1995), Qatar
House / Dynasty	Thani dynasty
Notable Family Members	son Sheikh Hamad ibn Khalifa Al Thani
Role In	Persian Gulf War

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Sheikh Hamad ibn Khalifa Al Thani

emir of Qatar

Sheikh Tamim ibn Hamad Al Thani

emir of Qatar

George H.W. Bush

president of United States

Hosni Mubarak

president of Egypt

Saddam Hussein

president of Iraq

Hafez al-Assad

president of Syria

Paul Wolfowitz

United States government official

Colin Powell

United States general and statesman

Sheikh Jābir al-Aḥmad al-Jābir al-Ṣabāḥ

emir of Kuwait

Norman Schwarzkopf

United States general

Fahd of Saudi Arabia

king of Saudi Arabia

Sheikha al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani

Qatari art curator

M.F. Husain

Indian artist

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