How did the Qatari royal family become “royal”. What started this 150 years ago?
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Much like the Saudi royal family, the british were involved.
Mohammad bin Thani was a local tribal leader in Qatar in the late 1800s. They were a general and leader and are credited with fending off an ottoman invasion. They then signed a treaty with the british that recognized them as an independant power for reasons probably benficial to the british at the time. The man(Thani) who was the leader and signed the contract has been recognized as king and the title has been passed through the family.
Basically, he was already the local version of king, and it was formalized by the british.
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