[DOC] [TLE] Qatar - Encyclopedia [PAR] State of Qatar is an emirate in Southwest Asia and the Middle East. The country ... 
Qatar has been governed by the Al Thani family since the mid-1800s. Islamic... [DOC] [TLE] Museums, masterpieces as Qatar develops cultural scene [PAR] Apr 28, 2007 ... Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim al-Thani displaying his private collection ... has been 
dominated by the Al-Thani family since the mid-1800s, has a policy of steadily 
acquiring works of art, turning the desert emirate into a major purchaser 
worldwide. ... Lebanon to end stalemate but political divisions run deep. [DOC] [TLE] Qatar | Country report | Freedom in the World | 2003 - Freedom House [PAR] ... oil- and gas-rich emirate continued in 2002, though the reform process has yet 
to ... al-Thani family since the mid-1800s, Qatar gained independence in 1971. ... 
entirely clear, as the 150-article draft constitution has not yet been published,... [DOC] [TLE] Qatar - Dictionary definition of Qatar | Encyclopedia.com: FREE ... [PAR] Oct 12, 2016 ... Qatar has been ruled as an emirate since the mid-1800s by the al-Thani family, 
who settled in the region after coming from Najd, Saudi Arabia. [DOC] [TLE] Qatar - McGill School Of Computer Science [PAR] 1 Ruled by the Al Thani family since the mid-1800s. ... is an emirate in the Middle 
East and Western Asia, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on ... Since 1995, 
Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani has ruled Qatar, seizing control of the .... It has 
been created with a long term perspective to support the development of Qatar 
and... [DOC] [TLE] Qatar - McGill School Of Computer Science [PAR] 1, Ruled by the Al Thani family since the mid-1800s. ... Dawlat Qatar), is an Arab 
emirate in Southwest Asia, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula .... Since 1995, 
Emir Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani has ruled Qatar, seizing control of the ... It has 
been created with a long term perspective to support the development of Qatar 
and... [DOC] [TLE] Comparative Criminology | Asia - Qatar [PAR] Qatar has been inhabited for millennia. ... Arab Emirates--and Bahrain) in a plan 
to form a union of Arab emirates. ... Ruled by the Al Thani family since the mid-
1800s, Qatar transformed itself .... For the first time, men and women age 18 and 
older were permitted both to vote and to run as candidates in free and fair 
elections. [DOC] [TLE] Meet the world's other 25 royal families - The Washington Post [PAR] Jul 22, 2013 ... Kuwait: Sabah Ahmed al-Sabah, age 84, has ruled Kuwait since 2006, ... The al-
Thani family is known for ostentatious wealth and for working ... Swaziland: King 
Mswati III has been the absolute monarch of this ... His family has ruled since the 
1700s, although it lost its East African territory in the 1800s. [DOC] [TLE] Royal Factionalism and Political Liberalization in Qatar [PAR] Qatar's much publicized liberalization campaign that began in the mid-1990s ... 
the Al Thani family had been one of the only centers of potential opposition to the 
... Since assuming formal power in 1995, the Amir of Qatar, Shaykh Hamad bin 
Khalifa ... Amir's efforts have been greatly facilitated by steadily rising oil prices, 
and... [DOC] [TLE] Succession in the Gulf - Macquarie University [PAR] It is accepted that other Arab countries have, arguably, more complex histories ... 
Arabs are inherently incapable of organising themselves to run adaptable, ..... 
Older citizens still remember active conflict between the leading Emirates of Abu 
... Qatar has been ruled by the Al Thani family since the mid-1800s but it was not
... [DOC] [TLE] Qatar to adopt first constitution - Al Jazeera English [PAR] Jun 8, 2005 ... ... and his family but give citizens a greater say in the running of their country. ... 
The Al-Thani family has been dominant in Qatar - a peninsula bordering ... and 
oil - since the mid-1800s, and until now has retained absolute control ... Qatar's 
support of democracy has made the emirate a close US ally, and... [DOC] [TLE] Qatar's foreign policy is filled with contradictions

Question: This emirate has been run by the Al-Thani family since the mid-1800s
Answer: Qatar