The Al Khater () family is a prestigious family in the

Arabian Peninsula The Arabian Peninsula (, , or , , ) or Arabia, is a peninsula in West Asia, situated north-east of Africa on the Arabian plate. At , comparable in size to India, the Arabian Peninsula is the largest peninsula in the world. Geographically, the ...

. They belong to Al Buainain of

Banu Tamim The Banū Tamīm () are an Arab tribe that originated in Najd and Hejaz in the Arabian Peninsula. It is mainly present in Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Kuwait, Iraq, Oman, Jordan and Lebanon, and has a strong presence in Algeria, and Morocco, Palestine, ...

. The family expands in several Arabian Peninsula countries including

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in West Asia. Located in the centre of the Middle East, it covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula and has a land area of about , making it the List of Asian countries ...

Qatar Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is a country in West Asia. It occupies the Geography of Qatar, Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it shares Qatar–Saudi Arabia border, its sole land b ...

and

Bahrain Bahrain, officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, is an island country in West Asia. Situated on the Persian Gulf, it comprises a small archipelago of 50 natural islands and an additional 33 artificial islands, centered on Bahrain Island, which mak ...

. The Al Khater are the ones who built two major cities in the Arabian Peninsula which are

Jubail Jubail (, ''Al Jubayl'') is a city in the Eastern province on the Persian Gulf coast of Saudi Arabia, with a total population of 474,679 as of 2022. It is home to one of the largest industrial cities in the world. It is also home to the Middle ...

in Saudi Arabia and the former capital of Qatar,

Al Wakrah Al Wakrah () is the capital city of the Al Wakrah Municipality in Qatar. Al Wakrah's eastern edge touches the shores of the Persian Gulf and Qatar's capital Doha is situated immediately north of the city. Governed by Sheikh Abdulrahman bin Jassi ...

. The Al Khater has close family and political ties with

Al Saud The House of Saud ( ) is the ruling royal family of Saudi Arabia. It is composed of the descendants of Muhammad bin Saud, founder of the Emirate of Diriyah, known as the First Saudi State, (1727–1818), and his brothers, though the ruling fac ...

, the rulers of Saudi Arabia;

Al Khalifa The House of Khalifa () is the ruling family of the Kingdom of Bahrain. They profess Sunni Islam and belong to the Anizah tribe. Some members of this tribe joined the Utub alliance which migrated from Najd in central Arabia to Kuwait, then r ...

, the rulers of Bahrain; and,

Al Thani The House of Thani () is the ruling family of Qatar, with origins tracing back to the Adnanites, Adnanite Banu Tamim tribe. Today Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani and his mother Moza bint Nasser, Moza bint Nassir lead the house. History and structure ...

, the rulers of Qatar.

Al Khater and Al Saud

The relation between the two families started when Mohammed bin Hassan Al Khater found Abdul Rahman ibn Faisal; the last ruler of the Second Saudi State seeking refuge in his mosque in

when he got defeated by Al Rashid and forced into exile, where he offered him and those with him (including his son the later King Abdul Aziz) his house to sleep in, Mohammed bin Hassan then helped Abdul Rahman reach Isa ibn Ali Al-Khalifa. In Saudi Arabia, in the unification war when Abdul-Aziz bin Saud was trying to unify the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, Al Khater (Sheikh Mohammed bin Ali Al Khater ruler of Jubail) joined forces with Abdul-Aziz bin Saud (e.g. battle of Kinzan, 1915) and they helped in the unification war in the region that Al Khater controlled and in the nearby territories. After the unification war King Abdul-Aziz had a strong relationship with leaders of Al Khater where he used to visit them from time to time and he even wanted to marry one of the daughters of Sheikh Mohammed bin Ali Al Khater ruler of Jubail at that time but his daughters were married.

Al Khater and Al Khalifa

Sheikh Mohammed bin Hassan Al Khater had solid ties with the heads of Al Khalifa (ruling family of Bahrain), his relationship with them was based on respect and good manners, he himself used to own many farms in Bahrain including the one that is still there near

Bahrain International Airport Bahrain International Airport (, romanized: ''Maṭār al-Baḥrayn al-dwalī'') is the international airport of Bahrain. Located on Muharraq Island, adjacent to the capital Manama and the city of Muharraq, it serves as the hub for the nation ...

where everyone nowadays can see part of one of his old farms during landing and take off. Sheikh Mohammed bin Hassan helped in trading Sheikh Ibrahim bin Ali Al Khalifa for Sheikh Qassim bin Mohammed Al-Thani where Sheikh Ibrahim was captured in Qatar and Sheikh Qassim was captured in Bahrain.

Al Khater and Al Thani

Al Khater and Al Thani (the ruling family of Qatar) have close ties, Sheikh Qassim bin Mohammed bin Thani Al Thani (second ruler of Qatar) was prisoned in Bahrain, and members of Al Khater were the ones responsible for getting him out of prison where they traded Sheikh Qassim for Sheikh Ibrahim bin Ali Al Khalifa who was captured in Qatar. Later on the family ties got stronger where Sheikh Mohammed bin Hassan Al Khater married Sheikha Sabika daughter of Sheikh Qassim. The ties got stronger and stronger as Sheikh Fahad bin Mohammed bin Hassan Married Sheikha Nora the only daughter of Sheikh Ali bin Qassim Al Thani (Jouan) and granddaughter of Sheikh Qassim, also Sheikha Mariam bint Khater Al Khater married Sheikh Abdulrahman bin Qassim the head of Al Abdulrahman of Al Thani. The family ties between Al Khater and Al Thani is one of the strongest ties in Qatar due to the marriages that occur between these two families.

Dispute over Al Khater

As Al Khater grew bigger and stronger, families and tribes of the Arabian Peninsula had many relationships with the family, many of those relationships lead many families and tribes to try to get closer to Al Khater by either calling them their cousins or calling them a family of the same tribe, in order to honor their own tribe with the name of Al Khater. For example

Banu Khalid Bani Khalid () is an Arab tribal confederation mainly inhabiting the Arabian Peninsula. The tribe ruled southern Iraq, Kuwait, and Eastern Arabia ( al-Hasa and al-Qatif) from the 15th century to the 18th century, and again under the protection ...

; whom descends from

Khalid ibn al-Walid Khalid ibn al-Walid ibn al-Mughira al-Makhzumi (; died 642) was a 7th-century Arabs, Arab military commander. He initially led campaigns against Muhammad on behalf of the Quraysh. He later became a Muslim and spent the remainder of his career ...

. In fact, the alliance between Al Khater and

led to this misunderstanding. However, the historical sources clearly stated the root of Al Khater family is belong to

, as well a Al Khater made it clear that they belong to Banu Tamim. It was clear that whoever called Al Khater one of their families is just to honor that tribe and had nothing to do with the family but it was the choice and decision of that tribe such as Banu Khalid when they named Al Khater a family of their own.

Figures

* Sheikh

Ali bin Rashed bin Mubarak Al Khater Ali ibn Abi Talib (; ) was the fourth Rashidun caliph who ruled from until his assassination in 661, as well as the first Shia Imam. He was the cousin and son-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Born to Abu Talib ibn Abd al-Muttalib and ...

: ruler of

. * Sheikh

Abdulla bin Ali Al Khater Abdullah may refer to: * Abdulla, another form of the name Abdullah * Arkin Abdulla, Uyhghur musician * Abdul Samad Abdulla, Maldivian politician and the Minister of Foreign Affairs * Shakhawan Abdulla, Iraqi politician * ''Abdulla'' (1960 fil ...

: ruler of Al Wakrah and one of three founders of

. * Sheikh Mohammed bin Ali Al Khater: ruler and one of three founders of

. * Sheikh Mohammed bin Hassan Al Khater: head of Al Khater in

. * Abdulrahman bin Khalid Al Khater: former president of the Amiri Diwan in Qatar. * Mubarak bin Ali Al Khater: former Minister of Foreign Affairs in Qatar. * Ali bin Mohammed Al Khater: former Minister of Municipality in Qatar. * Rashed bin Mohammed Al Khater: Qatar's Ex-Ambassador to

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and

Libya Libya, officially the State of Libya, is a country in the Maghreb region of North Africa. It borders the Mediterranean Sea to the north, Egypt to Egypt–Libya border, the east, Sudan to Libya–Sudan border, the southeast, Chad to Chad–L ...

. *

Fahad bin Fahad Al Khater Fahd (, "leopard" or "cheetah"), also transliterated Fahed or Fahad, can refer to: People Given name Fahad *Fahad Ag Almahmoud (died 2024), Malian Tuareg militant *Fahad Ali (born 1987), Indian television actor *Fahad Babar (born 1992), Pakis ...

: Qatar's Ex-Ambassador to

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and

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, and first Qatari Ambassador to

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. * Abdulla bin Mohammed Al Khater: Qatar's Ex-Ambassador to

Yemen Yemen, officially the Republic of Yemen, is a country in West Asia. Located in South Arabia, southern Arabia, it borders Saudi Arabia to Saudi Arabia–Yemen border, the north, Oman to Oman–Yemen border, the northeast, the south-eastern part ...

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, and

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. * Khalid bin Fahad Al Khater :Qatar's Ex-Ambassador to

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and

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. * Rashed bin Ali Al Khater: Qatar's Ex-Ambassador to

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and

Bulgaria Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...

. * Mohammed bin Khater Al Khater: Qatar's Ex-Ambassador to

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, and current Qatari Ambassador to

India India, officially the Republic of India, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by area, seventh-largest country by area; the List of countries by population (United Nations), most populous country since ...

. * Yousif bin Ali Al Khater: Qatar's Ex-Ambassador to

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and

, and current member of the Consultative Assembly of Qatar. * Sultan bin Ali Al Khater: Qatar's current Ambassador to

. * Khalid bin Salman Al Khater: former president of Engineering Precinct in Qatar. * Rashed bin Mohammed Al Khater: first

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member of Al Khater. * Khalid bin Mohammed Al Khater: former member and former vice president of the Consultative Assembly of Qatar. * Yousif bin Rashid Al Khater: former member of the Consultative Assembly of Qatar. * Khalid bin Nasser Al Khater,

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: Dean of Academic Affairs at Ahmed bin Mohammed Military College and

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for Administration and Financial Affairs at

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. * Al Hareth Mohammed bin Rashed Al Khater,

M.D. A Doctor of Medicine (abbreviated MD, from the Latin ) is a medical degree, the meaning of which varies between different jurisdictions. In the United States, and some other countries, the ''MD'' denotes a professional degree of physician. This ge ...

: Clinical Assistant Professor at Qatar University. * Hessah bint Mohammed Al Khater: Assistant Professor of Dawa and Ehtisab at Qatar University. * Lolwah bint Rashed Al Khater: Current Assistant

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and spokesperson for the

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in Qatar. * Salman bin Khalid Al Khater: champion of GT Academy Middle East Season 1, 2013. * Mohammed bin Fahad Al Khater: Space Camp Ambassador U.S. Space & Rocket Center, Huntsville ALABAMA. * Sultan bin Rashid Al Khater: Current Undersecretary of Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Lamahat Min Tareekh Bani Tamim, Nasser Abdulla Al Bakr, 2009 1st Edition

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