His Highness Shaikh Ahmad bin 'Ali Al Thani (1917-1977) (Arabic: شيخ أحمد بن علي الثاني) was the Emir of the State of Qatar through the final years of dependency and briefly 1971-1972 independent Amir. He was born at Doha in 1917 as the 2nd son of Shaikh 'Ali bin 'Abdu'llah Al-Thani, his predecessor as amir. In 1953 he atended, as prince, the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II at Westminster Abbey. Even though being his father's second son, he ascended the throne on his father's abdication, October 24, 1960. On February 22, 1972 he was deposed in favour of his cousin. He then lived in exile, and died in LondonNovember 25, 1977. Year 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... Arabic ( or just ) is the largest living member of the Semitic language family in terms of speakers. ... Entrance to the emirs palace in Bukhara. ... 1971 (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... Doha (Arabic: ‎, translit: or ), population 400,051 (2005 census), is the capital of Qatar and is at , on the Persian Gulf. ... Year 1917 (MCMXVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar (see link for calendar) or a common year starting on Tuesday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar (see: 1917 Julian calendar). ... 1953 (MCMLIII) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of sixteen sovereign states, holding each crown and title equally. ... The Collegiate Church of St Peter, Westminster, which is almost always referred to by its original name of Westminster Abbey, is a mainly Gothic church, on the scale of a cathedral (and indeed often mistaken for one), in Westminster, London, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. ... October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 68 days remaining. ... 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1960 calendar). ... February 22 is the 53rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... This article is about the capital of England and the United Kingdom. ... November 25 is the 329th (in leap years the 330th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ...
Qataris regarded Khalifa ibn Hamad's assumption of full power as a simple succession because leading members of the AlThani had declared Khalifa ibn Hamad the heir apparent on October 24, 1960, and it was their consensus that AhmadibnAli should be replaced.
AhmadibnAli reportedly drew one-fourth, and the entire AlThani between one-third and one-half, of Qatar's oil revenues in 1971.
Western observers have reported rumors that Khalifa ibn Hamad acted to assume power when he learned that AhmadibnAli might be planning to substitute his son, Abd al Aziz, as heir apparent, a move that would have circumvented the declared consensus of the AlThani.
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