Shaikh (شيخ, also rendered as Sheik, Shaykh or Sheikh) is a word in the Arabic language meaning an elder or a revered old man. ... Shaikh (شيخ, also rendered as Sheik, Shaykh or Sheikh) is a word in the Arabic language meaning an elder or a revered old man. ... Categories: Government stubs ... Shaikh (شيخ, also rendered as Sheik, Shaykh or Sheikh) is a word in the Arabic language meaning an elder or a revered old man. ...
Sheikh Abdullah Bin Khalifa Al-Thani (1959, Doha) is PrimeMinister of Qatar and the younger brother of Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani of Qatar.
July 11, 1995: appointed Deputy PrimeMinister and Minister of the Interior.
October 29, 1996: appointed PrimeMinister and Minister of the Interior and continued at the head of the Interior portfolio until January 2, 2001.
Qatar was invaded by the Persians in 1783 and later became a dependency of its neighbor Bahrain.
Qatar has consistently accused Egypt of master-minding the coup, and relations between the two countries have deteriorated in the lead-up to the trial.
Qatar established commercial relations with Israel in the wake of the 1993 peace accords with the Palestinians.