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The Al Khalifa (Arabic: آل خليفة‎) dynasty is the ruling Sunni family of Bahrain. The Al Khalifa clan belongs to the Anizah tribe that migrated from Najd to Kuwait in the early Eighteenth Century. After arriving at Kuwait, they entered under the umbrella of the Bani Utbah at Kuwait. The current head of the family is Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifa who became the emir of Bahrain in 1999 and proclaimed himself king of Bahrain in 2002.

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List of the monarchs of Bahrain from the Al-Khalifa dynasty

Other notable members

  • Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifa, crown prince and chief of defense force.
  • Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, Prime Minister of Bahrain and considered the backbone of the country. He is the son of late Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa (1894-1961) (1894-1961) and brother of late Emir Shaikh Isa; the current King King Hamad is his nephew.
  • Shaikh Mohammed bin Salman Bin Hamad Al Khalifa, the brother of the late Shaikh Isa and Shaikh Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa.
  • Shaikha Mai Al Khalifa - Culture Minister
  • Meriam Al-Khalifa, a relative of Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah; married Jason Johnson, a United States Marine and a Mormon, against her family's wishes and moved to the United States. They subsequently filed for a divorce on November 17, 2004, one day after their fifth anniversary.
  • Ahmad Khalid Al-Khalifa

See also

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