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Al Khawalid (Arabic: الخوالد the Khawālid; literally "the Khālids"), also spelled Al Khawaled, is a branch of the House of Khalifa, the ruling family of Bahrain. Al Khawalid is most often used to refer collectively to descendants of Khalid bin Ali Al Khalifa, which they are named after.
Decisions pertaining to the Al Khalifa family, as well as disputes between family members are arbitrated by the Ruling Family Council (Arabic: مجلس العائلة الحاكمة). [ 7 ] [ 8 ] [ 9 ] The council attends to internal family disputes particularly those related to appropriation of land, sale of real estate and other properties.
Succession to the Bahraini throne is determined by agnatic primogeniture amongst the male descendants of King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa. However, the ruling King of Bahrain has the right to appoint any of his other sons as his successor according to article 1 of the Constitution of Bahrain .
The Al Khalifa family lead a large number of ministerial and governmental posts including the Ministry of the Interior, [9] Ministry of Justice, [10] the Ministry of Finance, [11] the Ministry of Culture, [12] the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, [13] the Bahrain Economic Development Board [14] and the Supreme Council for Women. [15]
Around the 1760s, the Al Jalahma and Al Khalifa clans, both belonging to the Utub federation, migrated to Zubarah in modern-day Qatar, leaving Al Sabah as the sole proprietors of Kuwait. [10] The two clans established a free-trade port at Zubarah's harbor, but the Al Khalifas refused to share the economic gains with the Al Jalahmah, and so the ...
Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa: Al Khalifa [1] Kuwait: Emir Mishal Al Sabah: Al Sabah [2] Oman: Sultan Haitham bin Tariq Al Said: Al Said [3] Qatar: Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani: Al Thani [4] Saudi Arabia: King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud: Al Saud [5] United Arab Emirates; Abu Dhabi: Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan: Al Nahyan [6] Dubai: Sheikh ...
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Abdullah is married to Hessa bint Khalifa Al Khalifa, who, from 2002 to 2004, was a member of the Supreme Council for Women, and has been a permanent member of the Board since 2004. [10] Since 2006, she has been the executive director of Injaz Bahrain, [ 11 ] a member of the Suzanne Mubarak Women's International Peace Movement, and a member of ...