Al-Khalifa
The Al-Khalifah dynasty is the ruling family of Bahrain. They are Sunni Muslims who arrived in Bahrain in 1783 and immediately began ruling there. The current head of the family is Hamad ibn Isa Al Khalifah who became the emir in 1999 and gained the title of king in 2002.
List of the emirs of Bahrain from the Al-Khalifa dynasty
- Ahmad ibn Khalifah Al-Khalifa: ? - †1796 ( shaikh 1783 - 1796)
- Abdullah ibn Ahmad Al-Khalifa: ? - †1843 ( shaikh 1796 - 1843)
- Salman ibn Ahmad Al-Khalifa: ? - †1825 ( shaikh 1796 - 1825)
- Khalifah ibn Salman Al-Khalifa: ? - †1834 ( shaikh 1825 - 1834)
- Muhammad ibn Khalifah Al-Khalifa: ? - †1869 ( shaikh 1834 - 1842, 1843 - 1868 )
- Ali ibn Khalifah Al-Khalifa: ? - †1869 ( shaikh 1868 - 1869)
- Muhammad ibn Khalifah Al-Khalifa: ? - †1869 ( shaikh Sept. 1869 - Dec. 1869) - second reign
- Muhammad ibn Abdullah Al-Khalifa: 1813 - †1890 ( shaikh Dec.1869)
- Isa ibn Ali Al-Khalifa: 1848 - †1933 ( shaikh 1869 - 1933)
- Hamad ibn Isa Al-Khalifa: 1872 - †1942) ( shaikh 1932 - 1942)
- Salman ibn Hamad Al-Khalifa: 1895 - †1961 ( shaikh 1942 - 1961)
- Emir Isa ibn Salman Al-Khalifa: 1933 - †1999 ( shaikh 1961-1971 emir 1971 - 1999)
- King Hamad ibn Isa Al-Khalifa: 1950 ( emir 1999-2002 King 2002 - Present )