Ahmed ibn Muhammad ibn Khalifa


Ahmed ibn Muhammad ibn Khalifa was the progenitor of the ruling Al Khalifa family of Bahrain and the first monarch or hakim of Bahrain. All of the Al Khalifa monarchs of Bahrain are descendants of Ahmed ibn Muhammad ibn Khalifa. He is commonly referred to as Ahmed al-Fateh for conquering Bahrain.

Biography

Ahmed ibn Muhammed ibn Khalifa was born in Kuwait in the first half of the 18th century and died on 18 July 1795 in Bahrain.

Siege of Zubarah 1783

When Nasr Al-Madhkur – whom the Zands had appointed as Bahrain's governor – besieged Zubara in 1783, he was defeated and driven away by an army under the command of Al Bin Ali, the maternal uncles of Ahmed ibn Muhammed ibn Khalifa, who continued his victories and conquered Bahrain in 1783 AD.
His family lost Qatar in the nineteenth century and were left with Bahrain, which they still rule today.
He had four children: Abdulla, Salman, Mohamed and Yousif.
Today, Abdulla ibn Ahmad Al Khalifa descendants live in Qatar, while Salman ibn Isa Al Khalifa's descendants live in Bahrain.