King of Bahrain

Template:Short description Template:Infobox monarchy Template:Sidebar with collapsible lists The king of the Kingdom of Bahrain (Template:Langx Template:Transliteration) is the monarch and head of state of the Kingdom of Bahrain. The House of Khalifa has been the ruling family since 1783. Between 1783 and 1971, the Bahraini monarch held the title of hakim, and, from 1971 until 2002, the title of emir. On 14 February 2002, the emir of Bahrain, Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, declared Bahrain a kingdom and proclaimed himself the first king.<ref name=kingdom>Template:Cite news</ref> The king enjoys wide ranging powers, which include appointing the prime minister and the cabinet, holding supreme command over the Defence Force, chairing the Higher Judicial Council, appointing the parliament's upper house and dissolving its elected lower house.<ref name="Fr 15.2.2011">Template:Cite news</ref>

List of rulersEdit

Template:Further The Arabic title of the Hakim, as transliterated, was Hakim al-Bahrayn (Template:Langx). The Hakim also held the honorific title of sheikh.

Portrait	Name Template:Small	Reign	Notes
	Sheikh Ahmed bin Muhammad bin Khalifa	1783 – 18 July 1795	Leader of the Bani Utbah invasion of Bahrain
	Sheikh Salman bin Ahmad Al Khalifa	1795–1825	As co-regent
	Sheikh Abdullah bin Ahmad Al Khalifa	1795–1843	As co-regent
	Sheikh Khalifa bin Sulman Al Khalifa	1825–1834	As co-regent with Abdullah bin Ahmad Al Khalifa
	Sheikh Muhammad bin Khalifa Al Khalifa	1834–1842	First reign as co-regent with Abdullah bin Ahmad Al Khalifa
	Sheikh Muhammad bin Khalifa Al Khalifa	1843–1868	Second reign
	Sheikh Ali bin Khalifa Al Khalifa	1868–1869
	Sheikh Muhammad bin Khalifa Al Khalifa	1869	Third reign
	Sheikh Muhammad bin Abdullah Al Khalifa	September – 1 December 1869	Deposed and exiled to India. Confined at Asirgarh Fort, but later removed to Chunar Fort, near Benares, where he died in 1877.
File:Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa (1848 – 1932).png	Sheikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa Template:Small	1 December 1869 – 26 May 1923	Abdicated
File:Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa (1872–1942).png	Sheikh Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa Template:Small	27 May 1923 – 20 February 1942
File:Salman bin hamad al khalifa I 2014-06-18 15-33.jpg	Sheikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa Template:Small	20 February 1942 – 2 November 1961
File:Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa 1998.jpg	Sheikh Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa Template:Small	2 November 1961 – 16 August 1971

Template:Further The Arabic title of the Emir, as transliterated, was Amir dawlat al-Bahrayn (Template:Langx). The Emir also held the honorific title of sheikh. Template:Succession table monarch

The Arabic title of the King, as transliterated, is Malik al-Bahrayn (Template:Langx). The King also holds the honorific title of sheikh.