Biography
Ahmed ibn Muhammed ibn Khalifa was born in Kuwait in the first half of the 18th century and died around 1795 AD. Nasr Al-Madhkur – whom the Safavids had appointed as Bahrain's governor – besieged Zubara in 1782 AD. He was overwhelmingly defeated and driven away by the an army under the command of Ahmed. Ahmed continued his victories and conquered Bahrain in 1783 AD.
Ahmed's family were the rulers of Qatar. When Ahmed became the ruler, he also conquered Bahrain. The family lost Qatar in the nineteenth century. Now they rule Bahrain.
He had four children and they were Abdulla, Salman, Mohamed and Yousif.
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