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The Al Thanis can be traced back to Mudar bin Nizar, who settled at Gebrin oasis in southern Najd (presentday Saudi Arabia) before he moved to Qatar. They settled in Qatar around the 1720s. Their first settlement in Qatar was in the southern town of Sikak, and from there they moved northwest to Zubarah and Al Ruwais. They settled in Doha in the 19th century.