Abdulkarim al-Thani Abdulkarim al-Thani Abdulkarim al-Thani is a member of the Qatari royal family and an alleged terrorist facilitator. Little information is known about Abdulkarim al-Thani. He is believed to be pious member of the royal family of Qatar and holds no government position. According to the New York Times, al-Thani has given donations to militant causes in the past, but has denied knowing that his money went towards terrorist operations. In 2003, the New York Times reported that a member of Qatar’s royal family operated the Qatar safe house that al-Qaeda leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi stayed in when traveling in and
Iskandar Thani Iskandar Thani Iskandar Thani Alauddin Mughayat Syah (1610 - 15 February 1641) was the thirteenth sultan of Aceh, following the powerful Iskandar Muda. Iskandar Thani was the son of the 11th sultan of Pahang, Ahmad Shah II, who was brought to Aceh in the conquest of Pahang in 1617 by Iskandar Muda. He married the sultan's daughter, the later Sulṭāna Taj ul-Alam, and succeeded Iskandar Muda as sultan when he died in 1636. Reigning in the wake of the rout of the Acehnese fleet in 1629, Iskandar Thani was not able to continue his predecessor's military successes. He was a