-The "Little Prince of Wonton Skin," who became popular during the World Cup, was formerly known as Abdulrahman Fahd Al-Thani, whose father, a former Qatari minister of commerce and trade, died in a car accident in 2009.
The family tree of the former and current emirs of Qatar suggests that the "Little Prince of Hundun Skin" is not a child of a direct member of the royal family, but more likely a member of the royal family's collateral line.
Background
A Qatari spectator at the opening match of this year's World Cup in Qatar became popular in the country because of his expression resembling that of the mascot, "Ra's al Ghazal". According to the central video interview, this has been in a number of domestic social media platforms real name authentication of the "little prince of Ra'ib" real name is called Abdulrahman Fahd Al-Thani.
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Recently, some netizens have questioned the identity of the "little prince", saying, "The prince of Qatar has been raked over the coals as a fraudulent identity: he is not a member of the royal family, and he is suspected of being packaged by the company as a netizen." There are also netizens said "he is the brother of the current Emir of Qatar".
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In the "wonton skin little prince" shaking voice video released by the dynamic as well as media interviews with him, in fact, did not detail his identity, but with the Arabic search for Abdulrahman Fahad Al-Thani is not difficult to find the Arab local media related reports.
AlArabiya, a Saudi international TV channel, reported that "Abdulrahman Fahad Jassim Al-Thani's inadvertent actions have made him popular on social media. He said he was surprised when TikTok contacted him via email to authenticate his real name to open an account, and even more unexpectedly, he gained 10 million followers in less than a day." The story is quoted from a live Qatar TV World Cup post-game interview, the original video of which can be viewed in YouTube, hosted by Khalid Jassem, a commentator for Qatar's AlKass sports channel.
Screenshot from Qatar TV's Nov. 26 video of the interview
The above story also mentions that Abdulrahman Al-Thani's father is Fahd Jassim Al-Thani, Qatar's former minister of commerce and trade. This was also reported by Al Jazeera's video account, and it is worth mentioning that Al Jazeera referred to "Little Prince Raib" as "this young Qatari man" rather than "Prince "
Al Jazeera has also reported on the story.
Al Jazeera reported that "this Qatari youth is popular in China"
Retrieve Fahd Jassim Al-Thani, Qatar's minister of commerce and trade who was killed in a car crash at the age of 40, according to a Qatar News Agency report from May 2009
The report said that Sheikh Fahd Jassim Al-Thani, a Qatari minister of commerce and trade who was killed in a car crash at the age of 40, had been killed in a car accident. Sheikh Fahd Jassim Al-Thani, who took office as minister of commerce and trade in July 2008 and was considered one of Qatar's most prominent ministers, graduated from the University of Kent in the United Kingdom with a degree in communications engineering, and served as a member of the board of directors of the Qatar Investment Authority, a member of the Doha Securities Market Committee, and as the director of the operations department of the Telecommunications Company, according to the report.
Screenshot of Qatar News Agency report from 2009
Saudi Arabia's minister of commerce and industry had also expressed condolences to the former Qatari minister of commerce and trade, according to an announcement from Saudi Arabia's ministry of commerce and industry, "The Crown Prince of Qatar has expressed his condolences on the death of Fahd Jassim Al-Thani."
Screenshot of Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Commerce and Industry page mourning the death of Sheikh Fahd Jassim Al-Thani
Now that the names of the "Little Prince of Ra'ib" and his father have been established, how can one determine their relationship to the Qatari royal family?
In fact, the "Sheikh" and "Al-Thani" in "Sheikh Fahd Jassim Al-Thani" could have represented the Qatari royal family. On the one hand, "Sheikh" is an honorific title in Arabic, meaning Imam, Sheikh, Wise Man, Elder, Old Man, and is often used as a prefix to the names of royals and noblemen. On the other hand, the "Al-Thani" family has ruled Qatar since 1847, but not all of the royal descendants of the many children of Qatar's emirs appear in the direct lineage of the current emir.
For example, in Qatar's official chart of children born to former emirs, there is no Abdulrahman Al-Thani or his father, and the current emir's eldest son is only about 10 years old. Therefore, it can only be said that "Prince Ra'ib" is indeed a descendant of the royal family, but not really the current emir's son - the prince.
Relationships between the former emirs of Qatar and their children
Additionally, the naming process can be traced back to Abdulrahman Al-Thani's ancestors. According to Arab naming customs, it is important to start with one's own name, followed by the names of ancestors such as father, grandfather and great-grandfather as a sign of respect, and finally followed by the family name. The word "ben", which appears in the translation of some of the reported names, usually stands for "son of" and is not interpreted as such. Thus, according to the name of Sheikh Fahd Jassim Al-Thani, it is known that the name of the grandfather of the "Little Prince of Ra'ib" should be "Jassim".
At the same time, Sheikh Fahd Jassim Al-Thani was born in 1965. Combining his first name, family name and approximate age, Wikipedia can search for a royal family member born in 1921, named "Jassim Hamad Al-Thani", and it can be seen that this "Jassim" was the first Qatari Minister of Education in 1958, and his father, "Jassim", was the first Qatari Minister of Education in 1958. It is known that this "Jassim" was the first Minister of Education of Qatar in 1958, and that his father "Hamad" was the Crown Prince of Qatar, but died prematurely and did not succeed to the throne. According to the entry, Jassim Hamad Al-Thani has four sons, one of whom is Fahd Jassim Al-Thani.
Open-source analysis of the above clues suggests that there is a possibility that the "Little Prince of Hundun Skin"'s grandfather was Jassim Hamad Al-Thani, which means that his great-grandparents may have been part of the direct royal family.
Wikipedia records that Jassim Hamad Al-Thani has four sons, one of whom is the father of the "Little Prince of Hundun Skin"
To summarize, the "Little Prince of Hundun Skin," who became popular during the World Cup and whose original name was Abdul Rahman Fahd Al-Thani, is a member of the royal family. Rahman Fahd Al-Thani, whose father was Qatar's former minister of commerce and trade, but died in a car accident in 2009. The family tree of the former and current Emirs of Qatar shows that the "Little Prince of Wonton Skin" is not the child of a direct member of the royal family, but more likely to come from the side of the royal family.