{{Short description|Military unit charged with protecting the Amir of Qatar}} {{Infobox military unit |unit_name= Qatar Amiri Guard |native_name= {{lang|ar|الحرس الأميري}} |image= Official visit to Qatar 04.jpg |caption= The Amiri Guard during the visit of Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko in March 2018. |dates= |country= {{flag|Qatar}} |allegiance= 23px House of Thani |branch= |role= Public duties<br />Royal security |type= Royal guard |command_structure= Qatar Armed Forces |garrison= Doha |garrison_label= |motto= |nickname= |patron= |colors= |colors_label= |march= |mascot= |equipment= |equipment_label= |battles= |anniversaries= |battle_honours= <!-- Commanders --> |commander1= |commander1_label= Commander of the Amiri Guard |commander2= |commander2_label= |commander3= |commander3_label= |notable_commanders= <!-- Insignia --> | identification_symbol= | identification_symbol_label= Amiri Guard flag |identification_symbol_3= |identification_symbol_3_label= |identification_symbol_4= |identification_symbol_4_label= }}

The '''Qatar Amiri Guard''' ({{langx|ar|الحرس الأميري}}, also spelled the '''Emiri Guard''') is an elite military protection unit of the Qatar Armed Forces.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/gulf/qatar-army.htm|title=Qatari Amiri Land Force|website=www.globalsecurity.org}}</ref> Their barracks are located in downtown Doha.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.alliesandmorrison.com/project/diwan-amiri-quarter/|title=DIWAN AMIRI QUARTER &#124; Allies and Morrison|access-date=2020-03-09|archive-date=2019-08-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190816023034/http://www.alliesandmorrison.com/project/diwan-amiri-quarter/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Activities== ===Protective services=== The unit's primary responsibilities include ensuring the security of the Emir of Qatar and the House of Al Thani. Members of the unit stand guard at the Emir's residence in the capital of Doha and escort the head of state to different events.{{Citation needed|date=June 2025}}

===Ceremonial duties=== The unit provides public duties on behalf of the entire military. It provides guards of honor during military ceremonies (e.g. military parades, state visits, and funeral honors). It uses British style honor guard rituals when providing a general salute or conducting any commands in general. Members of the guard are annual participants in the Qatari National Day Parade.{{Citation needed|date=June 2025}}

==Assets== * The Amiri Guard maintains a guard school at Barzan Camp that serves as a training center for potential recruits. Outside of Qatari forces, troops from the Kuwait Armed Forces also have been trained here.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.defaiya.com/news/Regional%20News/Qatar/2017/05/24/qatar-emiri-guard-school-celebrates-new-graduation|title=Al Defaiya &#124; Qatar Emiri Guard School Celebrates New Graduation|first=Al|last=Defaiya|date=May 23, 2017|website=www.defaiya.com}}</ref> * The Amiri Guard Heliport is maintained in Ar-Rayyan.{{Citation needed|date=June 2025}} * To the south of the village of Lehsiniya is a shooting range for the Amiri Guard.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.alarab.qa/Story/1277353|title=عبد الله بن ناصر يتفقد تجهيزات القرية التدريبية للحرس الأميري|author=Yasser Mohamed|publisher=Al Arab|language=ar|date=24 November 2017|access-date=15 July 2018}}</ref> * The guard has its own headquarters building to operate out of in the capital city. It currently accommodates three companies of 70 guards.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.credo-trading.com/index.php/projects/16-projects/136-amiri-guard-building |title=Amiri Guard Building |publisher=Credo Trading |access-date=2020-03-10 |archive-date=2021-01-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122184731/https://www.credo-trading.com/index.php/projects/16-projects/136-amiri-guard-building |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==International cooperation== The guard has had multiple opportunities to engage with its foreign counterparts. During a visit of Amiri Guard Commander Major General Hazza bin Khalil al-Shahwani to the Pakistani capital of Islamabad, discussions of cooperation in the military field was held with President Arif Alvi.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.gulf-times.com/story/648633/Pakistani-president-meets-Amiri-Guard-commander|title=Gulftimes : Pakistani president meets Amiri Guard commander|website=m.gulf-times.com}}</ref> In January 2020, the guard launched the two-week ''Al Kawaser 2'' drill with the Sultan's Special Force of Oman.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thepeninsulaqatar.com/article/23/01/2020/Amiri-Guard-concludes-%E2%80%98Al-Kawaser-2%E2%80%99-drill|title=Amiri Guard concludes ‘Al Kawaser 2’ drill|website=thepeninsulaqatar.com}}</ref>

==See also== * United Arab Emirates Presidential Guard * Saudi Royal Guard Regiment * Republican Guard (Algeria) * Republican Guard (Egypt) * Republican Guard (Lebanon)

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Category:Guards of honour Category:Military of Qatar Category:Royal guards