Funeral prayers can be held on Sunday night earlier than a number of days of public mourning throughout the nation to mark his dying.
Flags can be flown at half mast, whereas authorities places of work and public establishments can be shut as a mark of respect.
King Charles and Queen Camilla paid tribute, saying Sheikh Hamad had “devoted a few years of distinguished service to Qatar”.
“His management, imaginative and prescient and dedication to the welfare of the Qatari individuals have been broadly admired, each inside Qatar and world wide,” they added.
India declared a day of nationwide mourning and mentioned that every one leisure occasions would cancelled through the interval.
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi mentioned: “A visionary chief who led Qatar to nice ranges of improvement and prosperity.
“We bear in mind him additionally as a real buddy whom I had the honour of assembly throughout my final go to to Qatar in February 2024.”
When Sheikh Hamad took energy 31 years in the past Qatar was struggling for cash with its oil reserves dwindling.
His coup – carried out whereas his father Sheikh Khalifa was overseas – modified the nation perpetually.
It turned a number one producer and exporter of liquefied pure fuel, because of worldwide partnerships and investments that had been brokered.
In 1996 Al Jazeera was launched there earlier than changing into an enormous title in worldwide broadcasting.
And Sheikh Hamad based the Qatar Funding Authority which put cash into companies overseas, together with Harrods and soccer group Paris Saint-Germain.