Credit: Qatar TV

(CNN)-- The body of former Qatar Emir Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani was laid to rest in Doha, with the Emir of the State, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad, in attendance.

Footage broadcast by Qatar TV showed Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad at the funeral procession of his father's body from Imam Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab Mosque in Doha.

Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad took part in carrying the body of the former Emir of Qatar after the funeral prayer, before it was laid to rest at the Lusail Cemetery.

The Qatari Amiri Diwan had announced on Sunday morning the death of the 'Father Emir' at the age of 74.