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State of Kuwait
AD 1899 - Present Day
Modern Kuwait is a small constitutional monarchy on the north-western shore
of the Persian Gulf, with
Saudi Arabia to the south and
Iraq to the north. The
capital is Kuwait City. The country's name in Arabic is Daulat al-Kuwait (little fort). |
1888 - 1899 |
Kuwait is taken
from Ottomans by the
British Empire and made a
Protectorate on 23rd January. |
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1961 |
Kuwait
is granted full independence from
Britain on 19th June. |
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1977 - 2006 |
Jaber al-Ahmad al-Sabah |
Died 15.01 aged mid-70s after 5 years of ill health. |
1990 |
Kuwait is occupied briefly
by
Iraq before a United Nations
coalition army forces them out with
heavy Iraqi losses. |
2006 |
Saad-al-Abdullah al-Sabah |
Distant cousin. Health poor, replaced by parliament after 10 days. |
2006 - Present |
Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah |
Distant cousin. |
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Nawaf al-Ahmed al-Sabah |
Crown prince. b.1938. |
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