RULERS OF KUWAIT
Historians disagree about the exact date of the arrival of the Utub or Bani-Utbah in Kuwait. The Utub, who are a clan of the Anaza tribe to which Al-Sabah belong, migrated from Al-Aflag in Najd and eventually settled in Kuwait after a long migration. There was a consensus among the inhabitants of Kuwait to choose Sabah bin Jaber (1753) to administer justice and the affairs of the town, and settle the disputes of its inhabitants.
There have since been 15 rulers of Kuwait from the Al-Sabah family according to the following chronological order:
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1. Sheikh Sabah I bin Jaber 2. Sheikh Abdallah I 3. Sheikh Jaber 4. Sheikh Sabah II 5. Sheikh Abdallah II 6. Sheikh Muhammad I 7. Sheikh Mubarak Al Sabah 8. Sheikh Jaber II 9. Sheikh Salem Al Mubarak 10. Sheikh Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah 11. Sheikh Abdallah Al Salem Al Sabah 12 .Sheikh Sabah Al Salem Al Sabah 13. Sheikh Jaber Al Ahmed Al Jaber Al Sabah 14. Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah 15. Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah
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1756 - 1762 1765 - 1812 1812 - 1859 1859 - 1866 1866 - 1892 1892 - 1896 1896 - 1915 1915 - 1917 1917 - 1921 1921 - 1950 1950 - 1965 1965 – 1977 1977 – 2006 2006 - 2020 The present ruler |
