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Sabah dynasty
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Sabah dynasty

 or Al Sabah (“Sabah family”)

Ruling family of Kuwait since 1756. In that year the Banu 'Utub, a group of families of the 'Anizah tribe living in what is now Kuwait, appointed a member of the Sabah family, Sabah ibn Jabir (r. c. 1752–64), to be their ruler. The dynasty frequently depended politically or militarily on outsiders but maintained its autonomy. Its dependence on the Ottoman Empire in the late 19th century was subsequently a cause for Iraq to claim hegemony over Kuwait. It later enjoyed the patronage of the United Kingdom and, more recently, the support of the U.S. Despite the existence of deliberative institutions in modern Kuwait, the dynasty retains absolute power.



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His Majesty expressed his sincere condolences to Sheikh Al Sabah and the Al Sabah ruling family praying to the Almighty to rest her soul in peace and grant her family the patience to bear the loss.
13 (Petra) -- His Majesty King Abdullah II held on Sunday talks with Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Jaber Al Sabah on ways to bolster bilateral ties in the various domains and the latest regional developments, mainly efforts to achieve peace and stability in the Middle East.
In the new cabinet Shaikh Sabah made it a point also to appoint Shaikh Mohammed Sabah Al Sabah as minister of state for foreign affairs, and gave the information portfolio to his nephew Ahmad Al Fahd Al Ahmad Al Sabah.
 
 
 
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