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  2. History of Kuwait - Wikipedia

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    In June 1961, Kuwait became independent with the end of the British protectorate and the sheikh Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah became an Emir. Under the terms of the newly drafted constitution, Kuwait held its first parliamentary elections in 1963. Kuwait was the first Arab state in the Persian Gulf to establish a constitution and parliament.

  3. Category:History of Kuwait - Wikipedia

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  4. Timeline of Kuwait City - Wikipedia

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    Kuwait City, from the International Space Station in 2006 Map of Kuwait City, 2011. 2001 — Population: 388,532 in Capital Governorate [13] 2002 — 2002 West Asian Games held (Apr.) 2003 — Museum of Modern Art opens; [19] Urban master plan created [9] 2004 — Kuwait Petroleum Corporation Tower built; [22] American University of Kuwait ...

  5. Kuwait - Wikipedia

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    Kuwait, [a] officially the State of Kuwait, [b] is a country in West Asia and the geopolitical region known as the Middle East.It is situated in the northern edge of the Arabian Peninsula at the head of the Persian Gulf, bordering Iraq to the north and Saudi Arabia to the south. [14]

  6. Sheikhdom of Kuwait - Wikipedia

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    Prior to 1871, Kuwait was a small village known as Grane (Kureyn). [1] The region originally came under the rule of the Bani Khalid Emirate in 1670 after the expulsion of the Ottomans from Eastern Arabia (Lahsa Eyalet) by Barrack bin Ghurayr, Emir of the Bani Khalid, who successfully besieged the Ottoman governor Umar Pasha who surrendered and gave up his rule as the fourth Ottoman governor of ...

  7. Category:History of Kuwait by period - Wikipedia

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  8. House of Sabah - Wikipedia

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    kuwait-info.com; Al Sabah: History and Genealogy of Kuwait’s Ruling Family 1752-1987 by Alan Rush (Ithaca Press, 1987) Burke’s Ruling Families of the World, Volume 2 (Burke’s Peerage, 1980), includes genealogies and essays on Al-Sabah (Kuwait) Records of Kuwait ed., Alan Rush (8 vols. Archive Editions, 1989)

  9. Category:History of Kuwait City - Wikipedia

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