https://alsabahkuwait.com alsabahkuwait Tue, 03 Nov 2020 16:22:37 +0000 https://alsabahkuwait.com en https://alsabahkuwait.com/en-homepage Thu, 30 Apr 2020 11:25:10 +0000 alsabahkuwait https://alsabahkuwait.com/en-homepage https://alsabahkuwait.com/en-homepage-2 Mon, 18 May 2020 10:22:30 +0000 alsabahkuwait https://alsabahkuwait.com/en-homepage-2 <img width="4000" height="100" width_o="4000" height_o="100" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b68d3cce5cf5911d7b13ded0d06c65136ff205d65c0a17a5239446e76ce7ba4b/Textures-GREEN2.png" data-mid="72014913" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b68d3cce5cf5911d7b13ded0d06c65136ff205d65c0a17a5239446e76ce7ba4b/Textures-GREEN2.png" /> The descendants of Salim bin Mubarak bin Sabah the First are a loyal branch of the Al Sabah ruling family dedicated to the service of Kuwait.This website proudly celebrates this branch of the family who, at key points in Kuwait’s history, have dedicated their lives to their country: Salim bin Mubarak bin Sabah the First himself, one of the leaders in the Battle of Al-Raqqa in 1783; Muhammad bin Salim bin Jarrah Al Sabah, martyred at the Battle of Sarif in 1901; Duaij bin Salman Al Sabah, the commander in the Battle of Hamdh in 1920 and one of the cavalry commanders in the battle of Al-Jahra the same year; Sabah bin Duaij Al Sabah, Commander of the Town Guard for over twenty years, who also participated in the battle of Sarif in 1901; and other members of the family. <img width="4000" height="100" width_o="4000" height_o="100" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b68d3cce5cf5911d7b13ded0d06c65136ff205d65c0a17a5239446e76ce7ba4b/Textures-GREEN2.png" data-mid="72014913" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b68d3cce5cf5911d7b13ded0d06c65136ff205d65c0a17a5239446e76ce7ba4b/Textures-GREEN2.png" /> <img width="1416" height="1064" width_o="1416" height_o="1064" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/26a9eddb6ece7e6d8856a427292f0460b269d75c74ab9c9a66a52004bafc6439/DNA_family2_final.jpg" data-mid="72023742" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/26a9eddb6ece7e6d8856a427292f0460b269d75c74ab9c9a66a52004bafc6439/DNA_family2_final.jpg" />Who we are DNA<img width="1416" height="1064" width_o="1416" height_o="1064" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cc808decac41b0a1409e2adc7854cef2b690bd2ba3c67740846856675d6a9a6b/knox_tree_fullimage_final.jpg" data-mid="72518211" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cc808decac41b0a1409e2adc7854cef2b690bd2ba3c67740846856675d6a9a6b/knox_tree_fullimage_final.jpg" /> Knox family tree Mubarak bin Sabah the First <img width="1416" height="1064" width_o="1416" height_o="1064" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c55aa87cb02dcf62dc527c1a1365b90c1696681de9383592f9620f3b88a421be/Passport.jpg" data-mid="72023749" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/c55aa87cb02dcf62dc527c1a1365b90c1696681de9383592f9620f3b88a421be/Passport.jpg" /> Archive <img width="4000" height="100" width_o="4000" height_o="100" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b68d3cce5cf5911d7b13ded0d06c65136ff205d65c0a17a5239446e76ce7ba4b/Textures-GREEN2.png" data-mid="72014913" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b68d3cce5cf5911d7b13ded0d06c65136ff205d65c0a17a5239446e76ce7ba4b/Textures-GREEN2.png" /> &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; https://alsabahkuwait.com/en-footer-4 Mon, 18 May 2020 11:27:34 +0000 alsabahkuwait https://alsabahkuwait.com/en-footer-4 <img width="618" height="313" width_o="618" height_o="313" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0e9b5bac53891272416259045ae0b86367e6d3167a36b67d09138d5ccf13b0c9/Black.png" data-mid="72730272" border="0" data-scale="3" data-icon-mode src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/618/i/0e9b5bac53891272416259045ae0b86367e6d3167a36b67d09138d5ccf13b0c9/Black.png" /> ©2020. 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Lineage of Salem Mubarak Sabah the First | Kuwait For information please contact us https://alsabahkuwait.com/en-who-we-are Mon, 18 May 2020 14:03:46 +0000 alsabahkuwait https://alsabahkuwait.com/en-who-we-are Lineage of Salem Mubarak Sabah the First <img width="457" height="303" width_o="457" height_o="303" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9cb52c1c7256e7a8cca0232dfea9b2c560350665b34d006924c373f6e49b66b7/flag-1-.png" data-mid="79615942" border="0" data-scale="92" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/457/i/9cb52c1c7256e7a8cca0232dfea9b2c560350665b34d006924c373f6e49b66b7/flag-1-.png" /> <img width="502" height="303" width_o="502" height_o="303" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8950d3b047c1c8fad96f3535db3925a361a2c926a6eabd33660cccb6702c6364/flag-2--copy.png" data-mid="79615947" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/502/i/8950d3b047c1c8fad96f3535db3925a361a2c926a6eabd33660cccb6702c6364/flag-2--copy.png" /> <img width="1416" height="1064" width_o="1416" height_o="1064" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a2ae1f7b58b83ad1ec6855dd0924d372f72073695ae30caf906e8f68abf818ac/FAMILY-tree-DNA.png" data-mid="148192327" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a2ae1f7b58b83ad1ec6855dd0924d372f72073695ae30caf906e8f68abf818ac/FAMILY-tree-DNA.png" /> <img width="1416" height="1064" width_o="1416" height_o="1064" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1f28f3c4ea72429a90ea0aacf06987be5ed42554c9813aaa25d83eaa7a8dd4e1/KnoxFamilyTree-highlight-1.jpg" data-mid="87541963" border="0" alt="The Al Sabah family tree prepared by the first Political Agent to Kuwait, Lt. Col Stuart George Knox, with the help of His Highness former Emir Shaikh Mubarak Al Sabah the Great dated 15 April 1908. The pedigree includes three of the descendants of Salim Mubarak Al Sabah, Sabah Duaij Al Sabah (Sabah Al Suq), Fadhil and Duaij Al Sabah (commander of the Hamdh Battle)" data-caption="The Al Sabah family tree prepared by the first Political Agent to Kuwait, Lt. Col Stuart George Knox, with the help of His Highness former Emir Shaikh Mubarak Al Sabah the Great dated 15 April 1908. The pedigree includes three of the descendants of Salim Mubarak Al Sabah, Sabah Duaij Al Sabah (Sabah Al Suq), Fadhil and Duaij Al Sabah (commander of the Hamdh Battle)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1f28f3c4ea72429a90ea0aacf06987be5ed42554c9813aaa25d83eaa7a8dd4e1/KnoxFamilyTree-highlight-1.jpg" /> <img width="1416" height="1064" width_o="1416" height_o="1064" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3db368cfe1d666eb84fbf351ac2d549c1b0aa50c3bccda9b8d3b30043c63b769/Alan-Rushs-pedigree.jpg" data-mid="76284965" border="0" alt="Alan Rush&rsquo;s pedigree (p 215)" data-caption="Alan Rush’s pedigree (p 215)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3db368cfe1d666eb84fbf351ac2d549c1b0aa50c3bccda9b8d3b30043c63b769/Alan-Rushs-pedigree.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="100" width_o="4000" height_o="100" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4311453cd235087cf421a56a83865415ed72e69c3af71897d8b1751e1358e1c8/Textures-GREEN3.png" data-mid="72016594" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4311453cd235087cf421a56a83865415ed72e69c3af71897d8b1751e1358e1c8/Textures-GREEN3.png" /> Eight generations: Mubarak Sabah the First to Shaikh Duaij Salman Al Sabah <img width="4000" height="100" width_o="4000" height_o="100" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4311453cd235087cf421a56a83865415ed72e69c3af71897d8b1751e1358e1c8/Textures-GREEN3.png" data-mid="72016594" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4311453cd235087cf421a56a83865415ed72e69c3af71897d8b1751e1358e1c8/Textures-GREEN3.png" /> Shaikh Mubarak bin Sabah the First <img width="1416" height="1064" width_o="1416" height_o="1064" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3a007681e6f8fbbb680082d5dc956f5360a88c793b25c62d1cd3289f682c3f8e/Knip_final.jpg" data-mid="72075640" border="0" alt="Kniphausen&rsquo;s 1756 report, mentioning Mubarak Sabah the First" data-caption="Kniphausen’s 1756 report, mentioning Mubarak Sabah the First" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3a007681e6f8fbbb680082d5dc956f5360a88c793b25c62d1cd3289f682c3f8e/Knip_final.jpg" /> <img width="790" height="1053" width_o="790" height_o="1053" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3dd80cbb1b7dcdb2960e345c332c67762d3f2331ecb10df7e40670f4305f2308/BJ-Slot-Book_final.jpg" data-mid="72004312" border="0" alt="B J Slot, The Origins of Kuwait" data-caption="B J Slot, The Origins of Kuwait" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/790/i/3dd80cbb1b7dcdb2960e345c332c67762d3f2331ecb10df7e40670f4305f2308/BJ-Slot-Book_final.jpg" /> Mubarak was the third son of Sabah the First. He is mentioned in a report dated 1756 by Baron Tiddo van Kniphausen, A Description of the Persian Gulf and its Inhabitants in 1756: The highest ranking shaikh is Mobarak Eben Saback [Mubarak bin Sabah], but because he is poor and still young, another, called Mahometh Eben Khalifa [Muhammad bin Khalifah], who is rich and possesses many vessels, enjoys almost equal respect among them.1 According to Rush, the Kniphausen document suggests that Mubarak Sabah the First likely ruled following his father’s abdication or death, perhaps in partnership with his brother,&nbsp;His Highness former Emir Abdullah Al Sabah. The Kniphausen report implies that Sabah the First ruled earlier than is generally believed, that he abdicated or died in or before 1756, and that leadership then passed to two of his sons – Mubarak and Abdullah. It seems that Mubarak did not rule alone since, if he had done so, this would not have been forgotten. It is reasonable to assume that Sabah the First relied on Mubarak as well as Abdallah in his final years and that, as a respectful younger brother, Abdallah also consulted him.2 Shaikh Abdallah Khalid Al Khalifa of Bahrain, the former Minister of Justice and Islamic Affairs, who created Bahrain’s National History Documentation Centre, also believes that Mubarak succeeded his father, although only ruled for a short time: I believe that Sabah the First died before the year 1170 AH [1756-57 AD] and was succeeded by his son, Mubarak bin Sabah; and that after Mubarak’s death in about 1171 AH [1757-58 AD], his brother, Shaikh Abdallah bin Sabah, became the ruler.3 Shaikh Abdullah later confirmed his view that the descendants of Salim Mubarak Al Sabah are members of the ruling family. 1 Quoted in B J Slot The Origins of Kuwait (Brill, 1991), p 89. Kniphausen was Resident of the Dutch East India Company in Kharg, from 1753. It is clear from subsequent report by an Englishman, Dr Edward Ives, in 1758, that Kniphausen had known Mubarak bin Sabah for some time. 2 Al-Sabah History &amp; Genealogy of Kuwait’s Ruling Family 1752-1987 (London, 1987) 3&nbsp;Shaikh Abdallah Khalid Al-Khalifa, article in Al Watheeka, July 1983, pp 15 and 18, quoted (with translation) in Rush, op cit, p 197. <img width="4000" height="100" width_o="4000" height_o="100" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4311453cd235087cf421a56a83865415ed72e69c3af71897d8b1751e1358e1c8/Textures-GREEN3.png" data-mid="72016594" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4311453cd235087cf421a56a83865415ed72e69c3af71897d8b1751e1358e1c8/Textures-GREEN3.png" /> Shaikh Salim bin Mubarak bin Sabah the First <img width="1416" height="1064" width_o="1416" height_o="1064" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0c2ec227e43d64e293b4d5ee27189a90ed08b23d1e4c78558cfc1ff49e0d49ad/Dickson_book_family.jpg" data-mid="72076600" border="0" alt="Harold Dickson, Kuwait and Her Neighbours (1956)" data-caption="Harold Dickson, Kuwait and Her Neighbours (1956)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0c2ec227e43d64e293b4d5ee27189a90ed08b23d1e4c78558cfc1ff49e0d49ad/Dickson_book_family.jpg" /> Except for Knox, who states that Salim’s father was Muhammad Sabah the First4, it is agreed that Salim’s father was Mubarak Sabah the First. He is mentioned as such in the Bombay report of 1854 and in the genealogical trees prepared in Kuwait by Shaikh Na’if Al Malik Al Sabah and by Mu’alim Ismail Kaddo5. Salim bin Mubarak bin Sabah the First was one of the leaders in Kuwait’s first naval battle, the Battle of Al -Raqqa on 12 August 1783, against the Bani Ka’b.6 The battle was started by Salim’s daring initiative to attack enemy vessels. His Highness the former Emir Abdulah Al Sabah opposed an attempt by Shaikh Barakat of the Nassar clan of the Bani Ka’b to marry his only daughter. Mariam. Following the battle, Salim married Mariam bint Abdullah I, his first cousin. The story is recounted by Lt Col Harold Dickson, the Political Agent in Kuwait from 1929-36 in his book, Kuwait and Her Neighbours. The story was told to him by His Highness former Emir Abdullah Salim Al Sabah. … on the reported approach of the enemy the beautiful Mariam was regularly to be seen – armed with pistol, sword and spear, and riding a mare – going the rounds of the early city defences and encouraging the Badu in their tents. How her young cousin Salim ibn Muhammad Al Sabah [Salim bin Muburak] and his gallant band met the armada widely scattered and becalmed by night south of the island of Bubiyan and, in the guise of simple fisher-folk, boarded five great dhows one after the other, silently put the sentries to the sword, battened the remainder of the crew between decks, brought the prizes back to Kuwait and presented them to Mariam must be recorded in another place. Suffice it to say that after this initial success and inspired by the burning enthusiasm of Mariam, young Salim … sped out to sea, engaged the remainder of the Bani Ka’b ships and put them to ignominious flight … From that day to this no Sabah princess has ever been allowed to marry outside the family.7 4&nbsp; Harold Dickson, Kuwait and Her Neighbours (1956), followed Knox in his genealogical tree, in stating that Salim’s father was Muhamad Sabah the First. 5 Rush, op cit, p 222. 6&nbsp;www.kuna.net.kw/ArticleDetails.aspx?id=2019278&amp;language=ar. 7 Dickson, op cit. pp 27-28, quoted in Rush, op cit, p 190. <img width="4000" height="100" width_o="4000" height_o="100" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4311453cd235087cf421a56a83865415ed72e69c3af71897d8b1751e1358e1c8/Textures-GREEN3.png" data-mid="72016594" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4311453cd235087cf421a56a83865415ed72e69c3af71897d8b1751e1358e1c8/Textures-GREEN3.png" /> Shaikh Sabah bin Duaij bin Salem Al Sabah <img width="790" height="1053" width_o="790" height_o="1053" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7aaf80f5c849a5ce1edde9929b373f6973ed393af6e74336de35106b7f3cb4e9/Adsani_signatures_final-copy.jpg" data-mid="74970645" border="0" alt="Signatures of Sabah bin Al Shaikh Jabir Al Sabah and Sabah bin Duaij bin Salim Al Sabah" data-caption="Signatures of Sabah bin Al Shaikh Jabir Al Sabah and Sabah bin Duaij bin Salim Al Sabah" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/790/i/7aaf80f5c849a5ce1edde9929b373f6973ed393af6e74336de35106b7f3cb4e9/Adsani_signatures_final-copy.jpg" /> Shaikh Sabah was the grandson of Salim, the hero of the Battle of Al-Raqqa. His name appears alongside that of His Highness the former Emir Sabah II as a witness in a judicial verdict (known as an Adsani court order8) dated 22 August 1846. The court judgment was a dispute among Al Sabah family members, hence why members of the Al Sabah family were chosen as witnesses. The head of the court was Judge Abdullah Mohammad Al Adasani. 8 In Kuwait, waraqa writing (the recording of a transaction on paper) was the province of qāḍis from the Al Adsani family. So closely associated was this family with writing legal instruments that the family name became synonymous with the instruments themselves; a variety of written instruments, particularly waqf (Islamic charitable trust) deeds, took on the name ‘Adsāniyyāt (‘Adsanis). <img width="4000" height="100" width_o="4000" height_o="100" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4311453cd235087cf421a56a83865415ed72e69c3af71897d8b1751e1358e1c8/Textures-GREEN3.png" data-mid="72016594" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4311453cd235087cf421a56a83865415ed72e69c3af71897d8b1751e1358e1c8/Textures-GREEN3.png" /> Shaikh Salman bin Sabah bin Duaij Al Sabah b c1840 <img width="1200" height="1600" width_o="1200" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7d04d69ffa2060d799da8c939be5e89ba46dadb8d23b8b111d9b48f6fea89af8/Bombay-report_final-.jpg" data-mid="74120474" border="0" alt="Captain A B Kemball&rsquo;s Bombay report, 1854" data-caption="Captain A B Kemball’s Bombay report, 1854" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7d04d69ffa2060d799da8c939be5e89ba46dadb8d23b8b111d9b48f6fea89af8/Bombay-report_final-.jpg" /> In 1854, Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, Resident of the Persian Gulf, based in Bushire, drew up a report on Kuwait, published in Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government.9 Known as the Bombay report, he describes Salman bin Sabah bin Duaij Al Sabah as cousin of chief [Jaber I Al Sabah, the 3rd Emir of Kuwait], second degree, age fourteen years, meaning that he was born in 1840. 9 Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government, Volume XXIV, pp 295-296. <img width="4000" height="100" width_o="4000" height_o="100" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4311453cd235087cf421a56a83865415ed72e69c3af71897d8b1751e1358e1c8/Textures-GREEN3.png" data-mid="72016594" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4311453cd235087cf421a56a83865415ed72e69c3af71897d8b1751e1358e1c8/Textures-GREEN3.png" /> Shaikh Muhammad bin Salim bin Jarrah Salim Mubarak Al SabahMartyred in the battle of Sarif, 1901 <img width="790" height="1053" width_o="790" height_o="1053" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ef929930e371fa2986acccbbb0c1dcf75045e6190e01873198430450727b7903/Battle_03_final.jpg" data-mid="74120555" border="0" alt="Report by Ali Bin Gholum Rida, British Political Agent in Kuwait (1899-1904), mentioning the death of Muhammad bin Salim Al Sabah in the Battle of Sarif" data-caption="Report by Ali Bin Gholum Rida, British Political Agent in Kuwait (1899-1904), mentioning the death of Muhammad bin Salim Al Sabah in the Battle of Sarif" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/790/i/ef929930e371fa2986acccbbb0c1dcf75045e6190e01873198430450727b7903/Battle_03_final.jpg" /> Muhammad was the great grandson of Salim, the hero of the Battle of Al Raqqa. Both his father, Salim (b c1834), and grandfather, Jarrah (b c1804) are mentioned by Kemball in his Bombay Report in 1854. In 1900, a crisis erupted between Kuwait and the Najd, ruled over by Ibn Rashid, the Emir of Ha’il. Both Mubarak and Ibn Rashid strived to be the undisputed leader in Arabia. In December 1900, Shaikh Mubarak Al Sabah advanced into Najd, having gathered an impressive army of Kuwaiti townspeople, Saudi loyalists, and bedouin from all the important eastern Arabian tribes. His aim was to tear away the southern part of the Rashidi dominions, notably ‘Anayza, Burayda, and Riyadh. Mubarak had moderate success, capturing these three towns (except for the besieged citadel in Riyadh). However, his forces were defeated at the Battle of Sarif (near Burayda) on 17 March 1901. Hundreds of Kuwaitis died in the battle, including a brother and one or two nephews of His Highness the former Emir Mubarak Al Sabah the Great, and some Al Sabah family members, one of whom was Shaikh Muhammad bin Salim Al Sabah. Muhammad bin Salim Al Sabah’s death in the battle was reported by Ali Bin Ghulum Rida, the British Political Agent to Kuwait at the time.10 10 Edited by Dr Abdallah Yusuf Al Ghanim, Akhbar Al Kuwait, Risa’il Ali bin Ghulum Rida (Markaz Al Bahouth wa Al Dirasat Al Kuwaitiyya, 2007). <img width="4000" height="100" width_o="4000" height_o="100" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4311453cd235087cf421a56a83865415ed72e69c3af71897d8b1751e1358e1c8/Textures-GREEN3.png" data-mid="72016594" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4311453cd235087cf421a56a83865415ed72e69c3af71897d8b1751e1358e1c8/Textures-GREEN3.png" /> Shaikh Sabah Al Suq bin Duaij Al Sabah b. 1873 <img width="400" height="533" width_o="400" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e633a96cae45c4c646b3582a3503a41b8c2b04fe3174956b9eda7358956eb6c0/9.-Generations_final-A.jpg" data-mid="89283895" border="0" alt="Shaikh Sabah Al Suq" data-caption="Shaikh Sabah Al Suq" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/400/i/e633a96cae45c4c646b3582a3503a41b8c2b04fe3174956b9eda7358956eb6c0/9.-Generations_final-A.jpg" /> Sabah Al Suq was Commander of the Town Guard or market guards in Kuwait – effectively the security chief – from 1917-38. He maintained order on behalf of His Highnesses former Emirs Shaikh Salim Mubarak Al Sabah and Shaikh Ahmad Jabir Al Sabah.&nbsp; There are many stories about Sabah Al Suq. The following comes from the Kuwait Times (4 November 2015): A funny yet terrifying incident took place back in 1937 when an armed gang, or at least that was the people thought at the time, kept robbing houses. People used to hear gunshots at night and immediately lock their doors and windows and stay up all night to resist the robbers in case they were attacked by the gang that used to rob a different neighborhood every night. People were terrified for a whole week, and news about the gang of robbers travelled fast as people kept telling stories about how the robbers robbed the so and so family in Merqab or climbed the walls of another in Qebla.People were in great distress and fear. The security chief at the time was Shaikh Sabah Al Duaij Al Sabah who was publically known as ‘Sabah Al-Souk’ (Sabah of the Market). The man suspected his own guards and accordingly examined their rifles by an expert to see whether any had been used in recent shootings during the night. They were all proven innocent, but Sabah eventually managed to identify and arrest the gang. It turned out that the gang comprised of a young man named ‘Mahdali’ who had an old shotgun and was assisted by another, a porter to carry the items he stole. They were both arrested and chained by the hands to be taken on a tour around the old souk so that people could see them and rest assured. Kids chased the suspects lane to lane shouting: “That is the thief, Mahdali…..he is chained by the hand.” Accordingly, like Kuwaitis used to name years after major incidents, 1937 was later known as the ‘Year of Mahdali.’&nbsp; <img width="4000" height="100" width_o="4000" height_o="100" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4311453cd235087cf421a56a83865415ed72e69c3af71897d8b1751e1358e1c8/Textures-GREEN3.png" data-mid="72016594" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4311453cd235087cf421a56a83865415ed72e69c3af71897d8b1751e1358e1c8/Textures-GREEN3.png" /> https://alsabahkuwait.com/full-bleed-pic Thu, 21 May 2020 10:52:10 +0000 alsabahkuwait https://alsabahkuwait.com/full-bleed-pic <img width="2000" height="1062" width_o="2000" height_o="1062" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0b2534ad90ce40a409466b977aff652c5ef492666cc99c1fd6dcd286ea9061d7/Ikwan_wide_final.jpg" data-mid="72004938" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0b2534ad90ce40a409466b977aff652c5ef492666cc99c1fd6dcd286ea9061d7/Ikwan_wide_final.jpg" /> Ikhwan cavalry https://alsabahkuwait.com/en-who-we-are-2 Thu, 21 May 2020 10:59:23 +0000 alsabahkuwait https://alsabahkuwait.com/en-who-we-are-2 Shaikh Duaij bin Salman Al Sabahb 1888, d 1939 <img width="790" height="1053" width_o="790" height_o="1053" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6ed7934d12b73e4fc22338e77ee7f503f6057e06ce6a8f5b42d48ccc61fa72d4/Shaikh-Duaij-bin-Salman_final.jpg" data-mid="71896181" border="0" alt=" Shaikh Duaij bin Salman" data-caption=" Shaikh Duaij bin Salman" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/790/i/6ed7934d12b73e4fc22338e77ee7f503f6057e06ce6a8f5b42d48ccc61fa72d4/Shaikh-Duaij-bin-Salman_final.jpg" /> <img width="1416" height="1064" width_o="1416" height_o="1064" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d15a9f91f37448fa43890bcf044ba9c0e3bffe52f19d36cde90b01e28bf48277/Descendents01_final.jpg" data-mid="71887007" border="0" alt="Shaikh Duaij (sixth from left) and Fahad Salim Al Sabah, the son of the Emir (seventh from left). Photo by Lt Col James More, Political Agent to Kuwait (1920-29). In Harold Dickson The Arab of the Desert (p 97) " data-caption="Shaikh Duaij (sixth from left) and Fahad Salim Al Sabah, the son of the Emir (seventh from left). Photo by Lt Col James More, Political Agent to Kuwait (1920-29). In Harold Dickson The Arab of the Desert (p 97) " src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d15a9f91f37448fa43890bcf044ba9c0e3bffe52f19d36cde90b01e28bf48277/Descendents01_final.jpg" /> Shaikh Duaij bin Salman Al Sabah was brought up by His Highness the former Emir Shaikh Salim Mubarak Al Sabah, his father having died when he was about thirteen years old. Duaij defended Kuwait from the Saudi Ikhwan and the spread of Wahhabi revivalism during the Kuwait-Najd battles in 1920. He was also part of a committee to defend Kuwait, led by His Highness the former Emir Shaikh Salim Mubarak Al Sabah. The battle of Hamdh took place from 18-24 May 1920. Following the First World War and the collapse of the Ottoman empire, the Ikhwan in Saudi Arabia planned to take over the whole of the Arabian Peninsula. They attempted to establish a stronghold south of Kuwait, at Jarriya al-‘Ulya, under Ibn Shuqayr.&nbsp;The Emir sent a force of 100 Kuwaiti cavalry and 200 Kuwaiti infantrymen commanded by Duaij to dislodge them. Ibn Shuqayr sent a plea for help to Faisal Al Dawish, the leader of the Ikhwan. The Kuwaiti forces were vastly outnumbered by Al Dawish’s 2,000 Ikhwan fighters, but they held out for six days.&nbsp; The Kuwaitis suffered heavy losses with the wounded being treated with salt and water as no medicine was available. Following the battle of Hamdh, His Highness the former Emir Shaikh Salem Mubarak Al Sabah decided to construct a five mile wall around Kuwait to protect the city (the third wall), which began the following month during Ramadan and involved most of the inhabitants of Kuwait. Within less than five months the battle of Al Jahra took place on 10 October 1920.&nbsp; The Kuwaiti forces were led by the former Emir himself, His Highness the former Emir Shaikh Salem Mubarak Al Sabah; Duaij was one of the cavalry commanders in the battle. A force of 3,000-4,000 Ikhwan attacked and besieged the Red Fort at Al-Jahra, which was defended by 1,500 Kuwaitis. The Kuwaiti forces fought bravely and repulsed the Ikhwan attack, allowing time for the Emir to call in help from British troops, who provided airplanes and three warships ending the Ikhwan attacks.11 The Kuwait-Najd battles were ended by the Uqair Protocol of 1922, which defined Kuwait’s current boundaries. 11 Badr al-Din Al-Khususi, Ma’rakat al-Jahra’ (Manshurat Dhat al-Salasil, Kuwait, 1987); Joseph Kostiner, The Making of Saudi Arabi, 1916-1936 (Oxford University Press, 1993), pp 42-55. <img width="4000" height="100" width_o="4000" height_o="100" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4311453cd235087cf421a56a83865415ed72e69c3af71897d8b1751e1358e1c8/Textures-GREEN3.png" data-mid="72017152" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4311453cd235087cf421a56a83865415ed72e69c3af71897d8b1751e1358e1c8/Textures-GREEN3.png" /> Shaikh Salman bin Fadhil Al Sabah b. 1908 <img width="400" height="533" width_o="400" height_o="533" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6a239241abb0bfa541156acd8d9c0c3bcfa3353bd1fd974aabd5f699bce85058/9.-Generations_final-B.jpg" data-mid="89283838" border="0" alt="Shaikh Salman bin Fadhil" data-caption="Shaikh Salman bin Fadhil" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/400/i/6a239241abb0bfa541156acd8d9c0c3bcfa3353bd1fd974aabd5f699bce85058/9.-Generations_final-B.jpg" /> Shaikh Salman bin Fadhil Al Sabah was the great grandson of Shaikh Sabah bin Duaij bin Salem Al Sabah. He was Commander of the Town Guard from 1938-45, succeeding Shaikh Sabah Al Suq. <img width="4000" height="100" width_o="4000" height_o="100" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4311453cd235087cf421a56a83865415ed72e69c3af71897d8b1751e1358e1c8/Textures-GREEN3.png" data-mid="72017152" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4311453cd235087cf421a56a83865415ed72e69c3af71897d8b1751e1358e1c8/Textures-GREEN3.png" /> Shaikh Khalid bin Duaij Al Sabah b 1933 <img width="790" height="1053" width_o="790" height_o="1053" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/42e05a2af148692e750ff5dd1ab8fcfc8e0a6fae2ce345ed7dc5f960d8316c24/Shaikh-Khaled-bin-Duaij-Al-Sabah_inset_final.jpg" data-mid="72006268" border="0" alt="Shaikh Khaled Duaij Al Sabah" data-caption="Shaikh Khaled Duaij Al Sabah" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/790/i/42e05a2af148692e750ff5dd1ab8fcfc8e0a6fae2ce345ed7dc5f960d8316c24/Shaikh-Khaled-bin-Duaij-Al-Sabah_inset_final.jpg" /> In September 1989, Shaikh Khalid Duaij Al Sabah was appointed by His Highness the former Emir Jabir Ahmad Al Sabah as one of 16 members of a committee to carry out the duties of the Municipal Council of Kuwait. Following the liberation of Kuwait, the Emir reappointed Shaikh Khaled as a member of the Municipal Council in July 1991. The Municipal Council, which was established in 1932, is in charge of the provision of local services in Kuwait City, such as roads, urban planning, garbage collections and sanitation. <img width="4000" height="100" width_o="4000" height_o="100" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4311453cd235087cf421a56a83865415ed72e69c3af71897d8b1751e1358e1c8/Textures-GREEN3.png" data-mid="72017152" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4311453cd235087cf421a56a83865415ed72e69c3af71897d8b1751e1358e1c8/Textures-GREEN3.png" /> Shaikh Salman bin Duaij Al Sabahb 1939 <img width="1200" height="1600" width_o="1200" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/424b0548b8e1a4a3cfcec5edab8f2459e687622c01083f738bfbba179626efce/Shaikh-Salman-Duaij-Al-Sabah.final.jpg" data-mid="75318012" border="0" alt="Shaikh Salman Duaij Al Sabah" data-caption="Shaikh Salman Duaij Al Sabah" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/424b0548b8e1a4a3cfcec5edab8f2459e687622c01083f738bfbba179626efce/Shaikh-Salman-Duaij-Al-Sabah.final.jpg" /> Shaikh Salman Duaij Al Sabah is an eminent figure in the modern history of Kuwait. In addition to his considerable contributions in the political, social and cultural spheres, his prominent role in establishing the current legal infrastructure in Kuwait stands out as a major achievement. Salman was appointed Minister of State for Legal and Administrative Affairs in 1976 and subsequently Minister for Justice, Legal and Administrative Affairs in 1981. During this time, he carried out a wholesale reform of the Kuwaiti legal system, leading to a legislative renaissance in the country. Until that time, despite the country’s independence, Kuwait was still applying the Ottoman civil code, known as the Mecelle. Regional and international events made legislative and administrative reforms during this period challenging. Salman established specialized and technical committees to study and review all the existing legislation, enacting new legislation where necessary in order to bring Kuwaiti law in line with advanced legal systems. He began by implementing the Social Security Act 61/1976, establishing the Public Institution for Social Security, and in 1979 enacted the Civil Service Act 15/1979. 1980 was a year of huge legislative reform. Salman issued the Civil Code by decree No 67/1980, to replace the Ottoman legislation, the Mecelle, the Commercial Code by decree No 68/1980 and the Maritime Trade Code by decree No. 28/1980. In addition, he enacted important laws for the system and procedures of courts, notably the Civil and Commercial Procedures Law by decree No. 38/1980 and the Law of Evidence in Civil and Commercial Articles by decree No. 39/1980. The Personal Status Law No. 51/1984 should also be mentioned. These laws marked an unprecedented leap forward for the country. They were enacted in less than a decade under Salman with the approval of the National Assembly. Collectively they constitute the fundamental laws for Kuwait today. <img width="4000" height="100" width_o="4000" height_o="100" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4311453cd235087cf421a56a83865415ed72e69c3af71897d8b1751e1358e1c8/Textures-GREEN3.png" data-mid="72017152" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4311453cd235087cf421a56a83865415ed72e69c3af71897d8b1751e1358e1c8/Textures-GREEN3.png" /> Shaikh Duaij bin Salman Al Sabah b 1970 <img width="303" height="404" width_o="303" height_o="404" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f47a0905d58a5916c98d98296dd953c86d8845c477838255f47ed0cb35741dc9/Shaikh-Duaij-bin-Salman-Al-Sabah-.jpg" data-mid="84997020" border="0" alt="Shaikh Duaij bin Salman Al Sabah" data-caption="Shaikh Duaij bin Salman Al Sabah" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/303/i/f47a0905d58a5916c98d98296dd953c86d8845c477838255f47ed0cb35741dc9/Shaikh-Duaij-bin-Salman-Al-Sabah-.jpg" /> At the age of 19, following the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait, Shaikh Duaij Salman Al Sabah joined the resistance forces and participated in defending his beloved country. &nbsp; https://alsabahkuwait.com/en-footer-copy Thu, 28 May 2020 09:12:29 +0000 alsabahkuwait https://alsabahkuwait.com/en-footer-copy <img width="618" height="313" width_o="618" height_o="313" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0e9b5bac53891272416259045ae0b86367e6d3167a36b67d09138d5ccf13b0c9/Black.png" data-mid="72730461" border="0" data-scale="3" data-icon-mode src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/618/i/0e9b5bac53891272416259045ae0b86367e6d3167a36b67d09138d5ccf13b0c9/Black.png" /> ©2020. 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Lineage of Salem Mubarak Sabah the First | Kuwait For information please contact us https://alsabahkuwait.com/en-dna Tue, 19 May 2020 13:50:22 +0000 alsabahkuwait https://alsabahkuwait.com/en-dna <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e9025d1adfbbb998cf4b2fa4423df9ae745e94e6fa9b8f477b86a95de4585e59/Revised_DNA_final.jpg" data-mid="72336794" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e9025d1adfbbb998cf4b2fa4423df9ae745e94e6fa9b8f477b86a95de4585e59/Revised_DNA_final.jpg" /> <img width="4000" height="100" width_o="4000" height_o="100" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4311453cd235087cf421a56a83865415ed72e69c3af71897d8b1751e1358e1c8/Textures-GREEN3.png" data-mid="72017390" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4311453cd235087cf421a56a83865415ed72e69c3af71897d8b1751e1358e1c8/Textures-GREEN3.png" /> DNA : descendants of Salim Mubarak Sabah the First In addition to the historical record, DNA tests are an excellent way of providing scientific proof of the lineage of families – who descends from who. Widely used today by people researching family history, recent advances in our understanding of DNA allow us to resolve questions about heritage or simply misunderstandings.In order to put to rest any lingering questions about their membership of the Al Sabah ruling family, the family has undertaken multiple DNA tests, including with Family TreeDNA. In September 2017, DNA testing led to the discovery of the Big Y and 111 marker and a specific DNA marker for the Al Sabah family. The tests have been analysed by Denise Syndercombe Court, Professor of Forensic Genetics at King’s College, London. The results provide conclusive proof that the descendants of Salim Muibarak Sabah the First are indeed members of the Al Sabah family. By comparing their DNA to members of the Al Khalifa and Al Fahdil families, the descendants of Salim Mubarak Sabah the First have proved scientifically that they belong to the Al Sabah family. <img width="4000" height="100" width_o="4000" height_o="100" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4311453cd235087cf421a56a83865415ed72e69c3af71897d8b1751e1358e1c8/Textures-GREEN3.png" data-mid="72017390" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4311453cd235087cf421a56a83865415ed72e69c3af71897d8b1751e1358e1c8/Textures-GREEN3.png" /> Context <img width="1416" height="1064" width_o="1416" height_o="1064" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/badef215d0c3e3bdb37766e6b442b4236e393bc6f57d059623f586d6ca62835b/page-215-final.jpg" data-mid="75314916" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/badef215d0c3e3bdb37766e6b442b4236e393bc6f57d059623f586d6ca62835b/page-215-final.jpg" /> <img width="1416" height="1064" width_o="1416" height_o="1064" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a18d46c22f8f2671e0d213f9349147af2943ea5075aca1310e27a8962f4f7863/FAMILY-tree-3-final.jpg" data-mid="74749957" border="0" alt="Sabah family tree indicating individuals that have been tested (in bold and in red) and that share a common paternal ancestor" data-caption="Sabah family tree indicating individuals that have been tested (in bold and in red) and that share a common paternal ancestor" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a18d46c22f8f2671e0d213f9349147af2943ea5075aca1310e27a8962f4f7863/FAMILY-tree-3-final.jpg" /> The historical documents, going back over 175 years, show that the descendants of Salim Mubarak Sabah the First descend from the first Emir of Kuwait, Sabah the First. His Highness the former Emir Mubarak Al Sabah the Great, notably, was in no doubt that they were part of the Al Sabah ruling family. Numerous documentation in the 1850s, 1900s and 1930s by British Political Agents confirmed this lineage. The tests have been analyzed by multiple tests centres including Family tree DNA and Professor Syndercombe Court. The genetic results identified related members of Al Sabah, consistent with the family tree and supporting a single common paternal ancestor – Sabah the First – and defined by the Y34542 SNP.This family group is distinct from two other family groups (Al Khalifa and Al Fadhel) defined by the BY28249 SNP.The Al Sabah and Al Khalifa/Al Fadhel families are also differentiated by three Y-STR loci, DYS 447, DYS 504 and DYS 552. <img width="4000" height="100" width_o="4000" height_o="100" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4311453cd235087cf421a56a83865415ed72e69c3af71897d8b1751e1358e1c8/Textures-GREEN3.png" data-mid="72017390" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4311453cd235087cf421a56a83865415ed72e69c3af71897d8b1751e1358e1c8/Textures-GREEN3.png" /> DNA tests <img width="1012" height="1337" width_o="1012" height_o="1337" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/e1ebc2acec3e924eebe4960507023358808b0ef6b8779462600a5588356e924a/FamilyTree-DNA-certificate.png" data-mid="75453381" border="0" alt="FamilyTreeDNA certificates" data-caption="FamilyTreeDNA certificates" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/e1ebc2acec3e924eebe4960507023358808b0ef6b8779462600a5588356e924a/FamilyTree-DNA-certificate.png" /> <img width="1012" height="1337" width_o="1012" height_o="1337" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/21b393e2d30381923900478682df52bda3773dbdbf30741d53c5bede84a55367/DNA-DOC-1.png" data-mid="71768681" border="0" alt="Document 1: Analysis by Professor Denise Syndercombe Court, 29th January 2018 " data-caption="Document 1: Analysis by Professor Denise Syndercombe Court, 29th January 2018 " src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/21b393e2d30381923900478682df52bda3773dbdbf30741d53c5bede84a55367/DNA-DOC-1.png" /> <img width="1012" height="1337" width_o="1012" height_o="1337" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2f4f0e2fe3fa4d3369e25de08a7af74974d75a5b950f4b97446471c825b3bbae/DNA-DOC-2.png" data-mid="71768682" border="0" alt="Document 2: Analysis by Professor Denise Syndercombe Court, September 2017" data-caption="Document 2: Analysis by Professor Denise Syndercombe Court, September 2017" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2f4f0e2fe3fa4d3369e25de08a7af74974d75a5b950f4b97446471c825b3bbae/DNA-DOC-2.png" /> <img width="1012" height="1337" width_o="1012" height_o="1337" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9d5a6068df6cb40ad8765185bf07185a73d310369cf53d458f2e8e1c424a5b52/DNA-DOC-3.png" data-mid="74128818" border="0" alt="Document 3: Analysis by Dr Denise Syndercombe Court, 8 March 2014" data-caption="Document 3: Analysis by Dr Denise Syndercombe Court, 8 March 2014" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/9d5a6068df6cb40ad8765185bf07185a73d310369cf53d458f2e8e1c424a5b52/DNA-DOC-3.png" /> DNA includes a pair of ‘sex’ chromosomes – the X and Y chromosome. Females have two X chromosomes, whereas males have an X chromosome and a Y chromosome. The single male Y chromosome is of particular importance in family trees, as the Y chromosome is inherited by all the male descendants of the father, who in their turn will pass on the same Y chromosome to all of their sons. Thus, all male members of the family who share the same Y chromosome can be said to descend from the same male ancestor. The descendants of Salim Mubarak the First undertook a wide number of DNA tests, in 2004 (Sorenson), 2005 (GeneTree), 2012 (University of Colombia), 2017 (FamilyTreeDNA) and 2019 (FamilyTreeDNA). These tests were analysed by Professor Syndercombe Court in 2014, 2017 and 2018. The tests carried out in 2017 included four members of the descendants of Salim Mubarak Sabah the First and three descendants of His Highness the former Emir Shaikh Mubarak Al Sabah the Great and one descendant of his brother His Highness the former Emir Shaikh Mohammad Al Sabah. Two additional descendants of Salim Mubarak Al Sabah, Shaikh Khaled Duaij Al Sabah and Shaikh Salman Duaij Al Sabah, further participated in DNA testing on the 30 January 2019. The results provided conclusive scientific proof that the descendants of Salim Mubarak Sabah the First are indeed part of the Al Sabah, as they all share the same Y chromosome, Y34542 SNP. By contrast, members of the Al Fadhil and Al Khalifa families, who were also tested, do not share this Y chromosome, but rather BY28249 SNP. The Al Sabah, Al Khalifa and Al Fadhel families are also distinguished by three Y-STR loci, DYS447, DYS504 and DYS552. <img width="4000" height="100" width_o="4000" height_o="100" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4311453cd235087cf421a56a83865415ed72e69c3af71897d8b1751e1358e1c8/Textures-GREEN3.png" data-mid="72017390" border="0" data-no-zoom src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4311453cd235087cf421a56a83865415ed72e69c3af71897d8b1751e1358e1c8/Textures-GREEN3.png" /> <img width="3872" height="2594" width_o="3872" height_o="2594" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/36adaab74d9159ff6f619c0627f5326e1087d396df0c34959a20602ddf046c71/Denise_ref_Twitter_bw.JPG" data-mid="71750946" border="0" alt="Professor Denise Syndercombe Court (PhD, FIBMS, SSci, DMedT, MSB, CBiol, MFSSoc)" data-caption="Professor Denise Syndercombe Court (PhD, FIBMS, SSci, DMedT, MSB, CBiol, MFSSoc)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/36adaab74d9159ff6f619c0627f5326e1087d396df0c34959a20602ddf046c71/Denise_ref_Twitter_bw.JPG" /> Syndercombe Court is a Professor of Forensic Genetics at King’s College, London. She is a highly respected scientist, academic, statistician and published author, with more than thirty years’ experience in scientific research, forensic evidence examination and is a court-going accredited expert witness. Her expertise relates to human DNA analysis for identification, both analysis and interpretation. She is the UK representative on the European DNA Profiling Group and the International Society of Forensic Genetics representative on the Forensic Regulator’s DNA Working Group. She has an active interest in promoting science, and especially the use of DNA in justice to a wider audience via television, radio and external lectures. Professor Syndercombe Court analysed the DNA of the descendants of Salim bin Mubarak bin Sabah the First in 2014, 2017 and 2018. https://alsabahkuwait.com/en-footer-copy-copy Tue, 03 Nov 2020 16:22:37 +0000 alsabahkuwait https://alsabahkuwait.com/en-footer-copy-copy <img width="618" height="313" width_o="618" height_o="313" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0e9b5bac53891272416259045ae0b86367e6d3167a36b67d09138d5ccf13b0c9/Black.png" data-mid="87542593" border="0" data-scale="3" data-icon-mode src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/618/i/0e9b5bac53891272416259045ae0b86367e6d3167a36b67d09138d5ccf13b0c9/Black.png" /> ©2020. All Rights Reserved. Al Sabah Family. Lineage of Salem Mubarak Sabah the First | Kuwait For information please contact us https://alsabahkuwait.com/en-family-tree Tue, 19 May 2020 14:10:54 +0000 alsabahkuwait https://alsabahkuwait.com/en-family-tree <img width="1604" height="1250" width_o="1604" height_o="1250" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fa634f668355af4c469167d0b84bd525d0f73fc8ed75f70e5f2caa77ee8340c3/KnoxFamilyTree-highlight.jpg" data-mid="85437417" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fa634f668355af4c469167d0b84bd525d0f73fc8ed75f70e5f2caa77ee8340c3/KnoxFamilyTree-highlight.jpg" /> Al Sabah family tree by Lt Col Knox <img width="4000" height="100" width_o="4000" height_o="100" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1e58eb71417602201cce8a0a7feac44d29a71588f9285a762a949f87235e0fef/Textures-RED.png" data-mid="72017680" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1e58eb71417602201cce8a0a7feac44d29a71588f9285a762a949f87235e0fef/Textures-RED.png" /> Knox’s family tree of the Al Sabah <img width="4000" height="100" width_o="4000" height_o="100" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1e58eb71417602201cce8a0a7feac44d29a71588f9285a762a949f87235e0fef/Textures-RED.png" data-mid="72017680" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1e58eb71417602201cce8a0a7feac44d29a71588f9285a762a949f87235e0fef/Textures-RED.png" /> <img width="790" height="1053" width_o="790" height_o="1053" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4cd71386d9a47f8a46d99e96819eb105375776b9ddaa430cfaba2b12a78610de/Lorimer-Pedigree_final.jpg" data-mid="72069370" border="0" alt="Knox pedigree" data-caption="Knox pedigree" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/790/i/4cd71386d9a47f8a46d99e96819eb105375776b9ddaa430cfaba2b12a78610de/Lorimer-Pedigree_final.jpg" /> The Al Sabah pedigree drawn up by the first British Political Agent in Kuwait, Lt Colonel Stuart Knox,1 in April 1908 is considered to be the most authoritative family tree of Kuwait’s ruling family. It was prepared in cooperation with His Highness the former Emir Shaikh Mubarak Al Sabah the Great, the founder of modern Kuwait. In his report to the India Office, Knox wrote that he had prepared it with the help of the Shaikh which I consider is the best and up to date pedigree I have ever prepared. Knox was a punctilious man, a fine Arabist and a reliable informant and observer2 and someone who had travelled widely in the region and knew the Arab tribes well. Alan Rush writes that When Knox was making his tree, Kuwait was a small town in which everyone knew everyone else and it is most unlikely that he made any serious error especially as he was guided by Mubarak I who knew exactly who were, or were not, his relatives. Thanks to his help it seems that, apart from details concerning the earlier generations …, Knox’s tree is more reliable than any other source.3 Sabah Duaij Al Sabah (Sabah Al Suq) and Fadhil and his brother Duaij Salman Al Sabah (commander of Hamdh battle) are recorded on the pedigree as relatives of His Highness former Emir Shaikh Mubarak Al Sabah the Great. 1 Prior to his posting to Kuwait, Knox had been the Acting Resident in Bushire and was subsequently to become the Acting Resident to the Persian Gulf, responsible for Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, Qatar and the Trucial States. 2 H V F Winstone, Captain Shakespear: A Portrait (1978). 3 Alan Rush, Al-Sabah History &amp; Genealogy of Kuwait’s Ruling Family 1752-1987 (London, 1987), p 222 <img width="4000" height="100" width_o="4000" height_o="100" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1e58eb71417602201cce8a0a7feac44d29a71588f9285a762a949f87235e0fef/Textures-RED.png" data-mid="72017680" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1e58eb71417602201cce8a0a7feac44d29a71588f9285a762a949f87235e0fef/Textures-RED.png" /> <img width="2000" height="1500" width_o="2000" height_o="1500" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b18d49c64703fc2eb11fb0858e1f7b2f425e3ce337451183fb47067b1e97d1d2/Bombay-Report_final.jpg" data-mid="71882908" border="0" alt="Bombay report" data-caption="Bombay report" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b18d49c64703fc2eb11fb0858e1f7b2f425e3ce337451183fb47067b1e97d1d2/Bombay-Report_final.jpg" /> <img width="790" height="1053" width_o="790" height_o="1053" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f28d218fea584e48bfabca12df589bb47c8a642d9779ad814b360697999a3143/Kemball_final.jpg" data-mid="71882970" border="0" alt="Arnold Burrowes Kemball" data-caption="Arnold Burrowes Kemball" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/790/i/f28d218fea584e48bfabca12df589bb47c8a642d9779ad814b360697999a3143/Kemball_final.jpg" /> Although considered the most authoritative and reliable pedigree of the Al Sabah, Knox was not the first British official to provide a pedigree of the Al Sabah. Fifty years earlier, in 1854, his predecessor as Resident of the Persian Gulf, Captain Arnold Burrowes Kemball, had also drawn up the Al Sabah family tree (known as the Bombay report). He describes Salman bin Sabah bin Duaij (the former Minister of Justice’s grandfather) as “cousin of chief [Emir Jaber I], second degree, age fourteen years”. <img width="4000" height="100" width_o="4000" height_o="100" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1e58eb71417602201cce8a0a7feac44d29a71588f9285a762a949f87235e0fef/Textures-RED.png" data-mid="72017680" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1e58eb71417602201cce8a0a7feac44d29a71588f9285a762a949f87235e0fef/Textures-RED.png" /> <img width="790" height="1053" width_o="790" height_o="1053" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/36f3357546da1b0d455af5e9d0d3767fdfdc6e7c1279a2a11eeb05f44300c217/Lorimer_final.jpg" data-mid="71883619" border="0" alt="John Lorimer" data-caption="John Lorimer" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/790/i/36f3357546da1b0d455af5e9d0d3767fdfdc6e7c1279a2a11eeb05f44300c217/Lorimer_final.jpg" /> <img width="1416" height="1064" width_o="1416" height_o="1064" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/53e3fb8f5fba73740d451f26a265ea2611ed1b0f1ccf1cd7c83d768a594b9536/Lorimer-pedigree-of-the-Al-Sabah-.jpg" data-mid="86390008" border="0" alt="Lorimer pedigree of the Al Sabah" data-caption="Lorimer pedigree of the Al Sabah" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/53e3fb8f5fba73740d451f26a265ea2611ed1b0f1ccf1cd7c83d768a594b9536/Lorimer-pedigree-of-the-Al-Sabah-.jpg" /> <img width="790" height="1053" width_o="790" height_o="1053" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a85d004523028a821cfc027c1796478a7fdda031fde060c47c233f4e143d571d/Dickson_final.jpg" data-mid="71896878" border="0" alt="Lt Col Harold Dickson" data-caption="Lt Col Harold Dickson" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/790/i/a85d004523028a821cfc027c1796478a7fdda031fde060c47c233f4e143d571d/Dickson_final.jpg" /> <img width="790" height="1053" width_o="790" height_o="1053" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/11099199ed5cfefd0d2501f108b809b601db6c36a15df1e5df3a4b2d46cf2b02/Dickson_Kuwait_and_her_neighbours_final.jpg" data-mid="71908488" border="0" alt="Dickson Kuwait and her neighbours" data-caption="Dickson Kuwait and her neighbours" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/790/i/11099199ed5cfefd0d2501f108b809b601db6c36a15df1e5df3a4b2d46cf2b02/Dickson_Kuwait_and_her_neighbours_final.jpg" /> <img width="8019" height="5346" width_o="8019" height_o="5346" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/50a57f8b6ce189119ee62a9ed891a19f2625fc4403f4f5b049808b6a4722132c/Harold-Dickson-family-tree-.jpg" data-mid="86162704" border="0" alt="Harold Dickson family tree" data-caption="Harold Dickson family tree" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/50a57f8b6ce189119ee62a9ed891a19f2625fc4403f4f5b049808b6a4722132c/Harold-Dickson-family-tree-.jpg" /> Knox’s pedigree was used by subsequent British and Kuwaiti officials such as John Gordon Lorimer, the Political Resident to the Persian Gulf in his Gazette of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia (1915) and Lt Col Harold Dickson in both his The Arab of the Desert (1949) and Kuwait and Her Neighbours (1956). Lorimer visited Kuwait around the time that Knox was drawing up the pedigree in conjunction with Mubarak and can be considered to have had an understanding at first hand of the Al Sabah pedigree. Dickson, Political Agent to Kuwait from 1929-36, and who had a deep knowledge of the country, reviewed Knox’s pedigree and did not see fit to change it. <img width="4000" height="100" width_o="4000" height_o="100" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1e58eb71417602201cce8a0a7feac44d29a71588f9285a762a949f87235e0fef/Textures-RED.png" data-mid="72017680" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1e58eb71417602201cce8a0a7feac44d29a71588f9285a762a949f87235e0fef/Textures-RED.png" /> <img width="534" height="431" width_o="534" height_o="431" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/74ea938526b6a58e116decbbbd856f065cd6a0483384a200465fc38049e0c9a4/Qalaji-family-tree.jpg" data-mid="86390525" border="0" alt="Qala&rsquo;ji family tree" data-caption="Qala’ji family tree" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/534/i/74ea938526b6a58e116decbbbd856f065cd6a0483384a200465fc38049e0c9a4/Qalaji-family-tree.jpg" /> <img width="1200" height="1600" width_o="1200" height_o="1600" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d4da4b116d4ba3528e21613e9fb67302c545a73f8b8307b705f5e20ad63101ff/Mahmoud-Qalaji.jpg" data-mid="74330297" border="0" alt="Mahmoud Qala&rsquo;ji - Modern Kuwait (Al Kuwait Al Hadetha)" data-caption="Mahmoud Qala’ji - Modern Kuwait (Al Kuwait Al Hadetha)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/d4da4b116d4ba3528e21613e9fb67302c545a73f8b8307b705f5e20ad63101ff/Mahmoud-Qalaji.jpg" /> <img width="1413" height="1061" width_o="1413" height_o="1061" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/72ca42b1e8ce972ea27b80c0c4f0f464a8f12bc51f86d8d529ba8d857b45abdf/Kaddou.jpg" data-mid="74379643" border="0" alt="Kaddo family tree (from Alan Rush&rsquo;s book)" data-caption="Kaddo family tree (from Alan Rush’s book)" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/72ca42b1e8ce972ea27b80c0c4f0f464a8f12bc51f86d8d529ba8d857b45abdf/Kaddou.jpg" /> <img width="1912" height="1436" width_o="1912" height_o="1436" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/60d44b77dea201aedd916c79df25730e7df49531d725675b5dd34e1cd7f243dc/Rush_picked-out.jpg" data-mid="74122615" border="0" alt="Rush Family tree" data-caption="Rush Family tree" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/60d44b77dea201aedd916c79df25730e7df49531d725675b5dd34e1cd7f243dc/Rush_picked-out.jpg" /> <img width="2498" height="1409" width_o="2498" height_o="1409" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b49af9f0eee3dfb74bef16439e3f854db31b9398b7afcdae4552ed895e8ed576/New_main_image_final.jpg" data-mid="72066283" border="0" alt="Alan Rush, Al-Sabah History &amp; Genealogy of Kuwait&rsquo;s Ruling Family 1752-1987" data-caption="Alan Rush, Al-Sabah History &amp; Genealogy of Kuwait’s Ruling Family 1752-1987" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/b49af9f0eee3dfb74bef16439e3f854db31b9398b7afcdae4552ed895e8ed576/New_main_image_final.jpg" /> The Knox and Dickson pedigrees were also used by Mahmoud Qala’ji4 in his book Modern Kuwait (Al Kuwait Al Hadetha) (1955). The pedigree was drawn up with the help of Kuwait’s first Minister of Education, Shaikh Abdullah Al Jaber Al Sabah, and was published by the Kuwaiti Publications Authority, headed at the time by His Highness the former Emir Sabah Ahmad Al Sabah. Whilst Knox’s pedigree is authoritative, it is not, however, without error as regards the earlier generations, principally his confusion over the number of sons that Sabah the First had (see the section on Mubarak al-Sabah). Later family trees of the Al Sabah have corrected this error, notably the family tree, drawn up in 1980 by Mu’alim Ismail Kaddo5 for His Highness the former Emir Sa’ad Abdullah Al Sabah, when Crown Prince, and Alan Rush, who has produced the standard work on the Al-Sabah genealogy, Al-Sabah History &amp; Genealogy of Kuwait’s Ruling Family 1752-1987.6 4 Kalaji was also editor of The Bulletin of the Arabian Gulf. 5 (Mu’alim / teacher) Ismail Kaddo was originally from Mosul in Iraq. He came to Kuwait in 1925 to set up the first private school teaching English. Kaddo subsequently joined the American Mission School and then became secretary to the Political Agent, always attending the weekly meetings with the Emir. By the time he drew up the family tree, he had been living in Kuwait for over 50 years and would have known the Ruling Family intimately. 6 Alan Rush, op cit.