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House of Sabah
The ruling dynasty of Kuwait
For other uses, see Sabah (disambiguation).
The House of Sabah (Arabic: آل صباحĀl Ṣabāḥ) is the ruling family of Kuwait.
History
Origin
The Al Sabah family originate from the Bani Utbah confederation.[1][2] Prior to settling in Kuwait, the Al Sabah family were expelled from Umm Qasr in southern Iraq by the Ottomans due to their predatory habits of preying on caravans in Basra and trading ships in Shatt al-Arab.[3] According to one oral tradition, the Al Sabah family settled across various regions in southern Iran and Iraq,[1] until they finally settled in what is now Kuwait around the mid-1700s.[1] According to another oral tradition, told to the Political Agent by Shaikh Abdulla, the Sabahs fled drought in central Arabia in the early 1700s.
They migrated south, but finding conditions bleaker still, returned and now with other families migrated to Zubara, on Qatar's west co