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Name: Sheikhdom of Kuwait (Great Britain)

Type: Polity

Start: 1899 AD

End: 1961 AD

Nation: kuwait

Parent: great britain

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The Sheikhdom became a British protectorate between 1899 and 1961 after the Anglo-Kuwaiti agreement of 1899 was signed between Sheikh Mubarak Al-Sabah and the British government in India due to threats to Kuwait's independence from the Ottoman Empire.

Establishment


  • January 1899: The Sheikhdom became a British protectorate between 1899 and 1961 after the Anglo-Kuwaiti agreement of 1899 was signed between Sheikh Mubarak Al-Sabah and the British government in India due to threats to Kuwait's independence from the Ottoman Empire.
  • Chronology


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    1. Unification of Saudi Arabia


    Were a series of wars and events that resulted in the establishment of modern-day Saudi Arabia.

    1.1.Kuwait-Najd War

    Was a war between the Saudi state of Nejd and Kuwait caused by the Saudis goal to annex Kuwait.

  • October 1920: Battle of Jahra.
  • December 1922: The Uqair Protocol or Uqair Convention was an agreement at Uqair on 2 December 1922 which defined the boundaries between Iraq and the Sultanate of Nejd and between Kuwait and Nejd. It was imposed by Percy Cox, the British High Commissioner to Iraq, in response to Bedouin raiders from Nejd under Ibn Saud.

  • 2. Further events (Unrelated to Any War)


  • June 1961: In June 1961, Kuwait gained independence from British control, with Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah becoming the Emir of Kuwait. This marked the end of British protectorate status in the Sheikhdom of Kuwait.

  • Disestablishment


  • June 1961: In June 1961, Kuwait gained independence from British control, with Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah becoming the Emir of Kuwait. This marked the end of British protectorate status in the Sheikhdom of Kuwait.
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