List of wars involving Kuwait
This is a list of wars involving the State of Kuwait.
Conflict | Kuwait and allies |
Opponents | Results | Kuwaiti losses | Head of State | |
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Military | Civilians | |||||
Utbi Invasion of Bahrain (1782–1783) |
Victory
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Battle of Al-Raqah[1] (1783) |
Victory
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Ibn Ufaisan's Invasion (1793) |
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Victory
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Battle of Khakeekera[2] (1811) |
Victory
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Sheikh Humoud's Revolt[3] (1828) |
Iraqi Arabs
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Victory
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Siege of Basra[3] (1831) |
Iraqi Arabs
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Victory
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Siege of Al-Zubair[4] (1833) |
House of Al Thaqib Iraqi Arabs |
Zubair | Victory
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Invasion of Muhammara[5] (1837) |
Victory
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Al-Hasa Expedition[6][7] (1870–1871) |
Arab tribes |
Victory
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Kuwaiti–Rashidi War (1900-1901) |
Arab tribes
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Defeat
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Battle of Jo-Laban[10][11] (1903) |
Arab tribes
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Victory
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Battle of Hadia[12] (1910) |
Al-Muntafiq | Victory
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Mesopotamian Campaign[13][14][15] (1914–1918) |
Victory
Kuwaiti Front:
British Front: |
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Kuwait–Najd War (1919–1920) |
Victory
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Ikhwan Revolt (1927–1930) |
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Victory
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Six-Day War (1967) |
Defeat
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Al-Sanita Border Skirmish (1973) |
Ceasefire
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October War (1973) |
Defeat[19]
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Gulf War (1990–1991) |
Other Allies |
Victory
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Yemeni Civil War (2015–) |
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Ongoing
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References
- ar:معركة الرقة
- ar:معركة خكيكرة
- Abu-Hakima, Ahmad Mustafa. "The Siege of Basra (1831)." The Modern History of Kuwait, 1750–1965. London: Luzac &, 1983. 79. Print.
- Abu-Hakima, Ahmad Mustafa. "Kuwait and Al-Zubair." The Modern History of Kuwait, 1750–1965. London: Luzac &, 1983. 76-78. Print.
- Abu-Hakima, Ahmad Mustafa. "Invasion of Muhammara (1837)." The Modern History of Kuwait, 1750–1965. London: Luzac &, 1983. 80. Print.
- ar:عبد الله الثاني الصباح#cite note-2
- Abu-Hakima, Ahmad Mustafa. "The Expedition Route, Midhat Pasha in Al-Hasa, Kuwait's Role in the Ottoman Expedition 1871–1873, Abd Allah's Direct Role in the War." The Modern History of Kuwait, 1750–1965. London: Luzac &, 1983. 85-89. Print.
- Albaharna, Husain M (1968). The Legal Status of the Arabian Gulf States. ISBN 9780719003325. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- Abu-Hakima, Ahmad Mustafa. "The Effects of Al-Hasa Expedition on Kuwait." The Modern History of Kuwait, 1750–1965. London: Luzac &, 1983. 89-90. Print.
- "( 1903 ) -". Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- "معركة جو لبن". Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- ar:معركة هدية
- Slot 2005, p. 406
- Slot 2005, p. 407
- Slot 2005, p. 409
- Slot 2005 406"
- "1928 -". Retrieved 12 December 2014.
- Iraq–Kuwait relations
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- Herzog, The War of Atonement, Little, Brown and Company, 1975. Forward
- Insight Team of the London Sunday Times, Yom Kippur War, Doubleday and Company, Inc, 1974, page 450
- Luttwak and Horowitz, The Israeli Army. Cambridge, MA, Abt Books, 1983
- Rabinovich, The Yom Kippur War, Schocken Books, 2004. Page 498
- 0-313-31302-4&lr=#v=onepage&q=&f=false Revisiting The Yom Kippur War, P.R. Kumaraswamy, pages 1–2
- Johnson and Tierney, Failing To Win, Perception of Victory and Defeat in International Politics. Page 177
- Charles Liebman, The Myth of Defeat: The Memory of the Yom Kippur war in Israeli Society Middle Eastern Studies, Vol 29, No. 3, July 1993. Published by Frank Cass, London. Page 411.
Bibliography
- Slot, B.J. (2005). Mubarak Al-Sabah : Founder of Modern Kuwait 1896-1915. London: Arabian Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-0-9544792-4-4.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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