Sabah I bin Jaber

His Highness Sheikh Abu Salman Sabah I bin Jaber Al Sabah (Arabic: أبو سلمان صباح بن جابر الصباح الأول‎) (c. 1700–1762)[1] was the first ruler of Kuwait. The official Kuwaiti history states that he was unanimously chosen for the position of sheikh.[2]

Sabah I bin Jaber
Reign	1752–1762
Predecessor	None
Successor	Abdullah I Al-Sabah
Born	c. 1700
Died	1762 (aged 61–62)
Spouse	A sister of Shaikhah bin Khalifa bin Muhammad bin Faisal al-Enezi
Father	Jaber Al-Sabah
Mother	Sheikha Mariam bint Faisal al-Utabi

Reign of Sabah bin Jaber

The newly settled family, Bani Utbah, quickly sent its leader, Sabah bin Jaber, to the Ottoman governor of Iraq in order to declare his allegiance to the Ottoman Sultan, who was also the Caliph of Sunni Muslims. He did this in order to gain a legitimate status. Thus Kuwait became a virtually independent city with Sabah bin Jaber as its first ruler, in spite of it nominally being under Ottoman control.[1] Upon his death Sabah I was succeeded by his youngest son, Abdullah bin Sabah.

See also

• List of emirs of Kuwait
• Flag of Kuwait

References

1. Casey, Michael S. (2000). The History of Kuwait. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 28, 144. ISBN 0313340730.
2. Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman, and Central Arabia, Geographical, Volume 1, Historical Part 1, John Gordon Lorimer,1905, p1000

Sabah I bin Jaber House of Sabah Born: c. 1700 Died: 1762
Regnal titles
New title Independence of Kuwait, himself as governor from 1718	Sheikh of Kuwait 1752–1762	Succeeded by Abdullah I Al-Sabah