Abstract
The ruling dynasty was founded by Shaikh Sabah al-Awwal, who ruled from 1756 to 1772. In 1899 the then ruler, Shaikh Mubarak, concluded a treaty with Great Britain wherein, in return for the assurance of British protection, he undertook to support British interests. In 1914 the British Government recognized Kuwait as an independent government under British protection. On 19 June 1961 an agreement reaffirmed the independence and sovereignty of Kuwait and recognized the Government of Kuwait’s responsibility for the conduct of internal and external affairs; the agreement of 1899 was terminated.
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Further Reading
Al-Yahya, M.A., Kuwait: Fall and Rebirth. London, 1993
Clements, F. A., Kuwait. [Bibliography] 2nd ed. Oxford and Santa Barbara (CA), 1996
Crystal, J., Kuwait: the Transformation of an Oil State. Boulder (Colo.), 1992
Finnie, D. H., Shifting Lines in the Sand: Kuwait’s Elusive Frontier with Iraq. London, 1992
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Turner, B. (1999). Kuwait. In: Turner, B. (eds) The Statesman’s Yearbook 2000. The Statesman’s Yearbook. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230271289_166
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