Sabah bin Jaber

Sabah I bin Jaber
Reign	1752 – 1762
Predecessor	None
Successor	Abdullah I Al-Sabah
Born	c. 1700 Kuwait
Died	1762 (aged 61–62)
Father	Jaber Al-Sabah

His Highness Sheikh Abu Abdullah Sabah I bin Jaber Al Sabah (Arabic: أبو عبدالله صباح الأول‎‎) (c. 1700 – 1762) was the first ruler of Kuwait. The official Kuwaiti history states that he was unanimously chosen for the position of sheikh.

The newly settled family 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 all 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. Upon his death Sabah I was succeeded by his youngest son, Abdullah bin Sabah.

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