KUWAIT

Al-Sabah Dynasty

GENEALOGY

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H.H. Shaikh Ahmad I bin Jabir Al-Sabah, Shaikh of Kuwait and dependencies, KCSI, KCIE, had further issue:
  • 6) H.H. Shaikh Nawaf bin Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah [Abu Faisal], Crown Prince of the State of Kuwait, who succeeded as H.H. Shaikh Nawaf bin Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah, Amir of the State of Kuwait (s/o the Al-Yamama lady) – see below.
  • 7) H.H. Shaikh Misha’al bin Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah [Abu Talal], Crown Prince of the State of Kuwait, who succeeded as H.H. Shaikh Misha’al bin Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah, Amir of the State of Kuwait (s/o Mariam) – see below.
  • 8) H.E. Shaikh Mansur bin Ahmad Al-Jabir Al-Sabah. b. 1941 (s/o Ruqaia). Cmsnd as 2nd-Lieut Kuwait Army 1963. m. (first) (div.) Shaikha Latifa bint ‘Abdu’llah Al-Sabah (k. by her Filipina housemaid, at Cairo, Egypt, 13th February 1992), daughter of H.E. Shaikh ‘Abdu’llah bin Jabir Al-‘Ali Al-Sabah, CIE, sometime Presdt Education and Courts Dept m. (second) (div.) Denaneer bint Nasir Al-Ba‘jeri, daughter of Nasir bin Saud Al-Ba‘jeri. m. (third) (div.) Soha bint Ibrahim al-Badi, daughter of Ibrahim al-Badi, an Egyptian national, by his Kuwaiti wife. He had issue, two sons by his first, three daughters by his second, and two daughters by his wife:
    • a) H.E. Shaikh Ahmad bin Mansur al-Jabir al-Mubarak al-Sabah. s/o LatifaLatifa), educ. Univ of Kansas (BA), Lawrence, Kansas, USA, and ‘Ali Al-Sabah Military Acad, Al-Mutla’a, Kuwait. Cmsnd as 2nd-Lieut Kuwait Army , serviced in intelligence and security, assist cdr of a tank coy, then in the Directorate of Military Affairs, Capt in the Office of the Minister of Defence 1991-2002, Dir of Public Affairs in the Office of the Minister of Defense, Dir Contracts & External Procurement, Assist Under-Sec for External Affairs, and Admin Affairs, Chair Medical Services Authority, Dir General Authority for Youth & Sports 2006-2014, Chair & Dir-Gen General Authority for Youth & Sports 2014-2017, Under-Sec Ministry of Defense 2017, Minister of Defense 2017-2021, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Interior 2021-2022. Chair Direct Offset Cttee 2003-2013. Vice-Chair National Offset Co. Mbr Standing Cttee for the Celebration of National Holidays. m. H.E. Shaikha al-Bibi bint Jabir al-Ahmad al-Sabah (b. at Kuwait City, 9th December 1975), daughter of H.H. Shaikh Jabir III bin Ahmad al-Sabah, Amir of the State of Kuwait, GCB, GCMG, by his fourteeth wife, Adhiba bint Muhammad al-Hijazi al-Daihani, of the Daiyahin section of the Mutair tribe. He has issue, two sons:
      • i) Shaikh Mansur bin Ahmad bin Mansur Al-Sabah. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
      • ii) Shaikh ‘Abdu’l Rahim bin Ahmad bin Mansur Al-Sabah.
    • b) Shaikh Faisal bin Mansur Al-Sabah. b. 9th February 1971 (s/o Latifa). He has issue, a son:
      • i) Shaikh Mansur bin Faisal bin Mansur Al-Sabah.
    • a) Shaikha Anwa‘ar bint Mansur Al-Sabah. b. 11th January 1972 (d/o Denaneer).
    • b) Shaikha Bibi bint Mansur Al-Sabah. b. 29th October 1974 (d/o Denaneer).
    • c) Shaikha Afrah bint Mansur Al-Sabah. b. 18th July 1980 (d/o Denaneer).
    • d) Shaikha Sara bint Mansur Al-Sabah (d/o Soha).
    • e) Shaikha Al-Anud bint Mansur Al-Sabah (d/o Soha).
  • 9) Shaikh Faisal bin Ahmad Al-Jabir Al-Sabah. b. 19xx (s/o Yamama). He d. young.
  • 10) H.E. Shaikh Fahad bin Ahmad Al-Sabah [Al Shahid Dasman]. b. at Kuwait City, 10th August 1945 (or 10th June 1943?) (s/o Fatima), educ. The Lindfield Sch, Hampden Park, Eastbourne, Surrey, Dhahiyat Al-Bareed Sch, Ramallah, Jordan, and Mons Officer Cadet Sch, Aldershot, Hants. Officer Cadet Kuwait Army 22/4/1963, cmsnd as 2nd-Lieut 19/7/1965, prom Lieut 1/3/1967, served with Kuwait contingent attached to Egyptian Army during the Arab-Israeli War 1967, served with an Asifia unit of Al-Fattah 1967-1968 (wounded 3 times), Staff Officer Amiri Guard 25/11/1968, Instructor at Kuwait Military Coll 1968-1969 & 1970-1973, resig 2/7/1969, resumed military career and prom Capt 7/6/1970, resig 20/2/1973. Presdt Qadisiya Sports Club 1969-1979, Kuwait Olympic Cttee 1974-1985 & 1989-1990 (Mbr Exec Brd 1985-1989), Kuwait Basketball Fed. 1974-1977, Asian Handball Fed (AHF) 1974-1990, Kuwait Football Assoc 1978-1985 & 1987-1990, Asian Games Fed 1979-1982, and Olympic Council for Asia (OCA) 1981-1990. First Vice-Presdt Arab Basketball Fed 1974-1976 and the Arab Sports Union 1976-1990. Vice-Presdt International Handball Fed 1980-1990, and the Assoc of National Olympic Cttees 1982-1990. Mbr IOC 1981-1990, etc. Hon LLD Univ of Seoul (Korea). Rcvd: the Orders of Military Duty 1st class, of Service in Bronze, Courage 1st class of Egypt, and the Republic of Tunisia. m. Shaikha Fazila bint Yusuf Al-Sabah, daughter of Shaikh Yusuf bin Athbi Al-Sabah. He wask. by Iraqi froces while defending the Dasman Palace, Kuwait City, 2nd August 1990, having had issue, five sons and one daughter:
    • a) H.E. Shaikh Ahmad bin Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. b. at Beirut, Lebanon, 12th August 1963, educ. Kuwait Univ (BA) and Kuwait Military Acad. Cmsnd as as 2nd-Lieut Kuwait Army 1985, served in the First Gulf War, retd as Maj 1990. Chair Public Authority for Youth & Sport 2000-2001 (Vice-Chair 1992-2000), Minister for Information (Media & Culture) 2001-2003, and for Energy 2003-2006, Chair Org of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) 2004-2005, Chair National Security Bureau 2006-2009 (ranking as Minister), Deputy Prime Minister for Economic Affairs and Minister of State for Development & Housing 2009-2011. Hon Citizen City of Hiroshima. Hon PhD Univs of Teipei and Pusan, the American Acad, Chandrakasem Rajabhat Univ (Bangkok) 2008, and Nippon Sports Science Univ 2008. Chair Kuwait Petroleum Corp (KPC) 2005-2006, Kuwait Football Assoc since 1990, Pan Arab Yachting Fed, Afro-Asian Games 1998-2003, and Pan Arab Rowing Fed. Presdt Kuwait Handball, Football, Shooting and Rowing Feds, and Asian Handball Fed (AHF) since 1990, Kuwait Olympic Cttee 1990-2001 & since 2007, and Olympic Council for Asia (OCA) since 1990. Hon Presdt Asian Fed for Sports Medicine. Vice-Presdt Arabi Sporting Club 1987-1989, International Handball Fed, Assoc of National Olympic Cttees (ACNO), and Kuwait Shooting Cttee. Mbr International Olympic Cttee (IOC) since 1992. m. December 1984, his first cousin, Shaikha Shekha bint Misha‘al Al-Sabah, daughter of H.E. Shaikh Misha’al bin Ahmad Al-Sabah, by his wife, H.E. Shaikha Nuria bint Sabah III Al-Sabah, daughter of H.H. Shaikh Sabah III bin Salim Al-Sabah, Amir of the State of Kuwait, KCMG. He has issue, one son and four daughters:
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      • i) Shaikha Fazila bint Ahmad bin Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. b. 28th September 1985.
      • ii) Shaikha Mariam bint Ahmad bin Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah.
      • iii) Shaikha Fahida bint Ahmad bin Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah.
      • iv) Shaikha Al-Anud bint Ahmad bin Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah.
    • b) Shaikh Dr Talal bin Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. b. at Kuwait, 23rd May 1965. MD (Petroleum Services) Kuwait Petroleum Corp (KPC). Presdt Kuwait Basketball Fed since 1990, Qadisiya Sports Club 1997-2009, Kuwait Olympic Cttee 2001-2009 (Head of delegation to Asian Games Korea 2001 and Olympic Games Athens 2004), Laws Cttee of Olympic Council of Asia, and West Asia Fed since 2006. Chair Olympic Council for Asia (OCA) Rules Cttee, and West Asian Games Cttee. Mbr Kuwait Olympic Cttee 1997-2001, Exec Brd of Olympic Council of Asia, Exec Brd of Arab Sports Fed, etc. He has issue, four sons and a daughter:
      • i) Shaikh Misha’al bin Talal bin Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah.
      • ii) Shaikh Fahad bin Talal bin Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah.
      • iii) Shaikh Sabah bin Talal bin Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah.
      • i) Shaikha Bibi bint Talal bin Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah.
    • c) Shaikh Athbi bin Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. b. July 1967. Cmsnd as 2nd-Lieut Kuwaiti Army, served in the First Gulf War 1990-1991. He has issue, four daughters:
      • i) Shaikha Fazila bint Athbi bin Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah.
      • ii) Shaikha Bibi bint Athbi bin Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah.
      • iii) Shaikha Noor bint Athbi bin Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah.
      • iv) Shaikha Al-Zein bint Athbi bin Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah.
    • d) Shaikh Khalid bin Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. b. March 1969. Served as a volunteer during the First Gulf War 1990-1991 (POW). Vice-Presdt Kuwait Football Fed. He has issue, three sons and a daughter:
      • i) Shaikh Fahad bin Khalid bin Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah.
      • ii) Shaikh ‘Abdu’llah bin Khalid bin Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah.
      • iii) Shaikh Muhammad bin Khalid bin Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah.
      • i) Shaikha Yasmin bint Khalid bin Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah.
    • e) Shaikh Dari bin Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. b. December 1971. Presdt Kuwait Riding and Hunting Club.
    • a) Shaikha Bibi bint Fahad Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah. b. 13th September 1976.
  • 1) H.E. Shaikha Munira bint Ahmad Al-Jabir Al-Sabah. b. at Kuwait, 1911 (d/o Hussa). m. H.E. Shaikh ‘Abdu’llah bin Jabir Al-‘Ali Al-Sabah, CIE (b. 1899), sometime Presdt Education and Courts Dept, only son of Shaikh Jabir Bey Al-Sabah. She had issue – see above.
  • 2) H.E. Shaikha Hussa bint Ahmad Al-Jabir Al-Sabah(d/o Hussa). Copyright© Christopher Buyers
  • 3) H.E. Shaikha Asena bint Ahmad Al-Jabir Al-Sabah(d/o Hussa).
  • 4) H.E. Shaikha Asma bint Ahmad Al-Jabir Al-Sabah(d/o Hussa). m. H.E. Shaikh Hamad bin ‘Ali Al-Sabah (b. 1915; d. at Kuwait City, 9th November 1957), son of Shaikh ‘Ali Bey Al-Sabah, by his wife, Habiba, daughter of Yusuf Al-Ghunaim. She had issue, an only daughter – see above.
  • 5) H.E. Shaikha Nuria bint Ahmad Al-Jabir Al-Sabah(d/o Wadha). m. at Kuwait City, 24th January 1943, H.H. Shaikh Sabah III bin Salim Al-Sabah, Amir of the State of Kuwait, KCMG (b. at Kuwait City, 1913; d. there, 31st December 1977), son of H.E. Shaikh Salim bin Mubarak Al-Sabah, Shaikh of Kuwait. She d. at Kuwait City, 29th March 2021, having had issue – see below.
  • 6) H.E. Shaikha Muniyat bint Ahmad Al-Jabir Al-Sabah.
  • 7) H.E. Shaikha Badria bint Ahmad Al-Jabir Al-Sabah(d/o Bazba). m. December 1943, as his wife, H.E. Shaikh ‘Abdu’llah bin Khalifa Al-Sabah (b. 1899; d. 1st January 1980), son of Shaikh Khalifa Bey Al-Sabah. She d. at Kuwait City, 23rd August 2021, having had issue, three sons and three daughters – see above.
  • 8) H.E. Shaikha Nashmia bint Ahmad Al-Jabir Al-Sabah(d/o Delal). m. as his wife, H.E. Shaikh Duaij bin Salman Al-Sabah (d. November 1981), second son Shaikh Salman bin Hamud Al-Sabah, by his wife, Shaikha Shamma bint Sabah Al-Sabah, daughter of Shaikh Sabah Bey Al-Sabah. She had issue, two daughters – see above.
  • 9) H.E. Shaikha Al-Jazi bint Ahmad Al-Jabir Al-Sabah(d/o Hussa Al-Faris). m. H.E. Shaikh Mubarak bin Hamad Al-Sabah (b. 1920), sometime Minister for Religious Endowments, son of H.E. Shaikh Hamad bin Mubarak I Al-Sabah, sometime Deputy Ruler of Kuwait, by his wife, Shaikha Hussa bint Sabah Al-Sabah, daughter of Shaikh Sabah bin Muhammad Al-Sabah. She had issue – see above.
  • 10) H.E. Shaikha Al-Anud bint Ahmad Al-Jabir Al-Sabah (d/o Munira). m. (first) H.E. Shaikh Hamad [Muhammad] bin Salman Al-Sabah (d. in a motor accident, 26th September 1948), son of Shaikh Salman bin Hamud Al-Sabah, by his wife, Shaikha Shamma bint Sabah Al-Sabah, daughter of Shaikh Sabah Bey Al-Sabah, by whom she had issue, an only son. m. (second) 1955, as his wife, H.E. Shaikh Salim bin ‘Ali Al-Sabah (b. 1926), sometime Presdt Supreme Defence Council, son of Shaikh ‘Ali bin Salim I Al-Sabah, by his wife, Shaikha Lulwa bint Nasir Al-Sabah, daughter of H.E. Shaikh Nasir Pasha Al-Sabah. She had issue, five sons and five daughters, by her second husband – see above.
  • 11) H.E. Shaikha Mouza bint Ahmad Al-Jabir Al-Sabah(d/o Hussa Al-Faris). /em> m. H.E. Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad Al-Sabah (d. before 1985), son of H.E. Shaikh Hamad bin Mubarak I Al-Sabah, sometime Deputy Ruler of Kuwait. She had issue – see above.
  • 12) H.E. Shaikha Samiha bint Ahmad Al-Jabir Al-Sabah (d/o Hasina).
  • 13) H.E. Shaikha Fariha bint Ahmad Al-Jabir Al-Sabah. b. at Dasman Palace, Kuwait, 1944 (d/o Hasina). Chair Supreme Cttee of Ideal Mothers for Special Families 2004. /em> m. H.E. Shaikh Rashid bin Hamud Al-Jabir Al-Sabah (b. 1942; d. at Kuwait, 5th June 2011), son of Shaikh Hamad bin Jabir II Al-Sabah, by his third wife, Haseena. She d. at Kuwait, 13th August 2018, having had issue – see above.
  • 14) H.E. Shaikha Mishail bint Ahmad Al-Jabir Al-Sabah (d/o Mariam). m. as his wife, Major-General H.E. Shaikh Salim bin Hamud Al-Sabah (b. 28th March 1938), son of Shaikh Hamud bin Jabir II Al-Sabah, sometime Presdt Kuwait Municipality. She had issue, one son - see above.
  • 15) H.E. Shaikha Saheera bint Ahmad Al-Jabir Al-Sabah (d/o Subha). m. H.E. Shaikh Fahad bin Hamad Al-Sabah, younger son of H.E. Shaikh Hamad bin Mubarak I Al-Sabah, sometime Deputy Ruler of Kuwait, by his wife, A‘ida. She had issue – see above.
  • 16) H.E. Shaikha Naima bint Ahmad Al-Jabir Al-Sabah (d/o Baiya), educ. Univ of Khartoum (BA 1974), Khartoum, Sudan. Served in Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Presdt Kuwait Women’s Sports Fed, and Chair Women’s Sports Cttee of the Gulf Cooperation Council. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
  • 17) H.E. Shaikha Amthal bint Ahmad Al-Jabir Al-Sabah(d/o Mariam). Presdt Kuwaiti National Assoc of Volunteers for the Protection of Environment. Chair Kuwait Volunteer Work Centre (KVWC). Sec Kuwaiti National Cttee on National Days. m. General H.E. Shaikh Jabir bin Hamad Al-Sabah, son of Shaikh Hamud bin Jabir II Al-Sabah, sometime Presdt Kuwait Municipality. She had issue, one son and four daughters – see above.
  • 18) H.E. Shaikha Nazila bint Ahmad Al-Jabir Al-Sabah. b. posthumously, 1950 (d/o Baiya). m. at Kuwait City, June 1985, H.E. Shaikh Jabir bin ‘Ali Al-Sabah (b. 1927), sometime Deputy Prime Minister, son of Shaikh ‘Ali bin Salim Al-Sabah, by his wife, Wadha, of the Ajman clan – see above.
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