KUWAIT

Al-Sabah Dynasty

GENEALOGY

• 1) Shaikh ‘Ali Bey Al-Sabah. b. 1860 (s/o the wife). m. (first) a Bedou lady. m. (second) Hababa, daughter of Yusuf bin Ahmad Al-Ghanim. He d. at Zubair, 1941, having had issue, three sons and eight daughters:
• a) Shaikh Ahmad bin ‘Ali Al-Sabah. b. 1913 (s/o Hababa). m. Sara bint Ahmad Al-Ghanim (b. 1920; d. at Kuwait City, 29^th January 2009), elder daughter of Ahmad bin Muhammad Al-Ghanim.
• b) Shaikh Hamad bin ‘Ali Al-Sabah. b. 1915 (s/o Hababa). m. H.E. Shaikha Asma bint Ahmad Al-Sabah, daughter of H.H. Shaikh Ahmad I bin Jabir Al-‘Ali Al-Sabah, Shaikh of Kuwait and dependencies, KCSI, KCIE, by his wife, Hussa bint Ibrahim Al-Ghanim, daughter of Ibrahim bin Muhammad Al-Ghanim. He d. at Kuwait City, 9^th November 1957, having had issue, an only daughter:
• i) Shaikha Hussa bint Hamad Al-Sabah. m. Shaikh ‘Ali bin ‘Abdu’llah Al-Sabah (d. 22^nd November 1984), son of H.E. Shaikh ‘Abdu’llah bin Jabir Al-‘Ali Al-Sabah, CIE, sometime Special Adviser to the Amir. She d. 1973, having had issue, two sons and one daughter – see above.
• c) Shaikh Nasir bin ‘Ali Al-Sabah. b. 1918 (s/o Hababa). m. (first) Shaikha Fatuma bint Hamud Al-Sabah, daughter of Shaikh Hamud bin Sabah Al-Sabah. m. (second) Amina, younger daughter of Ahmad bin Muhammad Al-Ghanim. He had issue, seven sons and two daughters:
• i) Shaikh ‘Ali bin Nasir Al-Sabah. m. a daughter of the Al-Isa family. He had issue, three sons and three daughters:
• (1) Shaikh Ahmad bin ‘Ali Al-Sabah.
• (2) Shaikh Hamad bin ‘Ali Al-Sabah.
• (3) Shaikh Fahad bin ‘Ali Al-Sabah.
• (1) Shaikha Hababa bint ‘Ali Al-Sabah. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
• (2) Shaikha Nura bint ‘Ali Al-Sabah.
• (3) Shaikha Hisbah bint ‘Ali Al-Sabah.
• ii) Shaikh Khalid bin Nasir Al-Sabah.
• iii) Shaikh Salah bin Nasir Al-Sabah. He has issue, three sons and two daughters:
• (1) Shaikh Humood bin Salah Al-Sabah. b. 1987.
• (2) Shaikh Ahmad bin Salah Al-Sabah. b. 1990.
• (3) Shaikh Nasir bin Salah Al-Sabah. b. 1994.
• (1) Shaikha Sara bint Salah Al-Sabah. b. 1981.
• (2) Shaikha Amna bint Salah Al-Sabah. b. 1985.
• iv) Shaikh Hamad bin Nasir Al-Sabah. He has issue, one son and one daughter:
• (1) Shaikh Nasir bin Hamad bin Nasir Al-Sabah.
• (1) Shaikha Amthal bint Hamad bin Nasir Al-Sabah.
• v) Shaikh Fawaz bin Nasir Al-Sabah.
• vi) Shaikh ‘Abdu’llah bin Nasir Al-Sabah. He has issue, one son and one daughter:
• (1) Shaikh Nasir bin ‘Abdu’llah bin Nasir Al-Sabah.
• (1) Shaikha Amina bint ‘Abdu’llah bin Nasir Al-Sabah.
• vii) Shaikh Khalifa bin Nasir Al-Sabah.
• i) Shaikha ‘Alia bint Nasir Al-Sabah.
• ii) Shaikha Abir bint Nasir Al-Sabah.
• a) Shaikha Shekha bint ‘Ali Al-Sabah (d/o the wife). m. Shaikh Hamud bin Jarah Al-Sabah (b. 1883; d. after 1921), son of Shaikh Jarah bin Sabah II Al-Sabah. She d. December 1983 – see above.
• b) Shaikha Hussa bint ‘Ali Al-Sabah.
• c) Shaikha Fatima bint ‘Ali Al-Sabah.
• d) Shaikha Mariam bint ‘Ali Al-Sabah.
• e) Shaikha Bezah bint ‘Ali Al-Sabah.
• f) Shaikha Delal bint ‘Ali Al-Sabah (d/o Hababa). m. Shaikh Muhammad bin Khalid Al-Sabah, son of Shaikh Khalid bin Muhammad Al-Sabah. She had issue – see below.
• g) Shaikha Sara bint ‘Ali Al-Sabah.
• h) Shaikha Ruqiya bint ‘Ali Al-Sabah.
• 2) Shaikh Sabah Bey Al-Sabah. b. 1874 (s/o Haya). m. (first) Shaikha Mudhi bint Jarah Al-Sabah (d. April 1961), daughter of Shaikh Jarah bin Sabah II. m. (second) at Kuwait, May 1908, Shaikha Mauza bint Mubarak Al-Sabah (k. in a fire, 1932), daughter of his paternal uncle, H.E. Shaikh Mubarak I bin Sabah Al-Sabah, the Great, Shaikh of Kuwait and dependencies, KCSI, KCIE, by his wife, Ghanima. He d. at Zubair, Iraq, 5^th July 1944, having had issue, five sons and one daughter:
• a) Shaikh ‘Abdu’llah bin Sabah bin Sabah. b. 1893. m. (first) at Kuwait, 18^th June 1909, Shaikha Aisha bint Saud Al-Sabah, daughter of Shaikh Saud Bey Al-Sabah. m. (second) Shaikha Lulwa bint Hamud Al-Sabah, daughter of Shaikh Hamud bin Sabah II Al-Sabah. He d. ca. 1975, having had issue, one son and three daughters:
• i) Shaikh Khalifa bin ‘Abdu’llah Al-Sabah. m. Lulwa, daughter of Daud Al-Braikan. He had issue, one son and one daughter:
• (1) Shaikh ‘Ali bin Khalifa Al-Sabah (twin with his sister Aisha). Copyright© Christopher Buyers
• (2) Shaikh Aisha bint Khalifa Al-Sabah (twin with her brother ‘Ali).
• i) Shaikha Mariam bint ‘Abdu’llah Al-Sabah (d/o Lulwa). m. as his wife, Shaikh Duaij bin Salman Al-Sabah (d. November 1981), son of Shaikh Salman bin Hamud Al-Sabah. She d. at Beirut, before 1985, having had issue – see above.
• ii) Shaikha Sabika bint ‘Abdu’llah Al-Sabah (d/o Lulwa). m. Shaikh Hamud bin Salman Al-Sabah (b. 1907; d. August 1985), son of 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 – see above.
• iii) Shaikha Hababa bint ‘Abdu’llah Al-Sabah.
• b) Shaikh Salim bin Sabah bin Sabah. m. Shah, née Al-Khal, an Iraqi national. He has issue, one son and one daughter:
• i) Shaikh Faisal bin Salim Al-Sabah. b. 26^th December 1941. Diplomat. m. at London, 1976, Jean Kathleen, née Riddle. He has issue, one son and one daughter.
• (1) Shaikh Sabah bin Faisal Al-Sabah. b. at Wimbledon, Surrey, 23^rd March 1978.
• (1) Shaikha Sundus bint Faisal Al-Sabah. b. at Wimbledon, Surrey, 9^th March 1977.
• i) Shaikha Nuzha bint Salim Al-Sabah. m. Shaikh Fazil bin Duaij Al-Sabah, son of Shaikh Duaij bin Salman Al-Sabah, by his wife, Shaikha Mariam bint ‘Abdu’llah Al-Sabah, daughter of Shaikh ‘Abdu’llah bin Sabah bin Sabah – see above.
• c) Shaikh Muhammad bin Sabah bin Sabah. m. Shaikha Shekha bint Ahmad Al-Thaqib, daughter of Shaikh Ahmad bin Yusuf Al-Thaqib. He had issue, one son and one daughter:
• i) Shaikh Sabah bin Muhammad Al-Sabah. Chair Sabah Intl. Establishment, Deputy Chair Kuwait Gulf Link Transport Co.
• i) Shaikha Dr Suad bint Muhammad Al-Sabah. b. at Kuwait, 22^nd May 1942, educ. Al-Khansaa Sch. and Murqab Secondary Sch. for Girls, Kuwait, Cairo Univ (BSc Econ 1973), SOAS, London and Univ of Surrey (PhD). Writer, publisher and broadcaster. Founder of the Suad Al-Sabah Publishing & Distribution House 1985. Fellow St. Catherine’s Coll, Oxford. Chair Abdullah Mubarak Fndn. Hon Presdt Kuwaiti-British Friendship Soc. Founder Mbr Arab Cultural Establishment (Lebanon) and Arab Human Rights Org. (Cairo). Author: Development Planning in Kuwait (1983), Kuwait: Autonomy of a Crisis Economy (1984), The Gulf Falcon, Abdallah Mubarak Al-Sabah (1995), Human Rights between Theory and Application (1997), etc. m. at Kuwait, 15^th September 1960, as his wife, General H.H. Shaikh ‘Abdu’llah bin Mubarak Al-Sabah, KCMG, CIE (b. 1907), Deputy Ruler of Kuwait and sometime C-in-C, son of H.E. Shaikh Mubarak I bin Sabah Al-Sabah, the Great, Shaikh of Kuwait and dependencies, KCSI, KCIE, wife, Shafiqa. She had issue, three sons and two daughters – see below.
• d) Shaikh Jarah bin Sabah bin Sabah. m. (first) Shaikha Latifa bint Sabah Al-Sabah, daughter of Shaikh Sabah bin Duaij Al-Sabah. m. (second) Shaikha Shekha bint Sabah Al-Sabah (b. 1928; d. at Kuwait City, 17^th May 2010), daughter of Shaikh Sabah bin Duaij Al-Sabah. He d. 1984, having had issue, six sons, and two daughters:
• i) H.E. Shaikh ‘Ali bin Jarah Al-Sabah, GBE (c 27.11.2012). b. at Kuwait City, 20^th January 1950 (s/o Shekha), educ. Kuwait Univ (B.Econ. 1972). Attaché in the Economic Dept Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1972-1973, Third Sec Teheran 1973-1975, Dir Local and Arab Investments Dept in the Ministry of Finance 1975-1976 & 1978-1983, attached Kuwait Investment Office (KIO) London 1976-1978, Minister for Labour, Social Affairs, Commerce & Industry and Energy 2006, for Energy 2006-2007, and for Oil 2007, Deputy Minister for Amiri Diwan Affairs since 2010. Chair Kuwait Reinsurance Co 1979-1983, Egyptian-Kuwaiti Real Estate Development Co (Cairo) 1981-2000 (Dir 1978-1981), Burgan Bank 1983-1988 (Dir 1983), International Bank of Asia 1985-2001, Exec Cttee of Bahrain Middle East Bank 1989-1990 & 2000-2006 (Deputy Chair 1991-1999). Presdt Kuwaiti Tunisian Bank 1981-1983. Deputy Chair Bahrain Kuwait Insurance Co (Bahrain) 1979-1983. Dir Bahrain Middle East Bank 1982, Kuwait Reinsurance Co, Sun Hong Kai Bank Ltd (Hong Kong) 1985, Fubon Bank (Hong Kong) Ltd until 2001, Arab Banking Corp (Bahrain) 1998-2001, Bancp Atlantico (Spain) 1999-2002, Bahrain Kuwait Insurance Co (Bahrain), etc. Mbr Founding Cttees of Warba Insurance Co 1976-1977 and Kuwait Finance House 1977-1978. m. 1985, Shaikha Suna bint ‘Abdu’l-Aziz Al-Sabah, former wife of ’Isa bin Muhammad Al-Bahr, and daughter of Shaikh ‘Abdu’l-Aziz bin Hamud Al-Sabah. He has issue, one son and six daughters:
• (1) Shaikh Ahmad bin ‘Ali Al-Sabah. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
• (1) Shaikha Mudhi bint ‘Ali Al-Sabah.
• (2) Shaikha May bint ‘Ali Al-Sabah.
• (3) Shaikha Mashail bint ‘Ali Al-Sabah.
• (4) Shaikha Mariam bint ‘Ali Al-Sabah.
• (5) Shaikha Noura bint ‘Ali Al-Sabah.
• (6) Shaikha Nouf bint ‘Ali Al-Sabah.
• ii) Shaikh Khalid bin Jarah Al-Sabah (s/o Shekha). m. Shaikha Anwa‘ar bint Muhammad Al-Sabah, daughter of Shaikh Muhammad bin Jabir Al-‘Ali Al-Sabah. He had issue, three sons and two daughters:
• (1) Shaikh Muhammad bin Khalid Al-Sabah. b. 1977. He has issue, one son:
• (a) Shaikh Jabir bin Muhammad bin Khalid Al-Sabah.
• (2) Shaikh Ahmad bin Khalid Al-Sabah.
• (3) Shaikh Jarah bin Khalid Al-Sabah.
• (1) Shaikha Munira bint Khalid Al-Sabah. b. 1980.
• (2) Shaikha Shekha bint Khalid Al-Sabah.
• iii) Shaikh Mish’al bin Jarah Al-Sabah (s/o Shekha). m. Shaikha Anud bint Sabah Al-Sabah, daughter of Shaikh Sabah bin Salim Al-Sabah, by his wife, a lady from the Al-Kaki family of the Lebanon. He had issue, four sons and one daughters:
• (1) Shaikh Fawaz bin Mish’al Al-Sabah. He has issue, two daughters:
• (a) Shaikha Al-Anud bint Fawaz bin Mish’al Al-Sabah.
• (b) Shaikha Shekha bint Fawaz bin Mish’al Al-Sabah.
• (2) Shaikh Sabah bin Mish’al Al-Sabah. He has issue, one son:
• (a) Shaikh Mish’al bin Sabah bin Mish’al Al-Sabah.
• (3) Shaikh ‘Abdu’llah Mish’al Al-Sabah. b. 9^th May 1983.
• (4) Shaikh Duaij bin Mish’al Al-Sabah.
• (1) Shaikha Hussa bint Mish’al Al-Sabah.
• iv) Shaikh Muhammad bin Jarah Al-Sabah (s/o Shekha). Chair Commercial Bank of Kuwait. m. Shaikha Nura bint Nasir Al-Sabah (b. 1960), daughter of Shaikh Nasir bin Athbi Al-Sabah. He has issue, two sons and four daughters:
• (1) Shaikh Nasir bin Muhammad Al-Sabah.
• (2) Shaikh Fahad bin Muhammad Al-Sabah.
• (1) Shaikha Shekha bint Muhammad Al-Sabah. b. 1983 (d/o Nura).
• (2) Shaikha Awatif bint Muhammad Al-Sabah. b. 1984 (d/o Nura).
• (3) Shaikha Farah bint Muhammad Al-Sabah.
• (4) Shaikha Fajer bint Muhammad Al-Sabah.
• v) Shaikh Ma’azan bin Jarah Al-Sabah (s/o Shekha). He has issue, five daughters:
• (1) Shaikha Hala bint Ma’azan bin Jarah Al-Sabah. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
• (2) Shaikha Ghala bint Ma’azan bin Jarah Al-Sabah.
• (3) Shaikha Al-Zein bint Ma’azan bin Jarah Al-Sabah.
• (4) Shaikha Shekha bint Ma’azan bin Jarah Al-Sabah.
• (5) Shaikha Danah bint Ma’azan bin Jarah Al-Sabah.
• i) Shaikha Iqbal bint Jarah Al-Sabah. m. Shaikh Shamlan bin ‘Abdu’l-Aziz Al-Sabah, son of Shaikh ‘Abdu’l-Aziz bin Hamud Al-Sabah. She has issue, three sons – see above.
• ii) Shaikha Bushra bint Jarah Al-Sabah.
• e) Shaikh Fazil bin Sabah bin Sabah. m. 1942, Shaikha Fatima bint Athbi Al-Sabah (b. at Kuwait, 1929; d. there, 29^th November 2014, aged 85 years), , daughter of Shaikh Athbi bin Muhammad Al-Sabah. He had issue, one son:
• i) Shaikh Saud bin Fazil Al-Sabah. b. 1953. m. (first) 1978 (div.) Abla, daughter of Khalaf bin Sa‘ad Marzouk. m. (second) Maisson, daughter of Yusuf Al-Hamoudi. m. (third) 1984, Tuja bint Salih. He has issue, a son, by his wife:
• (1) Shaikh Sabah bin Saud as-Saud. b. 1979 (s/o Abla).
• (2) Shaikh Athbi bin Saud as-Saud.
• (1) Shaikha Haya bint Saud as-Saud.
• a) Shaikha Hussa bint Sabah Al-Sabah. m. at Kuwait, May 1908, as his wife, H.E. Shaikh Hamad bin Mubarak Al-Sabah, Deputy Ruler of Kuwai (b. 1894; d. 31^st May 1938), son of H.E. Shaikh Mubarak I bin Sabah Al-Sabah, the Great, Shaikh of Kuwait and dependencies, KCSI, KCIE, wife, Hussa, and daughter of Falah bin Rakan Al-Hithlain, of the Ajman clan. She had issue, two sons and one daughter – see below.
• b) Shaikha Haya bint Sabah Al-Sabah. m. as his wife, Shaikh Salim bin Hamud Al-Sabah (b. 1886; d. at Beirut, 3^rd September 1945), son of Shaikh Hamud bin Sabah II Al-Sabah. She had issue, two sons – see above.
• c) Shaikha Sabika bint Sabah Al-Sabah. She d. unm.
• d) Shaikha Shamma bint Sabah Al-Sabah. m. at Kuwait, 17^th June 1909, as his wife, Shaikh Salman bin Hamud (b. 1881; d. at the Maud Hospital, Basra, 17^th November 1933, bur. Zubair Cemetary), son of Shaikh Hamud bin Sabah II. She had issue, four sons and three daughters – see above.
• 3) Shaikh Saud Bey Al-Sabah. b. 1876 (s/o Haya). m. (first) Shaikha Sabika bint Khalifa Al-Sabah, daughter of Shaikh Khalifa Bey Al-Sabah, by his wife, Shaikha Aisha bint Duaij Al-Sabah, daughter of Shaikh Duaij bin Jabir Al-‘Ali Al-Sabah. m. (second) Shaikha Sharifa Bibi bint Mubarak Al-Sabah (d. 1933), daughter of his paternal uncle, H.E. Shaikh Mubarak I bin Sabah Al-Sabah, the Great, Shaikh of Kuwait and dependencies, KCSI, KCIE, by his wife, Amina [Umm Saud], a former Circassian slave. m. (third) Shaikha Mariam bint Mubarak Al-Sabah (d. at Kuwait, 14^th March 1981), daughter of his paternal uncle, H.E. Shaikh Mubarak I bin Sabah Al-Sabah, the Great, Shaikh of Kuwait and dependencies, KCSI, KCIE, by his wife, Fatima, a Circassian. m. (fourth) Shaikha Lulwa bint ‘Ali Al-Sabah, widow of Shaikh Jabir bin Fazil Al-Sabah, and daughter of Shaikh ‘Ali bin Jabir I Al-Sabah. m. (fifth) Shaikha Haya bint Hamud Al-Sabah, daughter of Shaikh Hamud bin Sabah II Al-Sabah. He d. 23^rd January 1933, having had issue, four sons and one daughter:
• a) Shaikh ‘Abdu’l-Aziz bin Saud Al-Sabah. b. 1918 (s/o Mariam). m. Shaikha Ghanima bint ‘Abdu’llah Al-Sabah, daughter of H.E. Shaikh ‘Abdu’llah bin Jabir Al-‘Ali Al-Sabah, CIE, sometime Special Adviser to the Amir. He had issue, four sons and three daughters:
• i) H.E. Shaikh Salim bin ‘Abdu’l-Aziz Al-Sabah. b. at Kuwait, 1^st November 1951, educ. American Univ of Beirut, Lebanon (BA Econ 1977). Joined Economic Kuwait Central Bank 1977, Analyst Studies Section of Foreign Operations Dept 1977-1978, Head of Studies Section 1978-1980, Deputy Mngr & Head of Investment and Studies Sections 1980-1984, Deputy Mngr & Head of Inspection Section, Controller of Banking, Governor Kuwait Central Bank 1986. m. (div.) Samiha, née Al-Homaidhi. He had issue, three sons and a daughter:
• (1) Shaikh Fahad bin Salim Al-Sabah. He has issue, two daughters:
• (a) Shaikha Reem bint Fahad bin Salim Al-Sabah. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
• (b) Shaikha Leya bint Fahad bin Salim Al-Sabah.
• (2) Shaikh Khalid bin Salim Al-Sabah. He has issue, a daughter:
• (a) Shaikha Fatima bint Khalid bin Salim Al-Sabah.
• (3) Shaikh Sa’ad bin Salim Al-Sabah.
• (1) Shaikha Saoud bint Salim Al-Sabah.
• ii) Shaikh Suhail bin ‘Abdu’l-Aziz Al-Sabah. m. Shaikha Wafa bint Jabir Al-‘Ali Al-Sabah, daughter of Shaikh Jabir bin ‘Ali Al-Sabah. He had issue, one son and four daughters:
• (1) Shaikh Sabah bin Suhail Al-Sabah. He has issue, a son:
• (a) Shaikh ‘Abdu’l-Aziz bin Sabah bin Suhail Al-Sabah.
• (1) Shaikha Munira bint Suhail Al-Sabah.
• (2) Shaikha Mariam bint Suhail Al-Sabah.
• (3) Shaikha Nouriya bint Suhail Al-Sabah.
• (4) Shaikha Shekha bint Suhail Al-Sabah.
• iii) Shaikh Salman bin ‘Abdu’l-Aziz Al-Sabah. b. 1959. He has issue, one son and three daughters:
• (1) Shaikh Sa’ad bin Salman Al-Sabah.
• (1) Shaikha Reem bint Salman Al-Sabah.
• (2) Shaikha Fajer bint Salman Al-Sabah.
• (3) Shaikha Noor bint Salman Al-Sabah.
• iv) Shaikh Sa’ad bin ‘Abdu’l-Aziz Al-Sabah. b. 18^th December 1960.
• i) Shaikha Salwa bint ‘Abdu’l-Aziz Al-Sabah. m. Shaikh Muhammad bin Hamad Al-Sabah, son of Shaikh Muhammad bin Salman Al-Sabah. She has issue, three sons – see below.
• ii) Shaikha Siham bint ‘Abdu’l-Aziz Al-Sabah. m. Shaikh Mubarak bin Hamud Al-Sabah, son of Shaikh Hamud bin Jabir Al-‘Ali Al-Sabah, by his wife, Shaikha Ruqaia Al-Majid. She has issue, three sons – see below.
• iii) Shaikha Samar bint ‘Abdu’l-Aziz Al-Sabah.
• b) Shaikh Nasir bin Saud Al-Sabah. b. at Kuwait, 1923 (s/o Mariam). Chair Salmiya District Council. m. Shaikha Sabika bint ‘Abdu’llah Al-Sabah, daughter of H.E. Shaikh ‘Abdu’llah bin Jabir Al-‘Ali Al-Sabah, CIE, sometime Chief Justice of Kuwait. He had issue, two sons and two daughters:
• i) H.E. Shaikh Saud bin Nasir Al-Saud Al-Sabah. b. at Kuwait City, 3^rd October 1944, educ. Victoria Coll, Alexandria, Egypt, and Gray’s Inn, London. Barrister-at-Law, Kuwaiti Delegate to UN New York 1969-1974, Vice-Chair UN Seabed Cttee 1969-1973, Vice-Chair Kuwait delegation to the Conference on the Law of the Sea 1974-1975, Ambassador to the Court of St James’s (conc to Denmark, Norway and Sweden) 1975-1980, to the USA (conc to Canada and Venezuela) 1981-1992, Minister for Information 1992-1998, and for Oil 1998-2001. m. 1962, H.E. Shaikha Awatif bint Sabah Al-Sabah, daughter of H.H. Shaikh Sabah III bin Salim Al-Sabah, Amir of the State of Kuwait, KCMG. He d. from cancer, at Kuwait City, 21^st January 2012, having had issue, three sons and two daughters:
• (1) H.E. Shaikh Fawaz bin Saud Al-Nasir Al-Sabah, KCVO (27.11.2012). b. 9^th November 1962. Assist Under-Sec in the Prime Minister’s Diwan 2005-2007, Under-Sec for Economic & Political Affairs at the Amiri Diwan since 2007. m. Shaikha Muhassin 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, two sons and one daughter:
• (a) Shaikh Nasir bin Fawaz bin Saud Al-Nasir Al-Sabah, educ. St Hertz Military Coll.
• (b) Shaikh Sa’ad bin Fawaz bin Saud Al-Nasir Al-Sabah. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
• (a) Shaikha Al-Danah bint Fawaz bin Saud Al-Nasir Al-Sabah.
• (2) Shaikh Nawaf bin Saud Al-Nasir Al-Sabah. b. 4^th July 1971, educ. Princeton Univ (AB), Princeton, New Jersey, and Harvard Coll (JD), Cambridge, Massachusettes, USA. Corporate Transactions Attorney with Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP in Los Angeles until 1999, Snr Legal Counsel Kuwait Petroleum Co (KPC) 1999-2002, Head of KPC Washington DC 2002-2004, Deputy MD and General Counsel 2009, CEO KUFPEC. Dir MEGlobal. m. Maryam. He has issue, two sons:
• (a) Shaikh Nasir bin Nawaf bin Saud Al-Nasir Al-Sabah.
• (b) Shaikh ‘Abdu’l-Aziz bin Nawaf bin Saud Al-Nasir Al-Sabah.
• (3) Shaikh Sabah bin Saud Al-Nasir Al-Sabah. b. 5^th June 1982.
• (1) Shaikha Marahab bint Saud Al-Nasir Al-Sabah. b. 2^nd November 1965. m. H.E. Shaikh Fahad bin Jabir Al-‘Ali Al-Sabah (b. January 1960), son of H.H. Shaikh Jabir III bin Ahmad Al-Sabah, Amir of the State of Kuwait, GCB, GCMG, by his wife, Munira bint Mish’an, daughter of Mishan Mutair – see below.
• (2) Shaikha Nayirah bint Saud Al-Nasir Al-Sabah. b. 29^th July 1975. m. 1^st July 1997, , Shaikh ‘Abdu’lah bin Duaij bin Jabir Al-‘Ali Al-Sabah (b. 13^th June 1974), second son of H.E. Shaikh Duaij bin Jabir Al-‘Ali Al-Sabah, sometime Adviser in the Amiri Diwan, by his wife, Shaikha Altaf bint Salim Al-Sabah, daughter of H.E. Shaikh Salim bin ‘Ali bin Salim Al-Sabah, sometime Presdt Supreme Defence Council. She has issue, a daughter - see below.
• ii) H.E. Shaikh Sabah bin Nasir Al-Saud Al-Sabah. b. at Kuwait City, 23^rd December 1950, educ. Muhallab Sch, and Salmiya Elementary & Middle Schs, Shah High Sch, and the Catholic Univ of America (B.Eng.), Washington DC, and Univ of Washington (B.Arch. 1975), Washington, USA. Architect with Kuwait Municipality 1976-1978, Engineer & Dir of Military Installations Ministry of Defence 1978-1979, Head of Engineering 1979-1988, Assist Under Sec for Military Engineering 1988, Under Sec for Defence 1998-2008. Trustee Office of the Martyr. Dir PAH. Mbr Kuwait Soc of Engineers, Main Cttee for Popular Resistance, Soc for the Protection of the Environment, etc. m. H.E. Shaikha Shekha bint Sabah Al-Sabah, daughter of H.H. Shaikh Sabah III bin Salim Al-Sabah, Amir of the State of Kuwait, KCMG, by his wife, Shaikha Nuria bint Ahmad Al-Sabah, daughter of H.H. Shaikh Ahmad I bin Jabir Al-‘Ali Al-Sabah, Shaikh of Kuwait, KCSI, KCIE. He d. at Salmiya, 14^th April 2014, having had issue, two sons and three daughters:
• (1) Shaikh Nasir bin Sabah Al-Nasir Al-Sabah.
• (2) Shaikh Mubarak bin Sabah Al-Nasir Al-Sabah.
• (1) Shaikha Al-Zein bint Sabah Al-Nasir Al-Sabah.
• (2) Shaikha Iman bint Sabah Al-Nasir Al-Sabah.
• (3) Shaikha Mariam bint Sabah Al-Nasir Al-Sabah.
• i) Shaikha Fatima bint Nasir Al-Saud Al-Sabah, educ. Catholic Univ, Washington DC, USA. Architect. Assist Cabinet Sec for Engineering Affairs, Mbr Kuwait Municipal Council since 2005. m. Shaikh Mubarak bin Hamud Al-Sabah, son of Shaikh Hamud bin Jabir II Al-Sabah. She had issue – see above.
• ii) Shaikha Farial bint Nasir Al-Saud Al-Sabah.
• c) Shaikh Yusuf bin Saud Al-Sabah. b. 1928 (s/o Mariam). m. Sabika, daughter of Yusuf Al-Homaidhi. He had issue, six sons and two daughters:
• i) Shaikh Muhammad bin Yusuf Al-Saud Al-Sabah. m. Shaikha Altaf bint ‘Abdu’llah Al-Sabah, daughter of Shaikh ‘Abdu’llah bin Khalifa Al-Sabah. He d. at London, August 1985, having had issue, seven sons and three daughters:
• (1) Shaikh Saud bin Muhammad Al-Sabah. He has issue, a daughter:
• (a) Shaikha Lataif bint Saud bin Muhammad Al-Sabah.
• (2) Shaikh Hamad bin Muhammad Al-Sabah. He has issue, a son:
• (a) Shaikh Khalid bin Hamad bin Muhammad Al-Sabah.
• (3) Shaikh ‘Abdu’llah bin Muhammad Al-Sabah.
• (4) Shaikh Yusuf bin Muhammad Al-Sabah. He has issue, a son:
• (a) Shaikh Muhammad bin Yusuf bin Muhammad Al-Sabah.
• (5) Shaikh Nasir bin Muhammad Al-Sabah.
• (6) Shaikh Majid bin Muhammad Al-Sabah.
• (7) Shaikh ‘Ali al-Sabah bin Muhammad Al-Sabah.
• (1) Shaikha Nughem bint Muhammad Al-Sabah.
• (2) Shaikha Muna bint Muhammad Al-Sabah.
• (3) Shaikha Al-Ghalia bint Muhammad Al-Sabah. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
• ii) Shaikh Khalid bin Yusuf Al-Saud Al-Sabah. Head of the Admin Brd Salmiya Sports Club. m. Shaikha Hussa bint ‘Abdu’llah Al-Sabah, daughter of Shaikh ‘Abdu’llah bin Khalifa Al-Sabah. He d. ca 5^th March 2011, having had issue, two sons and three daughters:
• (1) Shaikh Sabah bin Khalid Al-Sabah.
• (2) Shaikh Athbi bin Khalid Al-Sabah.
• (1) Shaikha Noor bint Khalid Al-Sabah.
• (2) Shaikha Mariam bint Khalid Al-Sabah.
• (3) Shaikha Dalal bint Khalid Al-Sabah.
• iii) H.E. Shaikh ‘Ali bin Yusuf Al-Saud Al-Sabah. m. H.E. Shaikha Awrad bint Jabir Al-‘Ali Al-Sabah, daughter of H.H. Shaikh Jabir III bin Ahmad Al-Sabah, Amir of the State of Kuwait, GCB, GCMG, by his wife, Munira bint Mish’an, daughter of Mishan Mutair. He had issue, five sons and two daughters:
• (1) Shaikh Mubarak bin ‘Ali Al-Sabah. He has issue, one son and one daughter:
• (a) Shaikh Yusuf bin Mubarak bin ‘Ali Al-Sabah.
• (a) Shaikha Awrad bint Mubarak bin ‘Ali Al-Sabah.
• (2) Shaikh Faisal bin ‘Ali Al-Sabah. He has issue, a daughter:
• (a) Shaikha Afrah bint Faisal bin ‘Ali Al-Sabah.
• (3) Shaikh Sabah bin ‘Ali Al-Sabah. He has issue, a daughter:
• (a) Shaikha Shekha bint Sabah bin ‘Ali Al-Sabah.
• (4) Shaikh Yusuf bin ‘Ali Al-Sabah. b. 8^th October 1985, educ. RMA Sandhurst.
• (5) Shaikh Ahmad bin ‘Ali Al-Sabah.
• (1) Shaikha Farah bint ‘Ali Al-Sabah.
• (2) Shaikha Anwa’ar bint ‘Ali Al-Sabah.
• iv) H.E. Shaikh Fahad bin Yusuf Al-Saud Al-Sabah. m. H.E. Shaikha Azza bint Jabir Al-‘Ali Al-Sabah, eighth daughter H.H. Shaikh Jabir III bin Ahmad Al-Sabah, Amir of the State of Kuwait, GCB, GCMG. He has issue, four sons and two daughters:
• (1) Shaikh Faisal bin Fahad Al-Sabah.
• (2) Shaikh Yusuf bin Fahad Al-Sabah.
• (3) Shaikh ‘Abdu’llah bin Fahad Al-Sabah.
• (4) Shaikh Badr bin Fahad Al-Sabah. Shaikha Sara bint Fahad Al-Sabah. b. 7^th January 1983.
• (1) Shaikha Dalal bint Fahad Al-Sabah.
• v) Shaikh Misha’al bin Yusuf Al-Saud Al-Sabah. He has issue, two sons and five daughters:
• (1) Shaikh Yusuf bin Misha’al Al-Sabah.
• (2) Shaikh Nasir bin Misha’al Al-Sabah.
• (1) Shaikha Fajer bint Misha’al Al-Sabah.
• (2) Shaikha Al-Zein bint Misha’al Al-Sabah.
• (3) Shaikha Al-Anod bint Misha’al Al-Sabah.
• (4) Shaikha Haya bint Misha’al Al-Sabah.
• (5) Shaikha Dalal bint Misha’al Al-Sabah. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
• vi) Shaikh Ahmad bin Yusuf al-Sa’ud al-Sabah. m. Shaikha Shadha bint Nasir al-Sabah (b. 1959), daughter of Shaikh Nasir bin Athbi al-Sabah. He has issue, one son and one daughter:
• (1) Shaikh Turki bin Ahmad al-Sa’ud al-Sabah. b. 1984. m. Shaikha Haya bint Mubarak al-Sabah, daughter of Shaikh Mubarak bin Duaij al-Sabah, by his first wife, Hayat bin Nasir al-‘Isa (b. 10^th October 19xx), daughter of Nasir bin ‘Abdu’l Rahman al-‘Isa. He has issue, one daughter:
• (a) Shaikha Shatha bint Turki bin Ahmad Aal-Sa’ud al-Sabah.
• (1) Shaikha Sabika bint Ahmad al-Sa’ud al-Sabah.
• i) Shaikha Bibi bint Yusuf al-Sa’ud al-Sabah. b. 27^th July 1951, educ. Kuwait Univ (BA Econ) Businesswoman.
• ii) Shaikha Awatif bint Yusuf al-Sa’ud al-Sabah.
• d) Shaikh Faisal bin Sa’ud al-Sabah. b. 1930 (s/o Mariam). m. at Kuwait City, 1947, Shaikha Fatima bint ‘Abdu’llah al-Sabah (b. at Kuwait City, 1929; d. at there, 13^th November 2017), daughter H.E. Shaikh ‘Abdu’llah bin Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah, sometime Deputy Dir Dept of Public Security, by his fifth wife, Mudhi bint ‘Abdu’l Rahman al-Rumi. He had issue, three sons and four daughters:
• i) H.E. Shaikh Mubarak bin Faisal al-Sa’ud al-Sabah. b. at Kuwait City, 7^th June 1951, educ. Cairo Univ (B.Com.), Cairo, Egypt. Joined Office of the Crown Prince & Prime Minister 1981, Supervisor Admin Affairs 1981-1984, actg Dir PR Dept 1984, Liaison Officer Amiri Diwan and Cabinet Project 1984, Mbr 5th Islamic Summit Protocol Cttee 1987, Dir of Admin & Finance 1989-1991, Assist Under-Sec Admin & Finance 1991-1999, Under-Sec Admin & Finance 1999-2003, Under-Sec Crown Prince & Prime Minister’s Diwan 2003-2006, Under-Sec Crown Prince&rsquos Diwan (with rank of Minister) 2006-2020. m. Shaikha Niran bint Mubarak bin ‘Abdu’llah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, daughter of H.E. Shaikh Mubarak bin ‘Abdu’llah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, sometime Minister for PTT, Guidance & Information, by his wife, Shaikha Zakia bint ‘Abdu’llah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, daughter of H.E. Shaikh ‘Abdu’llah bin Jabir al-Ahmad al-Sabah, CIE, sometime Special Advisor to the Amir. He had issue, two sons and two daughters:
• (1) Shaikh Nasir bin Mubarak al-Sa’ud al-Sabah.
• (2) Shaikh Ahmad bin Mubarak al-Sa’ud al-Sabah.
• (1) Shaikha Mariam bint Mubarak al-Sa’ud al-Sabah.
• (2) Shaikha Fatima bint Mubarak al-Sa’ud al-Sabah.
• ii) Shaikh Jabir bin Faisal al-Sa’ud al-Sabah. b. at Kuwait City, 29^th August 1959, educ. Kuwait Univ (BA 1981), Kuwait City. m. at Kuwait City, 1983, Shaikha Noufa bint Mubarak bin ‘Abdu’llah al-Ahmad al-Sabah (b. at Kuwait City, 10^th March 1961), daughter of H.E. Shaikh Mubarak bin ‘Abdu’llah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, sometime Minister for PTT, Guidance & Information, by his wife, Shaikha Zakia bint ‘Abdu’llah al-Ahmad al-Sabah, daughter of H.E. Shaikh ‘Abdu’llah bin Jabir al-Ahmad al-Sabah, CIE, sometime Special Advisor to the Amir. He had issue, two sons and two daughters:
• (1) Shaikh Hamad bin Jabir al-Sa’ud al-Sabah.
• (2) Shaikh Faisal bin Jabir al-Sa’ud al-Sabah.
• (1) Shaikha Mudhi bint Jabir al-Sa’ud al-Sabah.
• (2) Shaikha Farah bint Jabir al-Sa’ud al-Sabah.
• iii) Shaikh ‘Abdu’llah bin Faisal al-Sa’ud al-Sabah. b. 1965.
• i) Shaikha Anwa’ar bint Faisal al-Sa’ud al-Sabah, educ. Kuwait Univ (BA) and Georgetown Univ (MA Linguistics), Washington DC, USA.
• ii) Shaikha Altaf bint Faisal al-Sa’ud al-Sabah, educ. Kuwait Commercial Inst.
• iii) Shaikha Sabiha bint Faisal al-Sa’ud al-Sabah.
• iv) Shaikha Iqbal bint Faisal al-Sa’ud al-Sabah, educ. Kuwait Univ (BA 1979).
• a) Shaikha Aisha bint al-Sa’ud al-Sabah (d/o Sabika). m. 18^th June 1909, Shaikh ‘Abdu’llah bin Sabah al-Sabah (b. 1893; d. ca. 1975), only son of Shaikh Sabah bin Muhammad al-Sabah – see above.
• b) Shaikha Amina bint al-Sa’ud al-Sabah (s/o Mariam). She d. unm. aged seventeen years.
• c) Shaikha Badria bint al-Sa’ud al-Sabah. b. 1925 (s/o Mariam). Inspector-Gen Amiri Hospital. Chair United Trading Group. m. 20^th May 1943, as his wife, H.E. Shaikh Fahad bin Salim al-Sabah (b. 1906; d. at Dammam, Saudi Arabia, 16^th June 1959), son of H.E. Shaikh Salim bin Mubarak al-Sabah, Shaikh of Kuwait and dependencies, CSI. She d. at Kuwait, 28^th July 2010, having had issue – see below.
• d) Shaikha Anisa bint al-Sa’ud al-Sabah. She d. young.

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