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'Pocket No. 11: Enclosure to Part III of Volume I of the Persian Gulf Gazetteer: Genealogical Table of the Āl Subāh (’Atbi) Family of Kuwait' [‎13r] (1/2)

The record is made up of 1 folio. It was created in 1915. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .

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This item is a genealogical 'Table of the Āl Subāh (’Atbi) Ruling Family of Kuwait'. It contains 79 named and unnamed individuals (in Arabic and English) of the Āl Sabāḥ (al-‘Utūb) family of Kuwait, some with birth and death dates, as well as brief biographical information.

There is also a 'Chronological list of Shaikhs of Kuwait belonging to this family' with the periods of their reign, including: Subāh [Ṣabāḥ], ’Abdullah-bin-Subāh [‘Abdullāh bin Ṣabāḥ], Jābir-bin-’Abdullah [Jābir bin ‘Abdullāh], Sabāh-bin-Jābir [Ṣabāḥ bin ‘Abdullāh], ’Abdullah-bin-Cubāh [‘Abdullāh bin Ṣabāḥ], Muhammad-bin-Subāh [Muḥammad bin Ṣabāḥ], and Mubārak-bin-Subah [Mubārak bin Ṣabāḥ].

In addition, a section of 'Notes' is included that gives 1908 as the year of compilation, as well as other details concerning the arrangement of the table, including: the ordering of sons from the same father according to seniority from left to right; the ommission of all females; 'issue' means 'male issue'; dates of birth, and in some cases death, are approximate only; and when the fact or date of death is not mentioned the person was probably alive in 1907.

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'Pocket No. 11: Enclosure to Part III of Volume I of the Persian Gulf Gazetteer: Genealogical Table of the Āl Subāh (’Atbi) Family of Kuwait' [‎13r] (1/2), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/20/C91/3, f 13, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023515185.0x000031> [accessed 4 October 2024]

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