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Re: Emir Nawaf of Kuwait 1937-2023

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In alt.obituaries Louis Epstein <le@main.lekno.ws> wrote:
> According to official sources there,
> Emir Nawaf al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah,
> Emir of Kuwait since September 2020,
> died December 16th 2023.
> 
> Born in 1937,he was one of the younger sons
> of Emir Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah,ruler under
> a British protectorate from 1921 to 1950.
> 
> In the Kuwaiti dynasty,succession to the throne
> generally moves sideways...in 1896,Mubarak al-Sabah
> stabbed his older brother to death to take the throne,
> making him officially "Mubarak the Great" and only his
> male line descendants eligible for succession afterward.
> He switched from Ottoman to British protection three years
> later.
> 
> On his death he was succeeded by his sons Jaber (1915-17)
> and then Salim (1917-21),who for a long time were considered
> to have started two branches each entitled to succeed to
> the throne,with two sons of Salim,reigning 1950-65 and
> 1965-77,succeeding Ahmed al-Jaber,during which time the
> country became independent in 1961,before Jaber al-Ahmed
> al-Jaber,one of Ahmed's older sons,took the throne at the
> end of 1977 after having served as finance minister and
> then prime minister under his two cousins.
> 
> Jaber's cousin Saad,a grandson of Salim,served as his
> crown prince and prime minister until ill-health made
> it impossible for him to continue as prime minister,and
> Jaber's brother Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber took that role.
> When Jaber al-Ahmed died in 2006,Saad was still crown
> prince but his health problems had only worsened,and he
> was considered Emir for three days and then declared
> "Emir Father" and the prime minister was made Emir,
> the now-just-deceased Nawaf,who had served in various
> government positions since independence,was named crown
> prince,and other Jaber-branch princes were named prime
> minister and first deputy prime minister...a Salim
> branch prince was an additional deputy prime minister
> for some years but I don't think they have held any
> senior positions since.
> 
> When he succeeded in 2020,Nawaf named Mishaal al-Ahmed,
> born 1940 as I think the youngest son of Ahmed al-Jaber,

Nope,7th of 10 sons:
Abdullah 1905-57 by Hussa
Muhammad 1909-75 by Hussa,father of a Prime Minister
Jaber 1926-2006 by Bazba,Emir 1977-2006
Sabah 1929-2020 by Munira,Emir 2006-20
Khalid 1932-2011 by Yamama father of current Deputy PM
Nawaf 1937-2023 by Yamama Emir 2020-3 father of current PM
Mishaal 1940 by Mariam,current Emir
Mansur 1941 by Ruqaia,father of a former Deputy PM
Faisal by Yamama,died young
Fahad 1945-90 by Fatima,killed in Iraq invasion

> as crown prince,and by 2022 it was Mishaal who was in
> de facto charge (he issued the decree naming Nawaf's
> eldest son as prime minister).
> 
> Mishaal now becomes Emir and has yet to name a crown prince...
> it will likely be a Jaber-branch descendant.
> 
> -=-=-
> The World Trade Center towers MUST rise again,
> at least as tall as before...or terror has triumphed.

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