KUWAIT

Al-Sabah Dynasty

GENEALOGY

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2006 H.H. Shaikh Sa’ad bin ‘Abdu’llah Al-Sabah, Amir of the State of Kuwait, KCMG (12.2.1979). b. 1929, son of H.H. Shaikh ‘Abdu’llah bin Salim Al-Sabah, Amir of the State of Kuwait, GCMG, CIE, KStJ, by Jamila, an African lady, educ. Al Mubarakiya Sch, Kuwait City, and Metropolitan Police Coll, Hendon, Middlesex. Joined Kuwait Police 1945, Deputy Chief of Kuwait City Police 1954-1959, Mbr Supreme Council 1955-1961, Presdt Police and Public Security Dept 1961-1962 (Deputy Dir 1959-1961), Minister for the Interior 1962-1978, and Defence 1965-1978, Prime Minister & Presdt Council of Ministers 1978-1991 and 1992-2003, Military Governor of Kuwait February to 14th March 1991, Presdt Supreme Defence Council, the Supreme Petroleum Council, the Civil Service Commission and the Higher Council of Housing. Appointed as Heir Apparent with the title of Crown Prince and the style of His Highness, 31st January 1978. Succeeded on the death of his cousin as Amir of the State of Kuwait, 15th January 2006. Forced into abdicating on the grounds of ill health in favour his second cousin, by an extraordinary meeting of the al-Sabah Family Council, 23rd January 2006. Formally deposed by resolution of the National Assembly, 24th January 2006. Thereafter styled as His Highness the Amir Father. m. 1948, H.H. Shaikha Latifa bint Fahad al-Salim al-Mubarak al-Sabah, Chair Union of Kuwaiti Women’s Soc, Kuwaiti Women’s Volunteer Soc for Community Services, International Marine & Petroleum Co, etc, daughter of his uncle, H.E. Shaikh Fahad bin Salim al-Sabah, sometime Minister for Finance, by his wife, Fatima Gargaj. He d. at Kuwait City, 13th May 2008 (bur. there, al-Sulaibikhat Cemetery, al-Asimah), having had issue, one son and five daughters:
  • 1) H.E. Shaikh Fahad bin Sa’ad al-‘Abdu’llah al-Salim al-Sabah. b. at Kuwait, 11th November 1960, educ. Kuwait Univ, Kuwait City. Adviser in the Amiri Diwan. m. 1987, Mana’al bint Muhammad al-Wazzan, daughter of Muhammad bin ‘Abdu’l-Aziz al-Wazzan. He has issue, five sons and one daughter:
  • a) H.E. Shaikh ‘Abdu’llah bin Fahad al-Sa’ad al-‘Abdu’llah al-Salim al-Sabah. Adviser in the Amiri Diwan (with personal rank of Minister).
  • b) Shaikh Khalid bin Fahad al-Sa’ad al-‘Abdu’llah al-Salim al-Sabah.
  • c) Shaikh Jabir bin Fahad bin al-Sa’ad al-‘Abdu’llah al-Salim al-Sabah.
  • d) Shaikh Sa’ad bin Fahad al-Sa’ad al-‘Abdu’llah al-Salim al-Sabah.
  • e) Shaikh Muhammad bin Fahad al-Sa’ad al-‘Abdu’llah al-Salim al-Sabah.
  • a) Shaikha Khadija bint Fahad al-Sa’ad al-‘Abdu’llah al-Salim al-Sabah.
  • 1) H.E. Shaikha Mariam bint Sa’ad al-‘Abdu’llah al-Salim al-Sabah. b. at Kuwait, 26th January 1949. She d. at Southwark, London, September 1994. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
  • 2) H.E. Shaikha Hussa bint Sa’ad al-‘Abdu’llah al-Salim al-Sabah. b. at Kuwait, 4th August 1950, educ. American Univ of Beirut (BA), Lebanon, and Georgetown Univ, Virginia, USA. Vice-Presdt Cttee for Women’s Affairs, Chair of the Council for Arab Businesswomen. m. January 1981 (div.) H.E. Shaikh Badr bin Nasir al-Hamud al-Sabah (b. 12th December 1951), son of Shaikh Nasir bin Hamud al-Sabah, by his wife, Shaikha Nasima bint ‘Abdu’llah al-Sabah, daughter of Shaikh ‘Abdu’llah bin Ahmad I al-Sabah – see above.
  • 3) H.E. Shaikha Jamayal bint Sa’ad al-‘Abdu’llah al-Salim al-Sabah. b. at Kuwait, 12th May 1952, educ. American Univ of Beirut, Lebanon. m. (first) 1972, ‘Abdu’l-Halim Chamma (b. 1953; d. 1997). m. (second) H.H. Shahzada Masud Mirza [Massoud Dadsedan], of the Qajar dynasty of Persia. She had issue, by her first husband.
  • 4) H.E. Shaikha Shekha bint Sa’ad al-‘Abdu’llah al-Salim al-Sabah. b. at Kuwait, 7th July 1954. Dir International Marketing Dept of the Kuwait Petroleum Corp (KPC), Hon Chair Special Olympics Kuwait 2003, Mbr Kuwait Equestrian Team 1986, Mbr Brd of Kuwait Oil Co (KOC). First class squash player. She d. 2nd February 2003.
  • 5) H.E. Shaikha Fadia bint Sa’ad al-‘Abdu’llah al-Salim al-Sabah. b. at Kuwait, 16th August 1959. Gen Co-ordinator Women’s Affairs Cttee m. (first) at Kuwait City, 1984 (div.), H.E. Shaikh Fahad bin Salim al-Sabah, son of H.E. Shaikh Salim bin Sabah al-Sabah, sometime Governor of Kuwait City, by his wife, H.E. Shaikha Badria bint Sabah al-Sabah, daughter of H.H. Shaikh Sabah III bin Salim al-Sabah, Amir of the State of Kuwait, KCMG. m. (second) Shaikh Salman bin Sabah al-Salim al-Hamud al-Sabah (b. October 1960), son of Shaikh Sabah bin Salim al-Hamud al-Sabah, by his wife, Nabeela, a lady from the al-Kaki family of the Lebanon. She has issue, one son and three daughters by her second husband – see above.
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2006 – 2020 H.H. Shaikh Sabah IV bin Ahmad al-Jabir al-‘Ali al-Sabah, Amir of the State of Kuwait, GCB (c 27.11.2012). b. at Kuwait, 16th June 1929, son of H.H. Shaikh Ahmad I bin Jabir al-‘Ali al-Sabah, Shaikh of Kuwait and dependencies, KCSI, KCIE, by his fourth wife, Munira bint Othman al-Sa’id al-Ayyar, educ. al Mubarakiya Sch, Kuwait City. Mbr Kuwait Municipal Council Central Cttee 1954-1955, Chair Building and Construction Council 1955-1956, Mbr Supreme Council 1956-1962, Head of the Press & Publications Dept 1956-1959, Presdt Printing, Publishing & Social Affairs Dept 1959-1961, Minister for Public Information, Guidance & Social Affairs 1962-1963, Foreign Affairs 1963-1991, and Information 1982-1985 (actg 1971-1975), actg Minister for Finance & Oil 1965-1967 and the Interior 1978, Deputy Prime Minister 1978-1991 & 1992-1998, First Deputy Prime Minister 1992-2003, Prime Minister & Presdt Council of Ministers 2003-2005. Appointed as interim ruler by an extraordinary meeting of the al-Sabah Family Council, following the abdication of his second cousin, 23rd January 2006. Succeeded as Amir of the State of Kuwait by resolution of the National Assembly, 24th January 2006. Installed before an extraordinary session of the National Assembly, at Kuwait City, 29th January 2006. Hon Presdt Soc of Kuwaiti Teachers 1953, and the Cmsn for Gulf Aid for South Arabia 1963. Chair History Cttee 1959, Supreme Council of the Environment Public Authority (EPA). Mbr Building & Construction Council, Organizational Cttee of the Supreme Planning Council 1996-2006, Joint Ministerial Ctte for Priorities of the Council of Ministers 1996-2006, etc. Hon Trustee Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, USA). Hon LLD George Washington Univ (USA) 2005. Hon Dr Univ of Kuwait 2017. Rcvd: the Collars of the Orders of King ‘Abdu’l Aziz of Saudi Arabia (11.3.2006, GC 1st class 2.7.2000), Independence of the State of Qatar (12.3.2006), Shaikh ‘Isa bin Salman al-Khalifa of Bahrain (12.3.2006), Shaikh Zayed the Great of the UAE (13.3.2006), Civil Merit of Spain (23.5.2008), Hussein ibn ‘Ali of the Jordan (17.5.2010), National Merit of the Lebanon (18.5.2010, exceptional class 20.1.2009), Liberator San Martín of Argentina (16.1.2011), Lakandula of the Philippines (23.3.2012), and the Aztec Eagle of Mexico (21.1.2016, GC 20.1.2016), the Sa’idi Order of the State of Oman (20.2.2017) and Honourable Order of Oman (28.12.2009), Hon Companion of Honour with Collar of the National Order of Merit of Malta (14.3.2004), GC of the Orders of Merit of Syria (16.5.2001), Legion of Honour of France (1.12.2006), Merit of the Republic of Italy (26.4.2010), Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany (27.4.2010), Chrysanthemum of Japan (20.3.2012), the Grand Order of Mugunghwa of Korea (25.3.2007), Royal Family Order of the Crown of Brunei (DKMB) (13.4.2009), Orders of Merit 1st class of the Ukraine (24.6.2009), Heydar Aliyev of Azerbaijan (14.6.2009), George Kastrioti Skandberg of Albania (27.5.2012), the State of the Republic of Turkey (21.3.2017), Chief Cdr Legion of Merit of the USA (18.9.2020), etc. m. at Kuwait, 1947, Shaikha Fatuwah bint Salman al-Hamud al-Sabah (b. at Kuwait, 1920; d. there, 2nd August 1990, bur. al-Sulaibikhat Cemetery, al-Asimah), daughter of Shaikh Salman bin Hamud al-Sabah, by his wife, Shaikha Hussa bint Mubarak al-Sabah, daughter of H.E. Shaikh Mubarak I bin Sabah al-Sabah, the Great, Shaikh of Kuwait and dependencies, KCSI, KCIE. He d. at Rochester, Olmsted Co, Minnesota, USA, 29th September 2020 (bur. al-Sulaibikhat Cemetery, al-Asimah, Kuwait), having had issue, three sons and one daughter:
  • 1) H.E. Shaikh Nasir bin Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah. b. at the al-Sha’ab Palace, Kuwait, 27th April 1948, educ. St George’s Sch, Jerusalem, Israel. Minister of State for Foreign Affairs 1990-1991, Special Adviser to the Crown Prince and Prime Minister 1999-2006, Minister of the Amiri Diwan 2006-2017, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defense 2017-2019. Proprietor of “Alzaman” magazine. Co-founder Dar al-Athar al-Islamya Museum 1983 (looted by Sadam in 1991). Presdt Dar al-Athar al-Islamiah Cultural Fndn. Hon Presdt Kuwait Assoc for Formative Arts. Chair United Fisheries Co, al-Futawah Holding Co until 2017, and Kuwait Enterprises Holding Co. Dir Gulf International, Lonrho, etc. Hon Mbr Metropolitan Museum Brd of Trustees (New York). Mbr Kuwait Red Crescent Governing Body, Kuwaiti Assoc for the Protection of Public Funds, Kuwait Equestrian Club, etc. m. at Kuwait City, 1969, H.E. Shaikha Hussa bint Sabah al-Salim al-Sabah (b. at Kuwait City, 1949), educ. Kuwait Univ (BA), Dir Sabah Collection of Islamic Art (Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah) since 1983, and Kuwait Information Centre in Damascaus 1990-1991. Mbr of the Brds of the National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters of Kuwait, Cultural Cttee of Institut du Monde Arabe (Paris), World Fed of Friends of Museums (Mexico), International Informatization Acad (Moscow), Acad Delle Arti Del Disegno (Florence), United Nations Development Programme, Kuwait Fndn for the Advancement of Science, Kuwait University Council, International Council on Monuments and Sites (Paris), Friends of the Hermitage Museum (St Petersburg), Iran Heritage Fndn (London), Steering Cttee of Islamic Research Centre for History, Arts & Culture (Istanbul), etc, daughter of H.H. Shaikh Sabah III bin Salim al-Sabah, Amir of the State of Kuwait, KCMG, by his second wife, H.E. 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 Kuwait City, 20th December 2020 (bur. al-Sulaibikhat Cemetery, al-Asimah), having had issue, three sons and three daughters:
    • a) H.E. Shaikh ‘Abdu’llah bin Nasir al-Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah. b. at Kuwait City, 1976, educ. RMA Sandhurst, Camberley, Surrey, and New York Inst of Technology (NYIT) (BA), Old Westbury, New York, USA. Exec Dir United Gulf Bank (BSC) EC, Dir Kuwait Investment Projects Co (KIPCO), Chair KAMCO Investment Co since 2010, etc. He has issue, a son:
      • i) Shaikh Nasir bin ‘Abdu’llah bin Nasir al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah.
    • b) H.E. Shaikh Sabah bin Nasir bin Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah.b. at Kuwait City, 1979. Under-Sec of the Amiri Diwan for Ruling Family Affairs. Dir Kuwait Investment Projects Co (KIPCO), etc. Hon Presdt Kuwait Water Assoc, and Al-Attaa Satellite Channel. m. at Shaikh Jabir Palace, Kuwait City, 29th October 2010, H.E. Shaikha Noufa bint ‘Ali bin Salim al-‘Ali al-Sabah (b. 17th February 1986), educ. American Univ of Kuwait (AUK), Editor-in-Chief & Co-Founder of Khaleejesque 2009, daughter of H.E. Shaikh Dr ‘Ali bin Salim al-‘Ali al-Sabah, sometime Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Finance & Communications, by his wife, Shaikha Azza bint Jabir al-‘Ali al-Sabah, daughter of his paternal uncle, H.E. Shaikh Jabir bin ‘Ali al-Salim al-Sabah, sometime Deputy Prime Minister.
    • c) Captain H.E. Shaikh Fahad bin Nasir bin Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah, educ. American Univ of Kuwait (BBA). Capt Kuwait Air Force, helicopter pilot, Snr Advisor Amiri Diwan since 2014, CEO Kuwait Fund for SME Development, Chair Kuwait Motorcross Cttee, and Kuwait National Olympic Cttee since 2019. m. at Kuwait City, 14th April 2015, H.E. Shaikha Fay bint Luay al-Kharafi, daughter of Luay bin Jasim bin Muhammad al-Kharafi. Copyright© Christopher Buyers
    • a) H.E. Shaikha Dana bint Nasir al-Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah. b. at Kuwait City, January 1971, educ. Kuwait Univ (BA). General Mngr al-Futooh Investment Co WI L, CEO al-Futawah Holding Co since 2017. Chair American Univ of Kuwait (AUK) Brd of Trustees since 2003, and United Education Co. Vice-Chair Kuwait Computer Co. Dir Kuwait Soc for Learning Differences (KALD), KIPCO Asset Management Co, KAMCO Investment Co, etc.
    • b) H.E. Shaikha Futawah bint Nasir bin Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah. b. at Kuwait City, 1974, educ. Webster Univ of Leiden (BA), Leiden, Netherlands, and the Sch of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS), London (MA). Chair al-Futawah Holding Co since 2017. Dir Kuwait Investment Projects Co (KIPCO) since 2017, etc.
    • c) H.E. Shaikha Bibi bint Nasir bin Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah. b. at Kuwait City, 1978. Chair Kuwait Social Work Soc (SWS) since 2005, and United Real Estate Co since 2019 (Dir 2016-2019). Dir al-Futooh Investment Co WI L. Goodwill Ambassador International Org for Migration 2019.
  • 2) H.E. Shaikh Hamad bin Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah. MD al-Futooh Investment Co WI L. Chair Saudi Dairy & Food Products Co (SADAFCO) since 1987, Vice-Chair United Real Estate Co 1989-1995, Chair United Gulf Bank (BSC) EC (Bahrain) 1995-1996 (Vice-Chair 1989-1995), Kuwait Investment Projects Co (KIPCO) 1996-1999, Good Projects Corp since 1999, Gulf Egypt Hotels & Tourism Corp since 1990, Kuwait Furniture Manufturing Co (KAFUMA). Dir Kuwait Fndn for the Advancement of Science 2000-2006, Burgan Bank SAK 2004-2009, National Mobile Telecommunications Co KSC (Ooredoo) 2004-2007, etc. He has issue, one son and three daughters:
    • a) H.E. Shaikh Sabah al-Ahmad bin Hamad al-Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah.
    • a) H.E. Shaikha Salwa al-Sabah bint Hamad al-Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah.
    • b) H.E. Shaikha Aisha al-Salman bint Hamad al-Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah.
    • c) H.E. Shaikha Fawzia bint Hamad al-Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah.
  • 3) H.E. Shaikh Ahmad bin Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah. He was k. in a motor crash, 1969.
  • 1) H.E. Shaikha Salwa bint Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah. b. at Kuwait City, 17th June 1951. m. as his first wife (div.) H.E. Shaikh Fahd bin Duaij al-Salman al-Hamud al-Sabah, third son of H.E. Shaikh Duaij bin Salman al-Hamud al-Sabah, by his wife, Munira, daughter of Hilal as-Mutairi. She d. from breast cancer, in a hospital at London, 21st June 2002 (bur. Al-Sulaibikhat Cemetery, Kuwait), having had issue, two sons and two daughters – see above.
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2020 – 2023 H.H. Shaikh Nawaf bin Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah [Abu Faisal], Amir of the State of Kuwait. b. at the Dar al-Yamamah Palace, Farij Al-Shuyukh, Kuwait City, 25th June 1937, sixth son of H.H. Shaikh Ahmad I bin Jabir al-‘Ali al-Sabah, Shaikh of Kuwait and dependencies, KCSI, KCIE, by the al-Yamamah lady, educ. Hamada, Sharq, Al-Naqrah, Eastern, and al-Mubarakiya Schs, Kuwait City. Governor of Hawali 1962-1978, Minister for the Interior 1978-1988 & 2003-2006, Defence 1988-1991 & 1992-1994, actg Minister for Labour & Social Affairs 1991-1992, Deputy Chief of Staff Kuwait National Guard (KNG) 1994-2003, First Deputy Prime Minister 2003-2006. Appointed as Heir Apparent with the title of Crown Prince of the State of Kuwait and style of His Highness, 7thh February 2006. Succeeded on the death of his cousin as Amir of the State of Kuwait, 29th September 2020. Installed before an extraordinary session of the National Assembly, at Kuwait City, 30th September 2020. Appointed his younger brother to the role of acting Amir on his behalf due to his continuing ill health, 16th November 2021. Rcvd: the Collar of the Order of Shaikh Zayed the Great of the UAE (29.1.2007)), GC of the Orders of Civil Merit of Spain (23.5.2008), the Liberator San Martín of Argentina (16.1.2011), and Aztec Eagle of Mexico (21.1.2016), Grand Canaanite Collar of the State of Palestine (13.11.2008), etc. m. 195x, H.H. Shaikha Sharifa bint Sulaiman al-Jasim al-Ghanim, daughter of Sulaiman bin Jasim bin Shahin al-Ghanim, of Farij Al-Qana’at, Kuwait, sometime merchant at Aden, by his wife, Ruqaya bint Muhammad al-Ghanim, daughter of Muhammad bin Shahin bin Muhammad al-Ghanim. He d. after a long illness in a hospital, at Kuwait City, 16th December 2023 (bur. Sulaibikhat Cemetery), having had issue, four sons and one daughter:
  • 1) Lieutenant-General H.E. Shaikh Ahmad bin Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah. b. at Kuwait City, 1956, educ. Kuwait Univ (BA), and Kuwait Police Coll, Mubarakiya, Kuwait City. Cmsnd as 1st Lieut Kuwait Army 1985, prom Capt Kuwait Police Force 5/3//1986, Assist Under-Sec for Nationality & Passports at Ministry of Interior 2007-2010, and for Education & Training 2010-2014, Governor of Hawali 2014-2020, Deputy Chief of Staff Kuwait National Guard (KNG) (with the personal rank of Minister) 2020-2022, First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior since 2022. Presdt International Police Sports Union (USIP) 2010-2014, and Kuwait Police Sports Fed. Dir General Authority for Youth & Sports 2010. Mbr Cttee al-Arabi Sports Club (Dir of Football), Hunting & Equestrian Club, Kuwaiti Camel Racing Club, etc. Rcvd: Liberation Order 3rd class, the Orders of National Defense 2nd class, Military Duty 2nd class, and the Wall (2011), Military Service Medal 1st, 2nd & 3rd class, and the Kuwait Liberation and Combat medals of Saudi Arabia. m. H.E. Shaikha Basma bint Mubarak al-Jabir al-‘Ali al-Sabah (b. December 1959), daughter of Lieutenant-General H.E. Shaikh Mubarak bin ‘Abdu’llah al-Jabir al-‘Ali al-Sabah, sometime COS Kuwait Army, by his wife, H.E. Shaikha Anisa bint ‘Abdu’llah al-Sabah, daughter of H.E. Shaikh ‘Abdu’llah bin Ahmad al-Sabah, sometime Governor of the Kuwait Citadel. He has issue, two sons and three daughters:
    • a) Shaikh Nawaf bin Ahmad al-Nawaf al-Sabah. b. 12th November 1982, educ. Sa’ad Al-‘Abduv’llah Acad, Kuwait.
    • b) Shaikh Mubarak bin Ahmad al-Nawaf al-Sabah.
    • a) Shaikha Hind bint Ahmad al-Nawaf al-Sabah. b. March 1981. Business Development Mngr Standard Arabian Business & Enterprises Co. m. Shaikh &lsquoAli al-Muhammad al-Sabah, Dir Manafea Holding Co SJC since 2015.
    • b) Shaikha Mariam bint Ahmad al-Nawaf al-Sabah, educ. Kuwait Univ (BA 2008), Kuwait City.
    • c) Shaikha Shuq bint Ahmad al-Nawaf al-Sabah.
  • 2) Lieutenant-General H.E. Shaikh Faisal bin Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah. b. at Kuwait City, January 1957, educ. Kuwait Univ (BA 1982), and Kuwait Police Coll, Mubarakiya, Kuwait City. Joined Kuwait Police Force, Dir of Immigration Investigations 2005, prom Brig-Gen 9/7/2006, prom Maj-Gen 15/4/2010, Assist Under-Sec for Education & Training at Ministry of Interior 2017-2018, for Nationality & Passports 2018-2019, and for Public Security since 2019, prom Lt-Gen 29/5/2019. Rcvd: Liberation Order 3rd class, the Orders of National Defense 1st & 2nd class, Military Duty 1st, 2nd & 3rd class, and the Wall (2011), Military Service Medal 1st, 2nd & 3rd class, and the Kuwait Liberation and Combat medals of Saudi Arabia. m. 1984, Hana‘an al-Badr. He has issue, two sons and two daughters:
    • a) Shaikh Mubarak bin Faisal al-Nawaf al-Sabah. Mbr Kuwait Olympic Cttee. m. 8th October 2018, a daughter of Shaikh Khalid bin Yusuf al-Sa’ud al-Sabah, sometime Preasdt Salmiya Sports Club, by his wife, Shaikha Hussa bint ‘Abdu’llah al-Sabah, daughter of Shaikh ‘Abdu’llah bin Khalifa al-Sabah.
    • b) Shaikh Nawaf bin Faisal al-Nawaf al-Sabah.
    • a) Shaikha Yamama bint Faisal al-Nawaf al-Sabah.b. 1985.
    • b) Shaikha Nashimiya bint Faisal al-Nawaf al-Sabah.
  • 3) Lieutenant-General H.E. Shaikh ‘Abdu’llah bin Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah. b. at Kuwait City, 1958, educ. Kuwait Univ. Cdr Amiri Guard 2013, Deputy COGS of the Army 2017. Mbr Army Officers Club, etc. Rcvd: Liberation Order 3rd class, the Orders of National Defense 1st class, Military Duty 1st & 2nd class, and the Wall (2011), Military Service Medal 1st, 2nd & 3rd class, and the Kuwait Liberation and Combat medals of Saudi Arabia. m. 1987, Shaikha Majda bint Jabir al-Hamud al-Jabir al-Sabah (b. at Kuwait, 1970), Dir SAP Mental Health Initiative, daughter of General H.E. Shaikh Jabir bin Hamud al-Jabir al-Sabah, by his wife, H.E. Shaikha Amthal bint Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah [Umm al-Khair], Chair Volunteer Work Centre, daughter of H.H. Shaikh Ahmad I bin Jabir al-‘Ali al-Sabah, Shaikh of Kuwait and dependencies, KCSI, KCIE. He has issue, four daughters:
    • a) Shaikha Sheikha bint ‘Abdu’llah al-Nawaf al-Sabah. b. at Kuwait City, 1988.
    • b) Shaikha Sharifa bint ‘Abdu’llah al-Nawaf al-Sabah. m. at the Diwan of Shaikh Salim al-‘Ali al-Sabah, Kuwait City, 18th November 2019, Shaikh Jabir bin Duaij bin Jabir al-‘Ali al-Sabah, Chair Al-Tijari Financial Brokerage Co, youngest son of H.E. Shaikh Duaij bin Jabir al-Ahmad al-Sabah, sometime Adviser in the Amiri Diwan (with personal rank of Minister), by his wife, Shaikha Altaf bint Salim al-‘Ali al-Sabah, daughter of H.E. Shaikh Salim bin ‘Ali bin Salim al-Sabah, sometime Presdt Supreme Defence Council – see above.
    • c) Shaikha Mariam bint ‘Abdu’llah al-Nawaf al-Sabah.
    • d) Shaikha Amthal bint ‘Abdu’llah al-Nawaf al-Sabah.
  • 4) Major-General H.E. Shaikh Salim bin Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah [Abu Fahad]. b. at Kuwait City, 1960, educ. Kuwait Police Coll, Mubarakiya, Kuwait City. Joined Kuwait Police Force, prom Brig-Gen 11/4/2014, prom Maj-Gen 19/1/2017, Assist Under-Sec for Admin at Ministry of Interior 2017-2018, and for Border Security 2018-2020, Head of State Security Service since 2020. Chair Competition Organizing Cttee of Gulf Maritime Heritage 2018. Mbr Kuwaiti Camel Racing Club. Rcvd: Liberation Order 3rd class, the Orders of National Defense 1st class, Military Duty 1st & 2nd class, and the Wall (2011), Military Service Medal 1st, 2nd & 3rd class, and the Kuwait Liberation and Combat medals of Saudi Arabia. He has issue, two sons and two daughters:
    • a) Shaikh Fahad bin Salim al-Nawaf al-Sabah.
    • b) Shaikh Khalifa bin Salim al-Nawaf al-Sabah.
    • a) Shaikha Bibi bint Salim al-Nawaf al-Sabah.
    • b) Shaikha Lulwa bint Salim al-Nawaf al-Sabah.
  • 1) H.E. Shaikha Sheikha bint Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Jabir al-Sabah. m. H.E. Shaikh Jabir bin Duaij al-Ibrahim al-Sabah (b. 1952), sometime Ambassador to Saudi Arabia and Italy, son of Shaikh Duaij bin Ibrahim al-Sabah. She has issue, three sons and one daughter – see above.
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