Hamad Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah Explained
| Birth Date: | 1894 |
| House: | Sabah |
| Father: | Mubarak I |
| Mother: | Hessa bint Falah bin Rakan Al-Hithlain |
Sheikh Hamad Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah (; 1894 - May 31, 1938) was one of the sons of Mubarak Al-Sabah, the seventh ruler of the Sheikhdom of Kuwait, and his wife Hessa bint Falah bin Rakan Al-Hithlain. He is the progenitor of the Al-Hamad branch of the Al-Sabah ruling family of Kuwait. Sheikh Hamad was one of three candidates nominated by the notables of Kuwait to potentially succeed Sheikh Salem Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah. It is said that he was the favorite child of his father. At his wedding, his father hosted a celebration in Kuwait that was unprecedented in its grandeur during that era.[1] [2] [3] [4] In 2024, his grandson Sheikh Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah became the first crown prince among his descendants.
Family tree
On May 17, 1908, Sheikh Hamad Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah married Sheikha Hessa Sabah Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah. They had several children:
- Sheikh Mubarak, father of Sheikh Jaber Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, a former Prime Minister of Kuwait.
- Sheikha Sharifa, who married Sheikh Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah, a former Emir of Kuwait.
- Sheikh Khaled, father of Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, current Crown Prince of Kuwait, and of Mohammad Al Khalid Al Sabah and Ahmad Al Khalid Al Sabah, former ministers of defence and interior.
- Sheikh Fahad.
- Sheikha Naseema, who married Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salem Al-Sabah, the first independent Emir of Kuwait.
- Sheikha Nashmiya.
Notes and References
- Web site: حمد المبارك.. في ذكراه الثانية والسبعين . https://web.archive.org/web/20160305010740/http://www.alqabas.com.kw/Article.aspx?id=611067&date=05062010 . 5 March 2016.
- Book: Kuwait Political Agency: Arabic Documents 1899-1949 . Archive Editions . 1994 . 1.
- Book: Crystal, Jill . Oil and politics in the Gulf: rulers and merchants in Kuwait and Qatar . 1999 . Univ. Press . 978-0-521-46635-6 . Updated ed., transferred to digital repr . Cambridge Middle East library . Cambridge . 42, 43, 44.
- Book: Rush, A. de L. . Al-Sabah: genealogy and history of Kuwait's ruling family, 1752-1986 . 1987 . Ithaca Press . 978-0-86372-081-9 . Middle East cultures series . London ; Atlantic Highlands, NJ.
