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Mubarak Al-Sabah

1837 - 1915

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Mubarak Al-Sabah (c. 1837 – 28 November 1915) (Arabic: الشيخ مبارك بن صباح الصباح) "the Great" (Arabic: مبارك الكبير), nicknamed "The lion of the peninsula" (Arabic: أسد الجزيرة), was the seventh ruler of the Sheikhdom of Kuwait, from 18 May 1896 until his death on 18 November 1915. Mubarak ascended the throne after assassinating his predecessor and half-brother, Muhammad Al-Sabah. Known for his significant role in shaping modern Kuwait, the constitution of the State of Kuwait mandates that the Emir of Kuwait must be a descendant of Mubarak from the ruling Al-Sabah family. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Mubarak Al-Sabah is the 13,229th most popular politician (down from 7,561st in 2019), the 14th most popular biography from Kuwait (down from 9th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Kuwaiti Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Mubarak Al-Sabah ranks 13,229 out of 19,576Before him are Song Ping, Banastre Tarleton, Siegfried Buback, Marcel Cachin, Nikolay Girs, and Pamba. After him are Iuput II, Sara Nazarbayeva, Eurycrates, Publius Rutilius Lupus, Dianne Feinstein, and Ernst Wilhelm Bohle.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1837, Mubarak Al-Sabah ranks 84Before him are Georg von Kopp, Jacob Maris, Ignatz Kolisch, Robert Gould Shaw, Jorge Isaacs, and Charles Yerkes. After him are Wilhelm Lexis, Francis Marrash, Elizabeth Jane Gardner, Barghash bin Said of Zanzibar, Ralph Copeland, and Artur Grottger. Among people deceased in 1915, Mubarak Al-Sabah ranks 86Before him are Luigi Capuana, Jerzy Żuławski, Ruben Sevak, Pascual Orozco, Johann Joseph Abert, and Siamanto. After him are Krikor Zohrab, Guillermo Billinghurst, Leo Frank, Margaret Lindsay Huggins, Friedrich Hasenöhrl, and Wyndham Halswelle.

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In Kuwait

Among people born in Kuwait, Mubarak Al-Sabah ranks 14 out of 42Before him are Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah (1930), Sabah I bin Jaber (1700), Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah (1953), Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah (1895), Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah (1942), and Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah (1913). After him are Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah (1864), Mishary Rashid Alafasy (1976), Nasser Al-Sabah (1940), Alaa Hussein Ali (1949), Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah (1956), and Jihadi John (1988).

Among POLITICIANS In Kuwait

Among politicians born in Kuwait, Mubarak Al-Sabah ranks 13Before him are Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah (1930), Sabah I bin Jaber (1700), Sabah Al-Khalid Al-Sabah (1953), Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah (1895), Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah (1942), and Sabah Al-Salim Al-Sabah (1913). After him are Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah (1864), Nasser Al-Sabah (1940), Alaa Hussein Ali (1949), Ahmad Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah (1956), and Fehaid Al-Deehani (1966).