State · 1899 – 1961

Emirate of Kuwait

A state of 1899 – 1961 — 62 years in the Middle East and North Africa. It replaced Bani Khalid Emirate. It was followed by Kuwait. The atlas records 4 things within it — people 4. Its line of rulers holds 6 people.

Wikidata's English label: Sheikhdom of Kuwait.

For the full story, the article on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); this page holds what the record says of the state.

Stood: 62 years; 1899 – 1961
Rulers: 6; the head of state
Most ground: 14,200 km²; in 1961
Within it: 4; recorded rows
Symbols: 6; on record, with years

Map: Emirate of Kuwait in 1961, its borders in gold among its neighbours — Emirate of Kuwait in 1961, when it held the most ground the borders dataset draws for it: 14,200 km². Its neighbours wear their tints, as on the atlas's own map. Borders from Cliopatria (CC BY 4.0), coast and rivers from Natural Earth, cities from Reba, Reitsma & Seto 2016 (CC BY 4.0), each city under the name it bore that year.

Where it sits in time

Five thousand years, 3000 BCE to 2026; the state in gold, what it replaced or followed and what replaced or followed it in grey.

Before and after

The states the record files it as replacing or following, and those that replaced or followed it - Wikidata's own statements, each read from this state's side.

Before it

Bani Khalid Emirate · replaces · 1669 – 1796

After it

Kuwait · followed by · 1991 – present

Rulers

The line of head of state.

killed, executed or dead in battledied in office

4 terms are shared from [object Object].

Ruler	Reign	Length	How it ended · source	To the ruler before
Muhammad bin Sabah Al-Sabah	1892 – 1896	4 years	killedWikidata's manner of death
Mubarak Al-Sabah	1896 – 1915	19 years	died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death	sibling
Jaber II Al-Sabah	1915 – 1917	2 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	child
Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah	1917 – 1921	4 years	died in office, manner not recordedread off the dates alone	sibling
Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah	1921 – 1950	29 years	died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death	nephew or niece
Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah	1950 – 1965	15 years	died in office of natural causesWikidata's manner of death	cousin

6 rulers, 6 with terms dated as terms, covering 1892 – 1965. Median reign 9.5 years. 1 of 5 handovers irregular - a killing, a deposition, a rival claimant, a rising or a coup beside it. A blank in the last column means no kin on record, which is coverage, never “unrelated”.

Ground held, by year

km² inside its borders as the borders dataset draws them, measured on an equal-area grid; a step series, held between the years the dataset maps.

14,200 km² in 1961. Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0.

Flags and arms, in order

Each symbol with the years its own statement gives; the timeline flies the one of the year on screen.

flag, 1746 – 1871Flag of Kuwait Al-Sulami 1746-1871 · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Tcfc2349
flag, 1871 – 1914Flag of the Ottoman Empire (1844–1922) · Public domain
flag, 1914 – 1921Flag of Kuwait (1914-1921) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Tcfc2349
flag, 1921 – 1940Flag of Kuwait (1921-1940) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Tcfc2349
coat of arms, 1940 – 1956Coat of Arms of Kuwait (1940–1956) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · User: Felipe Fidelis Tobias
flag, 1940 – 1961Flag of Kuwait (1940-1961) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Tcfc2349

What happened within it, by century

Every row the atlas hosts under this state, by the century it began in: wars and battles in red, risings, regime changes and massacres beside them, everything else in grey. A tall bar is a century the record is full for, which is partly a fact about Wikipedia.

1800 – 18994 rows

Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah · ruler · 1895 – 1965
Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah · ruler · 1885 – 1950
Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah · ruler · 1864 – 1921
Jaber II Al-Sabah · ruler · 1873 – 1917

Among all states

Each measure against the states that carry it, never against all of them: a bar is the share of those states below this one.

How long it stood62 years
stood longer than 37% of 3,187 states with a recorded end or still standing.
The most ground it held14,200 km²
held more ground at its peak than 18% of 1,465 states with a border in Cliopatria.
Wars recorded per centurynone
had more wars on record per century than 44% of 3,187 states, counting the wars the atlas hosts under each.
How long a reign lasted, at the median15 years
had longer reigns, at the median, than 49% of 967 states whose dated line can carry a median.
Rulers on record6
has more rulers on record than 69% of 1,968 states with a line of rulers.

What led to it, and what came of it

The investigation's own picture: 1 cause the record names and 1 result, the strongest six of each at their own years, joined to the state by the kind of claim - a recorded statement solid, the article's sentence dashed, a theory dash-dot.

linked

Open the investigation: every row with its evidence, the conditions at the time, the theories condition by condition, and the succession analysed.

Open in the atlas

On the timeline, 1889 – 1971, with everything that stood beside it.
On the map in 1961, live: scrub the year and watch its borders move.
Investigate it: what led to it, what came of it, and its succession analysed.

Wikidata Q3480281 (CC0) · borders Cliopatria, CC BY 4.0 · coast and rivers Natural Earth · symbols from Wikimedia Commons, each credited above · data built 2026-10-06 · Pastlas v2.9.1, by Oleh Voronko. The published atlas and its data are for non-commercial use.