Helal Al-Mutairi

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Helal Al-Mutairi

Helal Fajhan Al-Mutairi (1855–1938) (Arabic: هلال فجحان المطيري), Kuwaiti business man and political man in the early 1900s.

Helal was one of few wealthy merchants and political men in Kuwait. He was a pearl merchant and trader, and led the first protest against Sheikh Mubarak Al-Sabah with the Kuwaiti merchant Ibrahim Al-Mudhaf.^{[citation needed]}

In the late 19th century, he was as a peacemaker between the Kuwaitis and the Saudi Ikhwan movement as he managed to solve Al-Jahra Battle between the Ikhwan leaders and Kuwait.^{[citation needed]}

Helal had great respect for capitalism, supported the civil rights movement in Kuwait.^{[citation needed]}

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