Jaber I Al-Sabah
Jaber bin Abdullah | |
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3rd Ruler of Kuwait | |
Reign | 3 May 1814 – 1859 |
Predecessor | Abdullah I Al-Sabah |
Successor | Sabah II Al-Sabah |
Born | 1775 Sheikhdom of Kuwait |
Died | 1859 (aged 83–84) |
Spouse | a daughter of Sheikh Sultan bin Sabah Al-Sabah |
Father | Abdullah I Al-Sabah |
Sheikh Jaber bin Abdullah (Arabic: جابر بن عبد الله; Jaber I or Jaber Al-Aish; 1775 – 1859) was the third ruler of Kuwait, governing from 1814 to 1859. He was the eldest son of Abdullah bin Sabah who he succeeded upon Sheikh Abdullah's death.
Reign[]
In his foreign policy, Jaber was aligned with the Ottoman Empire and opposed to the British. He assisted the Ottoman government in fighting against the Banu Ka'b for control of Basra and Khorramshahr, and rebuffed British attempts to make Kuwait a British protectorate. In 1822, he negotiated an agreement with Ibrahim Pasha that allowed Egyptian ships and caravans to pass through Kuwaiti territory. He sheltered a number of political refugees during his reign, most notably Khalid bin Saud Al Saud from Najd, who fled from his cousin Abdullah bin Thunayan Al Saud.[citation needed]
In 1841, he tempered his initial opposition to the British by signing a treaty with them. The treaty focused on freedom of navigation and opposition to the slave trade.[citation needed] He was succeeded by his eldest son Sabah II Al-Sabah.[citation needed]
- 18th-century people of the Ottoman Empire
- 19th-century people of the Ottoman Empire
- 18th-century Kuwaiti people
- 19th-century Kuwaiti people
- Rulers of Kuwait
- House of Al-Sabah
- 1770 births
- 1859 deaths
- 19th-century Arabs