Hamad Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah

Sheikh Hamad Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah (Arabic: الشيخ حمد المبارك الصباح; 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.

Hamad Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah
Born1894
Died31 May 1938(1938-05-31) (aged 44)
HouseSabah
FatherMubarak I
MotherHessa bint Falah bin Rakan Al-Hithlain

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On May 17, 1908, Sheikh Hamad Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah married Sheikha Hessa Sabah Al-Mohammad Al-Sabah. They had several children:[1][4]

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  1. ^ a b "حمد المبارك.. في ذكراه الثانية والسبعين". Archived from the original on 5 March 2016.
  2. ^ Kuwait Political Agency: Arabic Documents 1899-1949 (1 ed.). Archive Editions. 1994.
  3. ^ Crystal, Jill (1999). Oil and politics in the Gulf: rulers and merchants in Kuwait and Qatar. Cambridge Middle East library (Updated ed., transferred to digital repr ed.). Cambridge: Univ. Press. pp. 42, 43, 44. ISBN 978-0-521-46635-6.
  4. ^ a b Rush, A. de L. (1987). Al-Sabah: genealogy and history of Kuwait's ruling family, 1752-1986. Middle East cultures series. London; Atlantic Highlands, NJ: Ithaca Press. ISBN 978-0-86372-081-9.