Muhammad Al-Sabah

Muhammad I Al-Sabah
Muhammad I Al-Sabah
	His Highness, Pasha
6th Ruler of Kuwait
Reign	May 1892 – 1896
Predecessor	Abdullah II Al-Sabah
Successor	Mubarak Al-Sabah
Born	1838; Sheikhdom of Kuwait
Died	17 May 1896 (aged 57–58)
Father	Sabah II Al-Sabah
Mother	a daughter of Emir Muhammad bin Ibrahim Al-Thaqib

Muhammad al-Sabah Al-Sabah also known as Noor Al Sabah (1838 – 1896) was the sixth ruler of Kuwait. He ruled between May 1892 and 1896[1] during which he held the title of Pasha from the Ottoman Sultan. He was the second son of Sabah II Al-Sabah and succeeded his half-brother Abdullah II Al-Sabah upon his death in 1892.

When Sheikh Muhammed came to power, disagreements soon arose with his brother Mubarak. Muhammad dealt with this by occupying Mubarak with foreign affairs, dispatching him to Hasa with an Ottoman force, and to the desert in order to settle affairs amongst tribes without providing funding. In 1896, Mubarak summoned his sons Jaber and Salim, and some supporters, and rode to Kuwait where they secretly entered Sheikh Muhammad's house.[2] Sheikh Muhammad and his brother Jarrah were assassinated in his house by Mubarak Al-Sabah on 17 May 1896.[1][3]

References

H. St. John Philby (1955). Saudi Arabia. London: Ernest Benn. p. 236. – via Questia (subscription required)
Crystal, Jill (1995). Oil and politics in the Gulf: Rulers and merchants in Kuwait and Qatar. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 23. ISBN 978-0-0521-46635-6 Check |isbn= value: length (help).
Alghanim, Salwa (15 October 1998). The Reign of Mubarak-Al-Sabah: Shaikh of Kuwait 1896–1915. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 9781860643507.

Regnal titles
Muhammad Al-Sabah House of Sabah Born: 1831 Died: 17 May 1896
Preceded by Abdullah II Al-Sabah	Sheikh of Kuwait 1892–1896	Succeeded by Mubarak Al-Sabah

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[philby-1] H. St. John Philby (1955). Saudi Arabia. London: Ernest Benn. p. 236. – via Questia (subscription required)

[2] Crystal, Jill (1995). Oil and politics in the Gulf: Rulers and merchants in Kuwait and Qatar. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. p. 23. ISBN 978-0-0521-46635-6 Check |isbn= value: length (help).

[3] Alghanim, Salwa (15 October 1998). The Reign of Mubarak-Al-Sabah: Shaikh of Kuwait 1896–1915. I.B.Tauris. ISBN 9781860643507.