List of wars involving Kuwait

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This is a list of wars involving the State of Kuwait.

Conflict Kuwait
and allies
Opponents Results Kuwaiti losses Head of State
Military Civilians
Utbi Invasion of Bahrain
(1782–1783)
Sheikhdom of Kuwait
Zubarah
Persia Victory
  • Naval attack by the Bushehri navy on Zubarah in 1782 fails.
  • Civil war starts in Bahrain after the attack on Zubarah.
  • Jidhafs win the civil war, however, by this time the Zubarans had just entered the country.
  • Zubarah gains control of Bahrain in 1783
~?
Battle of Al-Raqah[1]
(1783)
Sheikhdom of Kuwait Banu Kaab Victory
  • Kuwaiti victory over Banu Kaab.
~No Recorded Casualties
Ibn Ufaisan's Invasion
(1793)
Sheikhdom of Kuwait
Great Britain
Emirate of Diriyah Victory
  • Saudi retreat from Kuwait.
~?
Battle of Khakeekera[2]
(1811)
Sheikhdom of Kuwait
Bahrain
Emirate of Diriyah Victory
  • Rahmah ibn Jabir al-Jalahimah's invasion of Bahrain repelled.
~1000 (Kuwait and Bahrain)
~
Sheikh Humoud's Revolt[3]
(1828)
Sheikhdom of Kuwait
Ottoman Empire
Arab tribes Victory
  • Kuwaiti intervention in Basra leads to ceasefire with the Bani Kaab.
  • Sheikh Humoud imprisoned by Governor of Baghdad Dawud Pasha and replaced by his nephew Sheikh Aqeel as Emir of the Muntafiq tribal confederation.
~?
Siege of Basra[3]
(1831)
Sheikhdom of Kuwait
Arab tribes
Ottoman Empire Victory
  • End of several week long siege of Basra by the allies of former Baghdad governor Dawud Pasha.
  • Arab demands met with the Re-installation of Aziz Agha as Mutasallim of Basra.
~?
Siege of Al-Zubair[4]
(1833)
Sheikhdom of Kuwait
House of Al Thaqib
Arab tribes
Zubair Victory
  • End of the seven-month-long siege of Zubair.
  • Restoration of the Al Thaqib family as the ruling house of Zubair.
  • Massacre of the House of Al Zuhair by the reinstated House of Al Thaqib; survivors find refuge in Kuwait and Ottoman Iraq.
~?
Invasion of Muhammara[5]
(1837)
Sheikhdom of Kuwait
Ottoman Empire
Banu Kaab Victory
  • Capture and destruction of Muhammara (Khorramshahr) by Ali Rida Pasha, Governor of Baghdad.
  • Banu Kaab pays homage to the Ottomans rather than the Persians.
  • Kuwait wins alliance with the Ottoman Empire and becomes unrivaled in sharing with Basra the commercial prosperity in the northern region of the Gulf with the fall of Muhammara.
~?
Al-Hasa Expedition[6][7]
(1870–1871)
Sheikhdom of Kuwait
Ottoman Empire
Arab tribes

Al-Muntafiq

Emirate of Nejd Victory
  • Al Hasa is reincorporated into the Ottoman Empire and becomes known as the Najd Sanjak.
  • Sheikh Abdullah bin Sabah Al Sabah the ruler of Kuwait is granted the honorific title[8] of Kaymakam by the Ottomans for his contribution to the war effort.[9]
~?
Kuwaiti–Rashidi War
(1900-1901)
Sheikhdom of Kuwait

Arab tribes

Jabal Shammar Defeat
  • Kuwaiti Invasion of Najd repelled.
  • Establishment of British Protectorate over Kuwait based on Anglo-Kuwaiti Agreement of 1899.
~1,200
~
Battle of Jo-Laban[10][11]
(1903)
Sheikhdom of Kuwait
Emirate of Nejd and Hasa
Arab tribes

Al-Muntafiq

Jabal Shammar Victory
~?
Battle of Hadia[12]
(1910)
Sheikhdom of Kuwait
Emirate of Nejd and Hasa
Al-Muntafiq Defeat
  • Kuwaiti-Saudi initial defeat at the Battle of Hadia.
  • Sheikh Mubarak sends another force which easily claims victory against the Al Muntafiq tribe.
~338
~
Mesopotamian Campaign[13][14][15]
(1914–1918)
Sheikhdom of Kuwait (1914)
British Empire British Empire
 Ottoman Empire
German Empire German Empire
Victory

Kuwaiti Front:

  • Ottoman forces expelled from their positions in Umm Qasr, Safwan, and Bubiyan.
  • British public recognition of Kuwait as a protectorate proclaiming it to be an “independent government under British protection.[16]

British Front:

~?
Kuwait–Najd War
(1919–1920)
Sheikhdom of Kuwait Emirate of Nejd and Hasa Kuwaiti Military victory, Najdi Political Victory
~200
Ikhwan Revolt
(1927–1930)
Sheikhdom of Kuwait
Nejd and Hejaz
United Kingdom
Ikhwan Victory
  • Ikhwan attack on Kuwait repelled.
  • The remnants of the Ikhwan incorporated into regular Saudi units.
  • The Ikhwan leadership was either slain or imprisoned.
~14[17]
~
Abdul Karim Qasim's crisis
(1961-1963)
 Kuwait
 United Kingdom
Saudi Arabia
 Jordan
 United Arab Republic
Sudan
Iraq Mission success

.

~None
Six-Day War
(1967)
 Egypt
 Syria
 Jordan
Iraq Iraq
Algeria
 Kuwait
Libya
Morocco
Pakistan
PLO
Saudi Arabia
Sudan
Tunisia
 Israel Defeat
~18,510-23,510 (Arab forces combined)
~
Al-Samita border skirmish
(1973)
Kuwait Iraq Iraq Ceasefire
  • Pull back of Iraqi Armed Forces to the demarcation line set by the Arab League during Operation Vantage 1961.
  • Iraqi withdrawal from Al-Sanita border post under Saudi pressure.[18]
~2
~
October War
(1973)
 Egypt
 Syria
Iraq Iraq
 Jordan
 Algeria
 Cuba
 Morocco
 Tunisia
Libya
PLO
 Kuwait
Saudi Arabia
Pakistan
North Korea
 Israel Defeat[19]
42
~
Invasion of Kuwait

(1990)

 Kuwait  Iraq Defeat 420[20] ?
Gulf War
(1990–1991)
 Kuwait
 United States
 United Kingdom
 Saudi Arabia
 France
 Canada
 Egypt
 Syria
 Oman
 United Arab Emirates
 Bahrain
 Qatar
Other Allies
Iraq Victory
~200
~1,000
Yemeni Civil War
(2015–)
Yemen Hadi government
South Yemen Southern Movement
 Saudi Arabia
 United Arab Emirates
 Bahrain
 Kuwait
 Qatar
 Jordan
 Morocco
 Sudan
 Egypt
 Senegal
Yemen Houthi government
Al-Qaeda
Islamic State Islamic State
Ongoing
  • Houthis dissolve Yemeni government.
  • Houthis take control of northern Yemen.
~None

Nawaf I

References

  1. ^ ar:معركة الرقة
  2. ^ ar:معركة خكيكرة
  3. ^ a b Abu-Hakima, Ahmad Mustafa. "The Siege of Basra (1831)." The Modern History of Kuwait, 1750–1965. London: Luzac &, 1983. 79. Print.
  4. ^ Abu-Hakima, Ahmad Mustafa. "Kuwait and Al-Zubair." The Modern History of Kuwait, 1750–1965. London: Luzac &, 1983. 76-78. Print.
  5. ^ Abu-Hakima, Ahmad Mustafa. "Invasion of Muhammara (1837)." The Modern History of Kuwait, 1750–1965. London: Luzac &, 1983. 80. Print.
  6. ^ ar:عبد الله الثاني الصباح#cite note-2
  7. ^ Abu-Hakima, Ahmad Mustafa. "The Expedition Route, Midhat Pasha in Al-Hasa, Kuwait's Role in the Ottoman Expedition 1871–1873, Abd Allah's Direct Role in the War." The Modern History of Kuwait, 1750–1965. London: Luzac &, 1983. 85-89. Print.
  8. ^ Albaharna, Husain M (1968). The Legal Status of the Arabian Gulf States. ISBN 9780719003325. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  9. ^ Abu-Hakima, Ahmad Mustafa. "The Effects of Al-Hasa Expedition on Kuwait." The Modern History of Kuwait, 1750–1965. London: Luzac &, 1983. 89-90. Print.
  10. ^ "( 1903 ) -". Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  11. ^ "معركة جو لبن". Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  12. ^ ar:معركة هدية
  13. ^ Slot 2005, p. 406
  14. ^ Slot 2005, p. 407
  15. ^ Slot 2005, p. 409
  16. ^ Slot 2005 406"
  17. ^ "1928 -". Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  18. ^ Iraq–Kuwait relations
  19. ^
  20. ^ "Kuwaiti casualties". kkackm.

Bibliography

  • Slot, B.J. (2005). Mubarak Al-Sabah : Founder of Modern Kuwait 1896-1915. London: Arabian Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-0-9544792-4-4.