Timeline of Kuwait City

The following is a timeline of the history of Kuwait City, Al Asimah Governorate, Kuwait, and its metro surroundings.

18th century

Early 1700s — Small fishing village of Grane or Kureyn under the control of the Bani Khalid Emirate, independent of Ottoman control since 1670
1750s — Bani Utbah migrants establish the Sheikhdom of Kuwait under the auspices of the Bani Khalid
1775–1779 — Siege of Basra by Persia prompts Iraqi merchants and shipwrights to relocate to Kuwait City, along with trade routes from India, Muscat, and Persia to Baghdad, Aleppo, Smyrna, and Constantinople
1792 — E. India Company establishes Kuwaiti factory, tying the city's trade to East Africa

19th century

1871 — Al-Hasa Expedition returns Kuwait to Ottoman rule
1875 — Kuwait organized as part of Basra Vilayet
1899 — Treaty with the United Kingdom signed by Mubarak Al-Sabah

20th century

1901 — Population: c. 15,000
1904 — Seif Palace expansion begins
1912 — U.S. mission established
1915 — Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah becomes governor of Kuwait City
1921 — City wall built; Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah becomes sultan
1930 — Kuwait Municipality [ar] established
1936 — Central Library established
1948 — Population: c. 80,000
1950s — Hawally development begins near city
1951 — Urban master plan commissioned
1957 — City wall removed; Kuwait National Museum founded.
1961 — Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development headquartered in city
1962 — City becomes part of newly established Capital Governorate; Nasir Sabah Nasir Mubarak I becomes governor; Al-Watan newspaper begins publication
1963 — National Assembly of Kuwait headquartered in city.
1965 — Kuwait Transport Company established; public transit begins with route from city center to Fahaheel District; Population: 99,633
1966 — Kuwait University established
1967 — Arab Towns Organization headquartered in Kaifan
1970 — Urban master plan commissioned (approximate date)
1972 — Al-Qabas newspaper begins publication
1974 — Japanese embassy attacked (7 Feb.)
1975 — International School of Pakistan established in Al Farwaniyah; Population: 78,116
1976 — Al-Anba newspaper begins publication; Kuwait Water Towers built
1979 — Kuwait Towers built; Salim Sabah Nasir Mubarak I becomes governor (approximate date); Jahra Governorate established near city^{[citation needed]}
1980 — Kuwait Petroleum Corporation headquartered in city
1982 — Kuwait National Assembly Building and Al-Fahed Mosque built
1983 — 1983 Kuwait bombings (12 Dec.); Dar Al Athar Al Islamiyyah (cultural entity) established
1984 — Gulf Cooperation Council meets
1985 — Jabir Abdallah Jabir Abdallah II becomes governor
1986 — Grand Mosque (Kuwait) and Al-Marzook Medical Center and Mosque built
1988 — Lycée Français de Koweït established in Salmiya; Farwaniya Governorate established near city^{[citation needed]}
1990 — Invasion of Kuwait by Iraqi forces (2–4 Aug.)
1991 — Iraqis ousted (Feb.)
1993 — Liberation Tower (Kuwait) and Al-Mubarrah Community Center built; Urban master plan created by Kuwait Municipality
1994 — National Library of Kuwait headquartered in city
1995 — Population: 28,747 in Kuwait City
1998 — Al-Sharq Waterfront built
1999 — Mubarak Al-Kabeer Governorate established near city^{[citation needed]}

21st century

2001 — Population: 388,532 in Capital Governorate
2002 — 2002 West Asian Games held (Apr.)
2003 — Museum of Modern Art opens; Urban master plan created
2004 — Kuwait Petroleum Corporation Tower built; American University of Kuwait opens in Salmiya
2005 — Dar Al Awadi Tower built in Sharq
2006 — General election held 29 June, the first including female voters
2008 — Kuwait International Airport's new terminal built
2009 — Arraya Tower built
2011 — Al Hamra Tower built
2014 — Population: 538,053 in Capital Governorate, 1,094,576 in Farwaniya Governorate, 898,401 in Hawalli Governorate, and 232,428 in Mubarak Al-Kabeer Governorate
2026 — Kuwait struck by Iran in 2026 Iran War (Feb 28-present)

References

↑ Turner 2008.
1 2 Britannica 1910.
1 2 3 Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), "Kuwait, Kuweit, or Al-Kuwayt", Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 996, OL 6112221M, Formerly called Qurein, Grane, or Grain
↑ "Arabia: Sultanate of Koweit". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
↑ Michael Herb (2014). The Wages of Oil: Parliaments and Economic Development in Kuwait and the UAE. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-5468-4.
↑ "Kuwait marks 50th anniversary of first municipal elections". Kuwait News Agency. June 2014.
1 2 Wafa'a H. Al-Sane (2003). "Kuwait". In Miriam Drake (ed.). Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science (2nd ed.). Marcel Dekker. ISBN 978-0-8247-2079-7.
↑ Malcolm C. Peck (2007). Historical Dictionary of the Gulf Arab States. USA: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6416-0.
1 2 3 4 5 Jones 2014.
↑ "Kuwait City". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
1 2 Noura Alsager, ed. (2014). Acquiring Modernity. State of Kuwait, National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters. ISBN 978-99906-0-423-8. Biennale di Venezia
1 2 3 Alan Rush (1987). Al-Sabah: History & Genealogy of Kuwait's Ruling Family, 1752-1987. London: Ithaca Press. ISBN 978-0-86372-081-9.
1 2 3 4 5 "Kuwait". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2004. p. 2538+. ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8.
↑ Abdul-llah Abu-Ayyash (1986). "Urban Public Transport Planning in Kuwait". GeoJournal. 12 (3): 243–254. Bibcode:1986GeoJo..12..243A. doi:10.1007/BF00175011. JSTOR 41143870.
↑ "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966. pp. 140–161.
↑ Karim Jamal (12 December 1973), "Kuwait: a Salutary Tale", Architects Journal
↑ United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1987). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1985 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 247–289.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
1 2 3 4 5 (Kuwait City), ArchNet, retrieved 30 April 2015
1 2 "Art Galleries and Museums (list)". ArtKuwait.org. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
↑ "GCC Most Prominent Decisions (timeline)" (PDF). Qatar News Agency. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
↑ BBC News (24 August 2011). "Kuwait Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
↑ "(Kuwait City)". Emporis.com. Hamburg. Archived from the original on March 22, 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
↑ "Kuwaiti Women Join the Voting After a Long Battle for Suffrage", New York Times, 30 June 2006
↑ "Statistical Reports: Population: Population Density by Governorate". Government of Kuwait, Public Authority for Civil Information. 2014.

Bibliography

Published in 19th century

James Horsburgh (1852). "Persian Gulf, West Side: Graen, or Grane, called also Quade". India Directory: Or, Directions for Sailing to and from the East Indies, China, Australia, and the Interjacent Ports of Africa and South America (6th ed.). London: William H. Allen & Co. – via Google Books.
Edward Balfour (1885), "Koweit, also called Quade or Grave", Cyclopaedia of India (3rd ed.), London: B. Quaritch, hdl:2027/mdp.39015068611014 – via HathiTrust, Al Quaat

Published in 20th century

Wahab, Robert Alexander (1910). "Kuwēt" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 15 (11th ed.). p. 956.
British Admiralty (1916). "Sultanate of Koweit: Towns: Koweit". Handbook of Arabia. Vol. 1. London: British War Office. hdl:2027/njp.32101006882755.
"Kuwait". Persian Gulf Pilot. Washington DC: Government Printing Office. 1920.
L.W. Amps (1953). "Kuwait Town Development". Journal of the Royal Central Asian Society. 40 (3–4). UK: 234–240. doi:10.1080/03068375308731484.
Abdul-llah Abu-Ayyash (1980). "Urban Development and Planning Strategies in Kuwait". International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. 4.
Najat Abd al-Qadir al-Jasim (1980). The Kuwait Municipality over 50 Years. Kuwait Municipality.
Stephen Gardiner; Ian Cook (1983). Kuwait, the making of a city. Longman. ISBN 978-0-582-78356-0.
Norconsult (1984), Public Transport in Kuwait Town and Urban Areas, Kuwait Municipality and Kuwait Transport Company
Saleh Abdulghani Al-Mutawa (1994), History of Architecture in Old Kuwait City

Published in 21st century

Yasser Elsheshtawy, ed. (2008). "Kuwait: learning from a globalized city". The Evolving Arab City: Tradition, Modernity and Urban Development. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-12821-1.
Angie Turner (2008), "Kuwait City", in Michael R.T. Dumper; Bruce E. Stanley (eds.), Cities of the Middle East and North Africa, USA: ABC-CLIO, p. 229+, ISBN 9781576079195
Farah al-Nakib (2013). "Kuwait's Modern Spectacle: Oil Wealth and the Making of a New Capital City, 1950–90". Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East. 33: 7–25. doi:10.1215/1089201X-2072694. S2CID 154520615.
Gwyn Lloyd Jones (2014). "Kuwait City, Kuwait". In Murray Fraser; Nasser Golzari (eds.). Architecture and Globalisation in the Persian Gulf Region. Ashgate. pp. 37–56. ISBN 978-1-4094-7098-4.

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[FOOTNOTETurner2008-1] Turner 2008.

[FOOTNOTEBritannica1910-2] 1 2 Britannica 1910.

[seltzer1952-3] 1 2 3 Leon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), "Kuwait, Kuweit, or Al-Kuwayt", Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 996, OL 6112221M, Formerly called Qurein, Grane, or Grain

[statesman1921-4] "Arabia: Sultanate of Koweit". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.

[Herb2014-5] Michael Herb (2014). The Wages of Oil: Parliaments and Economic Development in Kuwait and the UAE. Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-5468-4.

[kuna2014-municipal-6] "Kuwait marks 50th anniversary of first municipal elections". Kuwait News Agency. June 2014.

[alSane2003-7] 1 2 Wafa'a H. Al-Sane (2003). "Kuwait". In Miriam Drake (ed.). Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science (2nd ed.). Marcel Dekker. ISBN 978-0-8247-2079-7.

[Peck2007-8] Malcolm C. Peck (2007). Historical Dictionary of the Gulf Arab States. USA: Scarecrow Press. ISBN 978-0-8108-6416-0.

[FOOTNOTEJones2014-9] 1 2 3 4 5 Jones 2014.

[planet-10] "Kuwait City". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 30 April 2015.

[alsager2014-11] 1 2 Noura Alsager, ed. (2014). Acquiring Modernity. State of Kuwait, National Council for Culture, Arts and Letters. ISBN 978-99906-0-423-8. Biennale di Venezia

[Rush1987-12] 1 2 3 Alan Rush (1987). Al-Sabah: History & Genealogy of Kuwait's Ruling Family, 1752-1987. London: Ithaca Press. ISBN 978-0-86372-081-9.

[europa2004-13] 1 2 3 4 5 "Kuwait". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2004. p. 2538+. ISBN 978-1-85743-255-8.

[AbuAyyash1986-14] Abdul-llah Abu-Ayyash (1986). "Urban Public Transport Planning in Kuwait". GeoJournal. 12 (3): 243–254. Bibcode:1986GeoJo..12..243A. doi:10.1007/BF00175011. JSTOR 41143870.

[15] "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". Demographic Yearbook 1965. New York: Statistical Office of the United Nations. 1966. pp. 140–161.

[16] Karim Jamal (12 December 1973), "Kuwait: a Salutary Tale", Architects Journal

[17] United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Statistical Office (1987). "Population of capital cities and cities of 100,000 and more inhabitants". 1985 Demographic Yearbook. New York. pp. 247–289.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[archnet-18] 1 2 3 4 5 (Kuwait City), ArchNet, retrieved 30 April 2015

[ArtKuwait-19] 1 2 "Art Galleries and Museums (list)". ArtKuwait.org. Retrieved 30 April 2015.

[20] "GCC Most Prominent Decisions (timeline)" (PDF). Qatar News Agency. Retrieved 30 April 2015.

[bbc-profile-21] BBC News (24 August 2011). "Kuwait Profile: Timeline". BBC News. Retrieved 30 April 2015.

[22] "(Kuwait City)". Emporis.com. Hamburg. Archived from the original on March 22, 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.

[23] "Kuwaiti Women Join the Voting After a Long Battle for Suffrage", New York Times, 30 June 2006

[24] "Statistical Reports: Population: Population Density by Governorate". Government of Kuwait, Public Authority for Civil Information. 2014.

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