Timeline of Kuwait City

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

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources.

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 ^{[1] [2]}

20th century

• 1901 — Population: c. 15,000 ^[2]
• 1904 — Seif Palace expansion begins
• 1912 — U.S. mission established ^[3]
• 1915 — Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah becomes governor of Kuwait City
• 1921 — City wall built; ^[3] Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah becomes sultan ^[4]
• 1930 — Kuwait Municipality  [ ar ] established ^{[5] [6]}
• 1936 — Central Library established ^[7]
• 1948 — Population: c. 80,000 ^[3]
• 1950s — Hawally development begins near city ^[8]
• 1951 — Urban master plan commissioned ^[9]
• 1957 — City wall removed; ^[10] Kuwait National Museum founded. ^[11]
• 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; ^[12] Al-Watan newspaper begins publication ^[13]
• 1963 — National Assembly of Kuwait headquartered in city.
• 1965 — Kuwait Transport Company established; public transit begins with route from city center to Fahaheel District; ^[14] Population: 99,633 ^[15]
• 1966 — Kuwait University established
• 1967 — Arab Towns Organization headquartered in Kaifan
• 1970 — Urban master plan commissioned (approximate date) ^{[9] [16]}
• 1972 — Al-Qabas newspaper begins publication ^[13]
• 1974 — Japanese embassy attacked (7 Feb.)
• 1975 — International School of Pakistan established in Al Farwaniyah; Population: 78,116 ^[17]
• 1976 — Al-Anba newspaper begins publication; ^[13] Kuwait Water Towers built ^{[11] [18]}
• 1979 — Kuwait Towers built; ^[18] Salim Sabah Nasir Mubarak I becomes governor (approximate date); ^[12] Jahra Governorate established near city^{[ citation needed ]}
• 1980 — Kuwait Petroleum Corporation headquartered in city
• 1982 — Kuwait National Assembly Building ^[9] and Al-Fahed Mosque ^[18] built
• 1983 — 1983 Kuwait bombings (12 Dec.); Dar Al Athar Al Islamiyyah (cultural entity) established ^[19]
• 1984 — Gulf Cooperation Council meets ^[20]
• 1985 — Jabir Abdallah Jabir Abdallah II becomes governor ^[12]
• 1986 — Grand Mosque (Kuwait) and Al-Marzook Medical Center and Mosque ^[18] 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.) ^[21]
• 1993 — Liberation Tower (Kuwait) and Al-Mubarrah Community Center built; Urban master plan created by Kuwait Municipality ^[9]
• 1994 — National Library of Kuwait headquartered in city ^[7]
• 1995 — Population: 28,747 in Kuwait City ^[13]
• 1998 — Al-Sharq Waterfront built ^[18]
• 1999 — Mubarak Al-Kabeer Governorate established near city^{[ citation needed ]}

21st century

Kuwait City, from the International Space Station in 2006

Map of Kuwait City, 2011

• 2001 — Population: 388,532 in Capital Governorate ^[13]
• 2002 — 2002 West Asian Games held (Apr.)
• 2003 — Museum of Modern Art opens; ^[19] Urban master plan created ^[9]
• 2004 — Kuwait Petroleum Corporation Tower built; ^[22] 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 ^[23]
• 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 ^[24]

See also

• Kuwait City history
• Other names of Kuwait City
• List of areas of Capital Governorate

References

1. Turner 2008.
2. Britannica 1910.
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
4. "Arabia: Sultanate of Koweit". Statesman's Year-Book. London: Macmillan and Co. 1921. hdl:2027/njp.32101072368440.
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.
6. "Kuwait marks 50th anniversary of first municipal elections". Kuwait News Agency. June 2014.
7. 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.
8. Malcolm C. Peck (2007). Historical Dictionary of the Gulf Arab States. USA: Scarecrow Press. ISBN   978-0-8108-6416-0.
9. Jones 2014.
10. "Kuwait City". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
11. 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
12. Alan Rush (1987). Al-Sabah: History & Genealogy of Kuwait's Ruling Family, 1752-1987. London: Ithaca Press. ISBN   978-0-86372-081-9.
13. "Kuwait". Europa World Year Book. Europa Publications. 2004. p. 2538+. ISBN   978-1-85743-255-8.
14. Abdul-llah Abu-Ayyash (1986). "Urban Public Transport Planning in Kuwait". GeoJournal. 12 (3): 243–254. 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.
18. (Kuwait City), ArchNet , retrieved 30 April 2015
19. "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.
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.

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 Hathi Trust, 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 . UK. 40 (3–4): 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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