Kuwait Governorate

Iraqi governorate within occupied Kuwaiti territory (1990–1991)

 • TypeGovernorate of Iraq (de jure)
Military occupation (de facto) Historical eraGulf War
• Republic of Kuwait annexed by Iraq
28 August[1] 1990
• Liberation of Kuwait
28 February 1991
Preceded by
Succeeded by
Republic of Kuwait
State of Kuwait
Part of a series on the
History of Kuwait
Coat of arms of Kuwait
Prehistoric and ancient
  • Mesopotamia
  • Bahra 1
  • H3 (Kuwait)
  • Subiya
  • Ubaid period
  • Failaka Island
  • Dilmun
  • Ikaros
  • Agarum
  • Kazma
  • Umm an Namil
  • Akkaz
  • Teredon
5th–18th century
Maishan 5th–13th century
Battle of Chains 629 / 633
Kazma 636
Portuguese control 1500s
1782–1783
Battle of Riqqa 1783
Ibn Ufaisan's Invasion 1793
18th century to 1961
Sheikhdom of Kuwait 1752–1961
Battle of Khakeekera 1811
Sheikh Humoud's Revolt 1828
Siege of Basra 1831
Siege of Al-Zubair 1833
Invasion of Muhammara 1837
Al-Hasa Expedition 1870–1871
Kuwaiti–Rashidi war 1900–1901
Battle of Jo-Laban 1903
Battle of Hadia 1910
Anglo-Ottoman
Convention
1913
Mesopotamian Campaign 1914–1918
Kuwait–Najd War 1919–1920
Battle of Jahra 1920
Ikhwan Revolt 1927–1930
Kuwait since 1961
State of Kuwait
1961–1990
1991–present
Operation Vantage 1961
Abdul Karim Qasim's crisis 1961–1963
Six-Day War 1967
Samita border skirmish 1973
October War 1973
Terrorism attack on the Japanese Embassy in Kuwait 1974
Kuwait bombings 1983
Aircraft hijackings 1984–1988
Attempted assassination of Emir Jaber 1985
Invasion of Kuwait 1990
Republic of Kuwait 1990–1991
Gulf War 1990–1991
Kuwaiti oil fires 1991
Palestinian exodus from Kuwait 1990–1991
2015 Kuwait mosque bombing 2015
See also
  • flagKuwait portal
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The Kuwait Governorate (Arabic: محافظة الكويت) was the 19th governorate of Iraq established in the aftermath of the invasion of Kuwait by Iraq[2] in 1990.[3][4] It was preceded by the brief puppet state of the Republic of Kuwait. The Kuwait Governorate consisted of most of the occupied Kuwaiti territory, with the exclusion of the northern areas which became the Saddamiyat al-Mitla' District. Saddam Hussein's relative, Ali Hassan al-Majid, became the governor of this province.

References

  1. ^ "The Gulf War, 1991". United States Department of State Office of the Historian. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
  2. ^ Jr, Apple (3 August 1990). "The Iraqi Invasion; INVADING IRAQIS SEIZE KUWAIT AND ITS OIL; U.S. CONDEMNS ATTACK, URGES UNITED ACTION". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
  3. ^ https://www.gulfnews.com/amp/opinion/thinkers/saddam-states-reasons-for-kuwait-invasion-1.502105[permanent dead link]
  4. ^ Abidi, A. H. H. (1991). "Origins and Dimensions of the Iraqi Claim over Kuwait". India International Centre Quarterly. 18 (1): 129–143. JSTOR 23002125.

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