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Kuwait: Heads of State: 1752-1990

Ruling House: Āl al-Ṣabāḥ (آل الصباح); the honorific title, Shaykh (شيخ), is normally prefixed to the name of a ruler.
Ḥākim al-Kuwayt (حاكم الكويت) | Ruler of Kuwait
c. 1752 - c. 1756 Ṣabāḥ al-Jābir (صباح الجابر)
c. 1756 - ? Feb 1814 ʿAbd Allāh al-Ṣabāḥ (عبد الله الصباح)
? Feb 1814 - c. 1859 Jābir al-ʿAbd Allāh al-Ṣabāḥ (جابر العبد الله الصباح)
c. 1859 - 1866 Ṣabāḥ al-Jābir al-Ṣabāḥ (صباح الجابر الصباح)
1866 - 29 May 1892 ʿAbd Allāh al-Ṣabāḥ al-Ṣabāḥ (عبد الله الصباح الصباح)
29 May 1892 - 8? May 1896 Muḥammad al-Ṣabāḥ al-Ṣabāḥ (محمد الصباح الصباح)
May 1896 - 28 Nov 1915 Mubārak al-Ṣabāḥ al-Ṣabāḥ (مبارك الصباح الصباح)
28 Nov 1915 - 5 Feb 1917 Jābir al-Mubārak al-Ṣabāḥ (جابر المبارك الصباح)
5 Feb 1917 - 22 Feb 1921 Sālim al-Mubārak al-Ṣabāḥ (سالم المبارك الصباح)
Nāʿib Ḥākim (نائب حاكم) | Deputy Ruler
23 Feb 1921 - 24 Mar 1921 ʿAbd Allāh al-Sālim al-Ṣabāḥ (عبد الله السالم الصباح)
Ḥākim al-Kuwayt (حاكم الكويت) | Ruler of Kuwait
24 Mar 1921 - 29 Jan 1950 Aḥmad al-Jābir al-Ṣabāḥ (أحمد الجابر الصباح) [1]
29 Jan 1950 - 19 Jun 1961 ʿAbd Allāh al-Sālim al-Ṣabāḥ (عبد الله السالم الصباح) 
Amīr Dawlat al-Kuwayt (أمير دولة الكويت) | Amir of the State of Kuwait
19 Jun 1961 - 24 Nov 1965 ʿAbd Allāh al-Sālim al-Ṣabāḥ (عبد الله السالم الصباح) 
24 Nov 1965 - 31 Dec 1977 Ṣabāḥ al-Sālim al-Ṣabāḥ (صباح السالم الصباح)
31 Dec 1977 - 2 Aug 1990 Jābir al-Aḥmad al-Ṣabāḥ (جابر الأحمد الصباح)

[1] Arrived to Kuwait on 24 Mar 1921 and was acknowledged as ruler by the meeting of notables on 25 Mar 1921.