Kuwait Governorate

Iraqi governorate within occupied Kuwaiti territory (1990–1991)

Not to be confused with Governorates of Kuwait.

Kuwait Governorate

محافظة الكويت (Arabic)

Annexed territory under military occupation
1990–1991

Kuwait Governorate in red
Capital| Kuwait
• Type| Governorate of Iraq (de jure)
Military occupation (de facto)
Historical era| Gulf War

• Republic of Kuwait annexed by Iraq

| 28 August[1] 1990

• Liberation of Kuwait

| 28 February 1991

Preceded by | Succeeded by

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|  | Republic of Kuwait

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| State of Kuwait |

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Part of a series on the

History 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

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Battle of Chains|  629 / 633
Kazma|  636
Portuguese control|  1500s

Bani Utub invasion of Bahrain

|  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

* List of museums in Kuwait
* History of Bahrain
* Al Zubara

* Kuwait 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

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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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