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who he succeeded upon Sheikh Abdullah's death.

Reign

In his foreign policy, Jaber was aligned with the

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and opposed to the British. He assisted the Ottoman government in fighting against the

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for control of

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and

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, and rebuffed British attempts to make Kuwait a British

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. In 1822, he negotiated an agreement with Ibrahim Pasha that allowed Egyptian ships and caravans to pass through Kuwaiti territory. He sheltered a number of political refugees during his reign, most notably

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, who fled from his cousin

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. In 1841, he tempered his initial opposition to the British by signing a treaty with them. The treaty focused on freedom of navigation and opposition to the slave trade. He was succeeded by his eldest son

Sabah II Al-Sabah Sheikh Sabah II bin Jaber Al-Sabah (1784 – November 1866) was the fourth ruler of the Sheikhdom of Kuwait, ruling from 1859 to November 1866. He was the eldest son of Jaber I Al-Sabah Sheikh Jaber bin Abdullah ( ar, جابر بن عبد ...

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jaber 01 Al-Sabah 18th-century people from the Ottoman Empire 19th-century people from the Ottoman Empire 18th-century Kuwaiti people 19th-century Kuwaiti people Rulers of Kuwait House of Al-Sabah 1770 births 1859 deaths 19th-century Arabs