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
Republic of Kuwait
State of Kuwait
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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
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.
^"The Gulf War, 1991". United States Department of State Office of the Historian. Retrieved 17 October 2020.
^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.
^https://www.gulfnews.com/amp/opinion/thinkers/saddam-states-reasons-for-kuwait-invasion-1.502105[permanent dead link]
^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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