1775–1779 —
Siege of Basra by
Persia prompts Iraqi merchants and shipwrights to relocate to Kuwait City, along with trade routes from India, Muscat, and Persia to Baghdad, Aleppo, Smyrna, and Constantinople
1792 —
E. India Company establishes Kuwaiti factory, tying the city's trade to East Africa
1962 — City becomes part of newly established
Capital Governorate; Nasir Sabah Nasir Mubarak I becomes governor;[12]Al-Watan newspaper begins publication[13]
^
abcLeon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), "Kuwait, Kuweit, or Al-Kuwayt", Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 996,
OL6112221M, Formerly called Qurein, Grane, or Grain
^
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ISBN978-0-8247-2079-7.
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hdl:
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ISBN978-0-582-78356-0.
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Published in 21st century
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ISBN978-1-134-12821-1.
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Nasser Golzari (eds.). Architecture and Globalisation in the Persian Gulf Region. Ashgate. pp. 37–56.
ISBN978-1-4094-7098-4.
1775–1779 —
Siege of Basra by
Persia prompts Iraqi merchants and shipwrights to relocate to Kuwait City, along with trade routes from India, Muscat, and Persia to Baghdad, Aleppo, Smyrna, and Constantinople
1792 —
E. India Company establishes Kuwaiti factory, tying the city's trade to East Africa
1962 — City becomes part of newly established
Capital Governorate; Nasir Sabah Nasir Mubarak I becomes governor;[12]Al-Watan newspaper begins publication[13]
^
abcLeon E. Seltzer, ed. (1952), "Kuwait, Kuweit, or Al-Kuwayt", Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, New York: Columbia University Press, p. 996,
OL6112221M, Formerly called Qurein, Grane, or Grain
^
abWafa'a H. Al-Sane (2003).
"Kuwait". In Miriam Drake (ed.). Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science (2nd ed.). Marcel Dekker.
ISBN978-0-8247-2079-7.
Edward Balfour (1885), "Koweit, also called Quade or Grave", Cyclopaedia of India (3rd ed.), London: B. Quaritch,
hdl:
2027/mdp.39015068611014 – via Hathi Trust, Al Quaat
Najat Abd al-Qadir al-Jasim (1980). The Kuwait Municipality over 50 Years. Kuwait Municipality.
Stephen Gardiner; Ian Cook (1983). Kuwait, the making of a city. Longman.
ISBN978-0-582-78356-0.
Norconsult (1984), Public Transport in Kuwait Town and Urban Areas, Kuwait Municipality and Kuwait Transport Company
Saleh Abdulghani Al-Mutawa (1994), History of Architecture in Old Kuwait City
Published in 21st century
Yasser Elsheshtawy, ed. (2008). "Kuwait: learning from a globalized city". The Evolving Arab City: Tradition, Modernity and Urban Development. Routledge.
ISBN978-1-134-12821-1.
Gwyn Lloyd Jones (2014). "Kuwait City, Kuwait". In Murray Fraser;
Nasser Golzari (eds.). Architecture and Globalisation in the Persian Gulf Region. Ashgate. pp. 37–56.
ISBN978-1-4094-7098-4.