Kuwait - 1 Dinar - 2014 - P31a - B231a

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: KWD.231a
: KUWAIT

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SCWPM.#31a - TBB.#B231a - Date: ND (2014)
Grade: UNC -
Signature: 16
kwd-s16
Description: Colour: Gray.
Front: Great State Mosque; dhow; coat of arms with falcon and dhow.
Back: Greek ruins and ionic column on Failaka island.
3-mm wide color-changing windowed security thread with demetalized CBK 1 ١.
Watermark: Falcon head, electrotype ١, and Cornerstones.
Printer: (TDLR). - Size: 130 x 68 mm. - Material: paper.
This note represents Kuwaits history and Islam.
Some key dates in Kuwait's history:
1700s - Nomadic tribes from central Arabia settle in the bay of Kuwait City, among them the Al-Sabah family whose descendants now rule Kuwait.
1899 - British protectorate: Britain assumes control of foreign and defence policy amid fears of an expanding Ottoman Empire.
1930s - Oil: The discovery of massive oil reserves revolutionises the country's economy.
1961- Kuwait gains independence from Britain.
1963 - British military intervention forces Iraq to abandon its territorial claims and recognize Kuwait's independence. 
Kuwait becomes the first Arab country in the Gulf to establish an elected parliament.
1990-91 - First Gulf War: Iraqi invasion leads to a US-led military campaign to liberate Kuwait. A US-led and UN-backed bombing aerial campaign begins in Kuwait and Iraq. By late February 1991, allied forces reach Kuwait City. Iraqi forces torch oil wells as they pull out.
2003 - Tens of thousands of soldiers converge on the Kuwait-Iraq border for a US-led military campaign to disarm and oust Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein in Second Gulf War.
2003 - Political reform: Emir issues a landmark decree separating the post of prime minister from the crown prince.
2005 - Kuwaiti women win the right to vote and run in parliamentary elections.
2012 - Unprecedented protests call for government reforms.
2015 - Kuwait and four other Gulf states take part in Saudi-led air strikes on Houthi rebels in Yemen.
2020 - Sheikh Nawaf takes over as emir on the death of his half-brother Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Jaber al-Sabah.

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