Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah

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Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah عبد الله السالم الصباح
1st Emir of the State of Kuwait
Reign	19 June 1961 – 24 November 1965
Predecessor	Himself as ruler
Successor	Sabah III Al-Salim Al-Sabah
11th Ruler of the Sheikhdom of Kuwait
Reign	29 January 1950 – 18 June 1961
Coronation	25 February 1950
Predecessor	Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Successor	Himself as emir
Born	1895 Sheikhdom of Kuwait
Died	24 November 1965(1965-11-24) (aged 69–70) Kuwait City, Kuwait
Issue	Saad Al-Salim Al-Sabah
House	Sabah
Father	Salim Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah
Mother	Sheikha Mariam bint Jarrah Al-Sabah

Sheikh Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah (Arabic: الشيخ عبد الله الثالث السالم الصباح‎, 1895 – 24 November 1965) was the eleventh ruler of the Sheikhdom of Kuwait from 1950 to 1961 and the first Emir of the State of Kuwait after the country gained its independence from Great Britain on 19 June 1961.