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When was the autonomous sheikhdom of Kuwait founded?
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The foundation of the autonomous sheikhdom of Kuwait dates to 1756. In that year, the Banū ʿUtūb—a group of families from the ʿAnizah tribe who had migrated to the area around the beginning of the 18th century—appointed Ṣabāḥ ibn Jābir of the Ṣabāḥ dynasty as their ruler.123