'Ajam of Kuwait
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Ayam[1][2] are Kuwaiti citizens of Iranian origin, who migrated to Kuwait over the last couple of hundred years.[3][4] Historically, Persian ports provided most of Kuwait's economic needs.[5] Marafi Behbahani was one of the first merchants to settle in Kuwait in the 18th century.[6]
The majority of Shia Kuwaitis are of Iranian descent.[7][8][9] However, some Kuwaitis of Iranian origin are Sunni. The Kuwaitis of Iranian Balochi origin are predominantly Sunni Muslim.[10] Balochi families first immigrated to Kuwait in the 19th century.[11]
The Persian sub-dialects of Larestani, Khonji, Bastaki and Gerashi have influenced the vocabulary of Kuwaiti Arabic.[12] There are also Ayam of Sayyid origin.[13]
Notable people
- Abdulhussain Abdulredha, prominent actor.
- Ahmed Lari, a politician.
- Ali Hussain Al-Awadhi, journalist and politician.
- Ali Al-Zinkawi, Olympics athlete.
- Adnan Zahid Abdulsamad, a politician.
- Ali Ashkanani, footballer.
- Ali al-Ihqaqi, Religious scholar.
- Ali Abdulreda, footballer.
- Abdulwahed Al-Awadhi, a politician.
- Kazem Behbehani, immunologist and retired professor, World Health Organization official.
- Rola Dashti, one of the first Kuwaiti women elected in the Kuwaiti parliament.
- Samir Said, footballer.
- Dawood Hussein, comedy actor.
- Bashar al-Shatti, singer-songwriter of Star Academy fame.
- Sulaiman Qabazard, 1976 Olympics diver.
- Emma Shah, singer.
- Mai Al Balushi, actress.
- Ibtihal Al-Khatib, secular academic.
- Marafi, merchant.
- Mohammad Ashkanani, professional basketball player.
- Muhammad Baqir al-Muhri, an ayatollah.
- Saleh Ashour, a politician.
- Hassan Jawhar, former member of the National Assembly.
- Hussain Al-Musawi, footballer.
- Abbas Almohri, Religious scholar.
- Halema Boland, television host and entertainer.
- Hamad al-Naqi, blogger.
- Nasser Abul, online activist.
Further reading
- The Shia Migration from Southwestern Iran to Kuwait: Push-Pull Factors during the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries
- Kuwait and Iran: Mutual Contact in the Pre-oil Era
References
- ↑ Article in AL-AAN online newspaper (in Arabic) November 2010
- ↑ Article by Waleed aj-Jasim in Al-Watan daily newspaper (in Arabic). 25 May 2013
- ↑ "Policing Iranian Sanctions: Trade, Identity, and Smuggling Networks in the Arabian Gulf" (PDF). pp. 25–27.
- ↑ Taqi, Hanan (2010). Two ethnicities, three generations: Phonological variation and change in Kuwait (PDF) (PhD). Newcastle University.
- ↑ "The Emergence of the Gulf States: Studies in Modern History". J. E. Peterson. 2016. p. 107.
- ↑ "The Shia Migration from Southwestern Iran to Kuwait: Push-Pull Factors during the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries". Georgia State University. 2014.
- ↑ Binder, Leonard (1999). Ethnic Conflict and International Politics in the Middle East. p. 164. ISBN 9780813016870.
Unlike the Shi'a of Saudi Arabia or Bahrain, the Kuwaiti Shi'a mostly are of Persian descent.
- ↑ "Business Politics in the Middle East". Rivka Azoulay. 2013. p. 71.
- ↑ "Islam in the World Today: A Handbook of Politics, Religion, Culture, and Society". Werner Ende, Udo Steinbach. 2002. p. 533.
- ↑ "The Baluch Presence in the Persian Gulf" (PDF). 2013. pp. 742–743.
- ↑ "The Shia Migration from Southwestern Iran to Kuwait: Push-Pull Factors during the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries". Georgia State University. 2012. pp. 71–72.
- ↑ "Lang & Linguistic In Bahrain Mon". Al-Tajir. 2013. p. 11.
- ↑ Murtadha Mutahhari, Majmu'at al-Athaar, Part 18. Qum, Tehran. p. 124
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