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British Colonization (1899-1961)

After being threatened by the Ottoman Empire, the ruler of Kuwait signed the Anglo-Kuwaiti Agreement of 1899 and became a British Protectorate. The Sheikhdom of Kuwait remained a British protectorate until 1961.

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