Gulf Bank of Kuwait Gulf Bank of Kuwait Gulf Bank is one of the largest banks in Kuwait with a broad offering of consumer banking, wholesale banking, treasury, and financial services. Gulf Bank was founded in 1960, and listed as GBK on the Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) in 1984. The Bank has large network of 58 branches, with total assets of KD5,683 million for year ended 31 December 2017. Gulf Bank was founded in 1960, and commenced business operations in a rented flat on Fahad Al-Salem Street in Kuwait City with a total of 50 employees and a capital of 24 million rupees, equivalent
Sheikhdom of Kuwait and Ikhwan followers of Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia, king of Saudi Arabia. A force of 4000 Saudi Ikhwan, led by Faisal Al-Dawish, attacked the Kuwait Red Fort at Al-Jahra, defended by 2000 Kuwaiti men. The Kuwaitis were largely outnumbered by the Ikhwan of Najd. In response to the various Bedouin raids, the British High Commissioner in Baghdad, Sir Percy Cox, imposed the Uqair Protocol of 1922 which defined the boundaries between Iraq, Kuwait and Nejd. On 1 April 1923, Shaikh Ahmad al-Sabah wrote the British Political Agent in Kuwait, Major John More, "I still do not know what the