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
History of Kuwait Al-Jahra, defended by 2000 Kuwaiti men. The Kuwaitis were largely outnumbered by the Ikhwan of Najd. In response to Bedouin raids, the British High Commissioner in Baghdad, Percy Cox, imposed the Uqair Protocol of 1922 which defined the boundaries between Iraq, Kuwait and Nejd. In April 1923, Shaikh Ahmad al-Sabah wrote the British Political Agent in Kuwait, Major John More, "I still do not know what the border between Iraq and Kuwait is, I shall be glad if you will kindly give me this information." More, upon learning that al-Sabah claimed the outer green line of the Anglo-Ottoman Convention (4