Mubarak Abdullah Al-Jaber Al-Sabah military officer to establish conscription. Mubarak was the son of Sheikh Abdullah bin Jaber Abdullah II Al-Sabah (1899–1996); the first Minister of Education of Kuwait and Sheikha Munira bint Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah (b. 1911 in Kuwait City), eldest daughter of Sheikh Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah. Mubarak joined the Directorate of Public Security Force as a Lieutenant during the period in which the directorate included the partnership of the Kuwait Army and split in 1953. The next year, he was appointed as the first deputy commander of the Kuwait Army. In 1960, Mubarak founded the Kuwait 25th Commando Brigade, the first designated
History of the Ottoman Empire The Arab Revolt which began in 1916 turned the tide against the Ottomans at the Middle Eastern front, where they initially seemed to have the upper hand during the first two years of the war. When the Armistice of Mudros was signed on 30 October 1918, the only parts of the Arabian peninsula that were still under Ottoman control were Yemen, Asir, the city of Medina, portions of northern Syria and portions of northern Iraq. These territories were handed over to the British forces on 23 January 1919. The Ottomans were also forced to evacuate the parts of the former