Order of Mubarak the Great Order of Mubarak the Great The Order of Mubarak the Great ("Wisam Mubarak al-Kabir") is a knighthood order of Kuwait. The Order was founded on 16 July 1974 by the national government to celebrate the memory of Mubarak Al-Sabah called "the Great", Sheikh of Kuwait from 1896 to 1915, who succeeded in 1897 in obtaining an independence recognition from the Ottoman Empire in favour of Kuwait. The Order is awarded to Heads of State and foreign Sovereigns and to members of foreign royal families in sign of friendship. The "collar" of the Order is composed of a golden medallion with
Postage stamps and postal history of the postal convention states of India was never used. Gwalior issued a total of 137 stamps and 94 official stamps from 1885 till 1949. Jhind is another of the cis-Sutlej states which signed a postal convention on 1 July 1885. Having an area of just , the territory of Jind, like all the Phulkian states, was fragmented; comprising three main enclaves and some isolated villages. The Sikh ruler of Jind, Raja Ranbir Singh was a minor at the time of signing of the postal convention; the state being ruled by a Council of Regency at that point in time. Prior to becoming a convention state, Jhind