A rare letter from the Emir of Bahrain Sheikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa to Sheikh Khazal Al Kaabi “photo”

Ahwazi activists revealed a rare letter sent from the Emir of Bahrain, Sheikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa, sent to the martyr Sheikh Khazal bin Jaber Al Kaabi.

The letter included acknowledgement and  thanks, where the Emir of Bahrain, Sheikh Isa bin Ali Al Khalifa, pays tribute to the martyr Khazal Al-Kaabi, for sending his sons and his role in completing the peace between the state of Kuwait and Najd.

And Sheikh Khazal had strong ties with the rulers of the Gulf, specifically with the rulers of Bahrain and Prince Abdulaziz, the founder of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. He was a close personal friend of the late Kuwaiti princes, Sheikh Mubarak Al-Sabah, Sheikh Jaber Al-Thani, Sheikh Salem Al-Mubarak and Sheikh Ahmed Al-Jaber, and he was a friend of the Iraqi monarchy at the time.

Sheikh Khazal was also a strong and fierce rival to the Iranian Empire, which was known as the Qajar state, a kingdom founded by the Qajars with its capital in Tehran until Reza Pahlavi overthrew the last Qajar rulers in 1925, establishing the Pahlavi state for himself.

Prince Khazal Al-Kaabi (June 24, 1861 – May 24, 1936), Emir of the Arab state of Al-Ahwaz, nicknamed Emir of Muhammarah, is the fifth son of Sheikh Jaber bin Mardaw, the third Emir of Al-Ahwaz, and his mother, Noura, the daughter of Sheikh Talal Al-Alwan, head of the Bawiyah tribe, was born in the village of Kut Al-Zein in the Abu Al-Khasib district in South of Basra, he came to power after the killing of his brother Mazal bin Jaber Al-Kaabi in 1897. He is considered one of the most important influencers in the Arabian Gulf region during his rule and was called the Sheikh of the Gulf Sheikhs.