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The life of Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Jaber al-Sabah, Kuwait’s emir, who has died at the age of 91, mirrored the ups and downs of his country, where he spent the majority of his career as its top diplomat and later ruler.
His death marks the end of an era, in that he was one of last Gulf rulers born before the discovery of oil and who saw their countries rise from poverty and obscurity to great wealth and confronting…
