Helal Al-Mutairi

Helal Fajhan Al-Mutairi (1855–1938) (Arabic: هلال فجحان المطيري) was a Kuwaiti business man in the early 1900s.[1]

Helal Al-Mutairi

Helal was one of the wealthy merchants in Kuwait. He was a pearl merchant and trader, and led the first protest against Sheikh Mubarak Al-Sabah with the Kuwaiti merchant Ibrahim Al-Mudhaf. In the early 20th century, he was as a peacemaker between the Kuwaitis and the Saudi Ikhwan movement as he managed to solve Battle of Jahra between the Ikhwan leaders and Kuwait.

References

  1. AlTerkait, Tahani (2017). The Constitutional and Conceptual Underpinnings of Kuwait’s System of Government (Doctoral thesis). Durham University.


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