His Majesty orders official mourning over the death of the Emir of Kuwait

The Diwan of Royal Court today issued a statement as follows:

“With full faith in the Almighty Allah’s divine destiny and judgment and, with profound sorrow and grief, His Majesty Sultan Haitham bin Tarik has received the news of death of his brother, the forgiven, by the will of Allah, Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmed Al Jabir Al Sabah, the late Emir of the State of Kuwait.

“The deceased was one of the Arab leaders who served the Arab and Islamic nations. He also contributed to the prosperity and development of the State of Kuwait.

“His Majesty the Sultan has issued Royal orders to announce a State of Mourning with the flying of flags at half-mast in the Sultanate of Oman and that work shall be halted in the public and private sectors for three days from today, Saturday, 16th December 2023, so that official duty will resume on Tuesday, 19th  December 2023.

“While sharing the sorrows and grief of the Kuwaiti leadership, government and people over this immense loss, the Sultanate of Oman prays to the Almighty Allah to rest the deceased in peace in Paradise, along with the devout and the faithful, and to grant his family and the brotherly people of Kuwait fortitude to bear the loss.

“To the Almighty Allah we belong, and to Him we shall return.”

This is an unofficial English version of an Arabic report. To view the official Arabic text, click here.