Shaikh Badr bin Ahmad Al-Sabah

Sheikh Badr bin Ahmad Al-Sabah is the eldest member of the Al-Sabah Ruling Family of Kuwait in terms of genealogy. He is the eldest representative of the most senior line of the descendants of Sheikh Sabah I, the founder of the State of Kuwait and the ruling lineage.
Sheikh Badr is the eldest son of Sheikh Ahmad bin 'Abdullah Al-Sabah.
He has two sons and two daughters:
i. Shaikh 'Abdullah bin Badr Al-Sabah.
ii. Shaikh Sabah bin Badr Al-Sabah.
i. Shaikha Wafa bint Badr Al-Sabah.
ii. Shaikha Bishaiyir bint Badr Al-Sabah.
His genealogy is as follows:
1752 - 1758 Shaikh Sabah I bin Jaber, Shaikh of Kuwait. b. at Hadar, in the Aflaj region of central Arabia, ca. 1652, son of Shaikh Jabir bin Salman bin Ahmad, by his wife, Shaikha Mariam bint Faisal al-Utabi, daughter of Shaikh Faisal al-Utabi, ancestor of the Al-Khalifa family of Bahrain. He arrived in present day Kuwait during the early part of the eighteenth century. Elected as Shaikh by the chiefs and notables of Kuwait, ca. 1752. m. a sister of Shaikh Khalifa bin Muhammad bin Faisal al-Utabi, founder of the Al-Khalifa family of Bahrain. He d. before 5 September 1758, having had issue:
1) Shaikh Salman bin Sabah Al-Sabah. He had issue:
a) Shaikh Muhammad bin Salman Al-Sabah. He had issue, three sons:
i) Shaikh Salman bin Muhammad Al-Sabah. He had issue, two daughters:
(1) Shaikha Aisha bint Salman Al-Sabah. m. as his first wife, Shaikh Sabah bin Duaij Al-Sabah, eldest son of Shaikh Duaij bin Salim Al-Sabah. She had issue, one son and one daughter - see below.
(2) Shaikha Asma bint Salman Al-Sabah.
ii) Shaikh Hamud bin Muhammad Al-Sabah. b. 1833. He had issue, six sons:
(1) Shaikh Malik bin Hamud Al-Sabah. He had issue, nine sons and three daughters:
(a) Shaikh 'Ali bin Malik Al-Sabah. He had issue, five sons:
(i) Shaikh 'Abdullah bin 'Ali Al-Sabah. He had issue, seven sons:
1. Shaikh Ahmad bin 'Abdullah Al-Sabah. He had issue, seven sons and one daughter:
a. Shaikh Badr bin Ahmad Al-Sabah. He has issue, two sons and two daughters:
i. Shaikh 'Abdullah bin Badr Al-Sabah.
ii. Shaikh Sabah bin Badr Al-Sabah.
i. Shaikha Wafa bint Badr Al-Sabah.
ii. Shaikha Bishaiyir bint Badr Al-Sabah.

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