Kuwait City

City · 1752 CE · in the Middle East

Capital of State of Kuwait (1961–1989), Kuwait (1991–today).

Mandalay (c. 1752 CE): Capital of Konbaung Dynasty (1752–1819).
Amarapura (c. 1752 CE): Capital of Konbaung Dynasty (1752–1819).
Shwebo (1752 CE): Capital of Konbaung Dynasty (1752–1819).
Port-au-Prince (1749 CE): Capital of Haiti (1792–1802), Empire of Haiti (1805–1806), Republic of Haiti (1936–today).
Laredo (1755 CE): Capital of Republic of the Rio Grande (1840–1840).
Yogyakarta (1756 CE): Capital of Republic of Indonesia (1946–1948).
Corte (c. 1757 CE): Capital of Corsican Republic (1757–1768).
Riyadh (1746 CE): Capital of Emirate of Nejd (1824–1891), Kingdom of Hejaz and Nejd (1926–1932), Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (1936–today).
Surakarta (1745 CE): Capital of Surakarta Sunanate (1745–1829).
Diriyah (c. 1744 CE): Capital of Emirate of Diriyah (1744–1818).

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Tehran (1794 CE): Capital of Pahlavi Dynasty (1925–1978), Islamic Republic of Iran (1979–today).
Ecbatana (c. 550 BCE – c. 1800 CE): Capital of Achaemenid Empire (550 BCE–330 BCE).
Nader Shah (1688 CE – 1747 CE): A Turkoman commander who founded Iran's Afsharid dynasty, reunited the country and sacked Delhi in 1739.
Pact of Diriyah (1744 CE): The preacher Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab allied with the local ruler Muhammad bin Saud in Diriyah, founding the first Saudi state and spreading his reform doctrine.