Al-Kandari

The Al Kandari family is one of the biggest and oldest families found in Kuwait. The Al Kandari family is not a tribe; as each family may have different ancestors. Therefore the Al Kandari family is simply a sizable family with various sub-families, or families closely related to the Al Kandari family. The Al Kandari family are one of many Arab families that were involved in "الحلف الهولي" or the "Houla Contract," which involved the migration of Arabic families to Fares from eight different Arabic tribes including individuals from Bani Tamim, Bani Khalid, Bani Bisher, Bani Al-Basra, Bani Malik, Bani Hammad, Bani Nasser and few individuals from Najd. ^[1]

Families that are related to the Al Kandari family 1. Al-Ali العلي 2. Rouh Al-Deen روح الدين 3. Taj Al-Deen تاج الدين 4. Kalandar -كلندر 5. Al-Shahabi - الشهابي 6. Al-Sabti - السبتي 7. Al-Jafaar - الجعفر 8. Sakeen - سكين 9. Malik - ملك 10. Thyab - ذياب 11. Sadeq -صادق 12. Al-Sharah - الشراح 13. (Descendants of) Habib Al-Bader - حبيب البدر 14. Al-Ramadhan - الرمضان 15. Al-Harmi - الهرمي 16. Al-Khayyat - الخياط 17. Abul - أبل 18. Abdelsalam - عبدالسلام 19. Al-Ansari - الأنصاري 20. Al-Khabbaz - الخباز 21. Al-Faqeeh - الفقيه 22. Al-Rayyes - الريس 23. Al-Kimishki -الكمشكي 24. Khouja - خوجة 25. Al-Madarbi - المدربي 26. Al-Mulla - الملا 27. Shams Al-Deen - شمس الدين 28. Al-Murad - المراد 29. Al-Ahmad - الأحمد 30. Al-Mubarak - المبارك 31. Al-Othman - العثمان 32. Al-Abdulraheem - العبدالرحيم 33. Al-Abdulqadeer - العبدالقدير 34. Al-Shaibani - الشيباني 35. Al-Farsi - الفارسي 36. Al-Abdullah - العبدالله 37. Al-Sideeqi - الصديقي 38. Al-Kamel - الكمال 39. Al-Hashem - الهاشم 40. Al-Hussaini - الحسيني 41. Al-Bastaki - البستكي 42. Al-Jassem - الجاسم 43. Al-Sharif - الشريف 44. Al-Hajji - الحجي 45. Al-Houli - الهولي 46. Zein Al-Deen - زين الدين 47. Al-Hassan - الحسن 48. Al-Qaseer - القصير 49. Al-Shaikhan - الشيخان 50. Al-Sha'ar - الشاعر 51. Abdelmalik - عبدالملك 52. Al-Zaid - الزيد 53. Al-Salem - السالم 54. Al-Abdulrahman - العبدالرحمن

Notable members of the family now include Mohammed Al-Kandari, a member of Kuwait National Assembly; Anas Al Kandari, a militant who died fighting United States Marines on Faylaka Island; and Abdullah Kamel Al Kandari and Fayiz Al Kandari, two Kuwaitis who claimed to have traveled to Afghanistan to provide humanitarian aid, who ended up being sent to the Guantanamo Bay detention camp, in part, because their names, or "known aliases" were found on a "list of 324 Arabic names" analysts found suspicious. Fayiz Al Kandari was among the two dozen Guantanamo captives to face charges before a Guantanamo military commission.

Mohammed Al Kandari was first elected in 2008. Anas Al Kandari was killed in October 2002, on Faylaka Island, an island off Kuwait's coast.^[2][3][4] US Marines there on a training exercise were fired upon by Anas Al Kandari and Jassem al-Hajiri. Lance Corporal Antonio J. Sledd was killed and another Marine was injured in the incident. Jassem al-Hajiri was also killed.

Abdullah Kamel Al Kandari was repatriated to Kuwait on September 9 2006.^[5] He faced charges in Kuwatit after he was repatriated, and was acquitted.^[6]

References

1. ↑ حاتم, محمد غريب. تاريخ عرب الهولة. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Print.
2. ↑ Dave Moniz (2002-10-08). "Kuwaiti gunmen kill 1 Marine in training". USA Today. Retrieved 2009-06-23. 
3. ↑ Stewart Bell (2005). The Martyr's Oath: The Apprenticeship of a Homegrown Terrorist. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-470-83683-5. Retrieved 2009-06-23. 
4. ↑ Eric Schmidt (2002-10-09). "U.S. Marine Is Killed in Kuwait As Gunmen Strike Training Site". New York Times. Retrieved 2009-07-31. 
5. ↑ OARDEC (2008-10-09). "Consolidated chronological listing of GTMO detainees released, transferred or deceased" (PDF). Department of Defense. Retrieved 2008-12-28. 
6. ↑ "Kuwait clears two former Guantánamo captives". Miami Herald. May 29, 2007. Retrieved 2007-05-29.