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    In pictures: Funeral prayers performed for late Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah in Kuwait

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    In pictures: Funeral prayers performed for late Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah in Kuwait

    The Emiri Diwan announced that the burial will be limited to the family of the late Emir


    Published:  September 30, 2020 16:36 Nilanjana Javed, Senior News Editor

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    Kuwait Funeral
    The Emir Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad Al Sabah, received the body of his brother, the late Emir Sheikh Sabah. The body was also received by the speaker of the National Assembly, Marzouq Al Ghanim and the Prime Minister, Sheikh Sabah Al Khaled Al Sabah. Image Credit: Kuwait TV/Handout via REUTERS
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    Later the body was taken to Bilal bin Rabah Mosque to participate in the funeral prayer for the Emir Sheikh Sabah. Image Credit: Kuwait TV/Handout via REUTERS
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    People perform funeral prayers on the body of the late Emir Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah in Kuwait. Image Credit: Kuwait TV/Handout via REUTERS
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    The new Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Nawaf Al Ahmad, center, arrives for the funeral ceremony of the late Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah in Kuwait. Image Credit: Diwan Al Amiri via AP
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    Kuwait's new Emir Nawaf al-Ahmad al-Sabah attends funeral prayers. Image Credit: Kuwait TV/Handout via REUTERS
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    People carry the body of the late Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmad al-Sabah after funeral prayers to Sulaibikhat Cemetery, in Kuwait City. Image Credit: Kuwait TV/Handout via REUTERS
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    The body of the late Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah is carried during his funeral ceremony in Kuwait . Image Credit: Diwan Al Amiri via AP
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    The body of the late Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah is covered in the national flag during his funeral ceremony in Kuwait. Image Credit: Diwan Al Amiri via AP
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    Carried by his close family members who lowered him into his last resting place. Family members and officers from the National Guard pass sand toward the grave of the late Emir, a tradition that signifies everybody has participated in the burial. Image Credit: screen grab
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    Some family members participate in a prayer by the grave, before they leave the cemetery. Image Credit: screen grab

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