Which country is ruled by the Al-Sabah dynasty?

The country ruled by the Al-Sabah dynasty is Kuwait.

The Al-Sabah family has governed Kuwait since the 18th century, when Sabah I became the settlement’s ruling sheikh. Kuwait developed as a small but strategically placed port at the northwestern end of the Persian Gulf, linking Arabian, Mesopotamian, and Indian Ocean trade routes. The ruling family emerged within the wider Utub tribal alliance that helped establish the town’s political order.

Kuwait is a hereditary emirate rather than a kingdom. Its head of state is therefore called the emir, and the emir belongs to the Al-Sabah family. Kuwait’s constitution provides for hereditary succession among the descendants of Mubarak Al-Sabah, whose branch produced many modern rulers. The country also has an elected National Assembly, giving it a distinctive political structure within the Gulf, but executive authority remains centered on the emir and the ruling family. The dynasty is sometimes written Al Sabah, Al-Sabah, or Al-Sabah family; these forms refer to the same Kuwaiti ruling house.