From the early 18th century onwards, the Banu Kaʿb of Iraq began converting from Sunni to Shia Islam.
[3][4] Other branches of the Bani Kaʿb settled in Oman, the United Arab Emirates,[5] and Morocco.
In the mid-eighteenth century, the Banu Kaʿb had a strong navy, and sometimes attacked British ships, and fought either for or against the Ottoman Empire and Qajar Iran.
In this skirmish no one died however the Kuwaitis technically won because they salvaged what they could from Banu Kaʿb's stuck ships.
Sheikh Barakat tried to muster more men to attack Kuwait but the people killed him for his incompetence and for his willingness to risk the lives of his tribesmen for something trivial.