Helal Fajhan Al-Mutairi (1855–1938) (

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: ) was a Kuwaiti business man in the early 1900s. Helal was one of the wealthy merchants in Kuwait. He was a pearl merchant and trader, and led the first protest against

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Mubarak Al-Sabah with the Kuwaiti merchant

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. In the early 20th century, he was as a peacemaker between the Kuwaitis and the Saudi Ikhwan movement as he managed to solve

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between the Ikhwan leaders and

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1855 births 1938 deaths Kuwaiti businesspeople {{Kuwait-bio-stub