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18.A. Royal Visit.

H.R.H* the Duko of Gloucester arrived at Bahrain on
Jtine 6th, having flown from Lydda. Ha was met at tha
aerodrome by the Political Agent who presented to him
His Highness the Shaikh of Bahrain and his two uncles,

(Shaikhs Abdullah and Mohammad), Shaikh Said bin Maktum,
tha Ruler of Dubai, who was then on a visit to Bahrain,
Mr. C.D. Belgrave, Adviser to the Bahrain Government, and
the senior officers of the Navy, Army .and Air Force present
in Bahrain. After inspecting a Guard of Honour of the

State Police, His Royal Highness drove to the Agency with
H.H. the Shaikh and the Political Agent. Later in the
evening His Royal Highness, who was wearing the uniform

of a Major General, visited H.H. the Shaikh of Bahrain at
his Manama Palace. During the visit, which lasted for some
twenty minutes, the Duke of Gloucester informed His Highness
that he would shortly receive a present from the British

Government of two captured 105 millimetre Italian guns.
Shaikh Salman, who was genuinely delighted at this announce­
ment, presented His Royal Highness with some pearls and

with a sword, encased in a gold scabbard, which had been in
the possession of the A1 Khalifah for many generations.
Hia Royal Highness spent the night at the Agency and left
for Karachi the following morning. H.H. Shaikh Salman and
his uncles went to the aerodrome to see him off.

His Royal Highness again passed through Bahrain on
J\ily 16th en route from Karachi to Basrah. He alighted at

the Mhharraq aerodrome at 11.30 a.m* and, accompanied by
H.H* the Shaikh and the Political Agent, drove from the
aerodrome to the Agency, where Hia Highness took leave of
the Duke* Before the Shaikh left, His Royal Highness

presented