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Accession oj Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al-Khalifah, 1942 9

Confidential,
Ho.C/308,
The Agency,
Bahrain, the 13th Uarch 1942*

From
E.B.Walcef laid Eaquiro , I.C.S,,
Political Agent >
Bahrain,

To
The Honourable the Political Resident
in the Persian Gulf,
Camp, Bahrain,

81r,
I have the honour to submit a report on the

death of Hi a Highness Shaikh Sir Hamad bin TIsa al
Khalifah, K.C.I.K., C«S,X,t Ruler of Bahrain, and the
. succession of his eldest son, His Highness Shaikh
Salman bln Hamad al Khalifah,
2, The last occasion on which I saw Shaikh Hamad
was on the 16th February, 1942, when a ceremonial parade
of the State Farces was held In front of the Palaoe at
Manamah to mark the tenth anniversary of his accession,
had
I had also/an interview with the Shaikh on the 15th
February when we dlsoussed In some detail the war situ­
ation, with particular reference to the Impending fall
of Singapore, It seemed to me, on both these occasions,
that His Highness* general health was not good and that
the Improvement whloh followed his hawking expedition

In Saudi Arabia earlier In the winter had not been
maintained.

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