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the island, hero during recent years Shaikh Hamad
built a small hunting lodge, a mosque and some out-

houses and spent muoh of his timo. Dr. Snow vi3itod
Shaikh Hamad on Tuesday aftornoon and found him in
good spirits and with no unusual symptoms.
On the same evening at about 8-30 Shaikh Hamad
had a stroke. Ho wa3 praying in his house and one
of his personal servants was present when he fell
on his side, unoonsoious, The man summoned the other
servants and they managed to lay him down comfortably.

None of the relations were present, Messengers were
sent in for Dr. Snow and Dr. Holmes, who happened to
bo staying in Bahrain and for Shaikh Hamad's sons and
brothers. When I hoard the nows, next morning, I
went out to Rumaitha, I found Shaikhs Mohomed,

Abdullah and Salman in the outer room with some of the
sonB and great many of the family outside the house.
I stayed there most of the morning and made oortain
arrangements about additional guards on the room in
Sakhir where Shaikh Hamad kept a very largo amount of
silver and gold, Before I left I oaw Shaikh Hamad
who was in a state of ooma. During Wednesday and
Thursday and until he died shortly after midday on
Friday Dr. Snow, Dr. Holmes and Dr. Harrison took
turns on duty at Rumaitha. During most of the time

the sons and brothers were present but when he actually
died none of them were there.
On Thursday evening Shaikh Abdullah bin Isa oamo
to eeo me and discussed tho possibility of Shaikh
Kerned recovering, Nothing of a political nature was
mentioned. On Friday at about 1 p.m. I reoeived a
telephone message from Dr. Holmes at Awali tolling me
that fcnaifch Kaacd was dead. I informed tho Agonoy

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