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to Rafaa among thorn Shaikh Khalifah bin Salman i
Shaikh Hamad’s nephew, son of an older brothor, who
was vory angry and up3ot at not having boon told tho
timo and place of tho l'unoral. Hearing that largo
crowds hod collected at tho Muharraq and Manomah

comoterioc I tolophonod to tho police, from Rafaa,
giving orders that people wore to bo told that tho
funeral had taken place.
On the same night, at about 6 p.m. I took the
dooument which Shaikh Hamad had written appointing
Shaikh Salman as hia auccosaor from tho safo custody
of the Eastern Bank and wont to aoo Shaikh Salman at
Rafaa, I had a private conversation with him and
delivered the document which he read. Ho said he

had heard something about a dooument being written by
his father but he did not know what it was about.
Ho then told me that on the previous night Shaikh
Abdullah oemo to see him alono and hod 3aid that if
Shaikh Hamad died Shaikh Salman should suooeed him
and he would support Shaikh Salman, Shaikh Salman

said ho had at first refused tho suggestion but after
discussion he had been prevailed upon to agree on con­
dition that all the family supported him. Ho also
described how after his father's death, at Rumaitha,
Shaikhs Mobomed and Abdullah took him aside and told
him that he should now bocomo Shaikh and that they
would support him, they promisod to be loyal to him
and behave towards him in the eamo way as they had to
bis father* Thoy thon roturnod to the other sons

and tho relations who wore present and Shaikh Mohomod
told the family that Shaikh Salman was now Shaikh and
asked whether anybody had any objection. Tho other
brothers —