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Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa (1894–1961)

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trade were vulnerable. Against resistance from the traditional elite, he promoted reforms to the pearl divers’ labor conditions, starting with the first specialist clinics to deal with their occupational health. Keen to invest more in health care, he pushed to boost funding for local hospitals. Most
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was reluctant to endorse a welfare state, the introduction to the annual report of the surgeon-general in the last year of Salman's rule (after the King had suffered a severe heart attack) stated that "the most important reform ever of the Health Administration was the King’s offering free health
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for distribution to Palestinian refugees there. In less than fifteen days, Sheikh Salman ordered another big drive among Bahraini merchants, collecting 77,000 rupees at a massive conference on 27 March 1948. Finally, in the wake of the displacement of tens of thousands of Palestinians after the
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Sheikh Salman was intensely interested in economic matters. He personally reviewed the annual budget, but went beyond mere auditing in raising concerns with skeptical advisers over the oil revenue quota system. At the time, the state's refineries were contractually allowed to refine foreign oil
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duty-free, which he saw as a threat to the nation's long-term fortunes. In addition, he noticed an obscure 1914 provision in land law that allowed airports and therefore the basis for an airline, long given a backseat to maritime transit.
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stopped by Bahrain among other Arab countries on a tour to mobilize Arab support in 1948. A second round of donations spearheaded by Sheikh Abdullah bin Isa Al Khalifa collected 105,000 rupees for conversion into
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On 11 December 1948, the first water meters began operating in the country after having been installed at a cost of 225 rupees per 100 feet from the main pipeline and delivering water at a cost of 3
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Salman believed that better health was only, in the end, possible through better education. In addition, the youth needed to be educated to maximize jobs transfer in the
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King Salman bin Hamad likely became interested in health issues when he familiarized himself with the many diseases to which those in the
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per 100,000 gallons. Sheikh Salman personally pressed the button to begin water delivery at a ceremony with Peter Holloway of contractor
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of his work was behind the scenes, but he did state in November 1951 for the third annual medical conference of the
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In early November 1948, the first medical regional medical conference was held with 27 doctors from Britain, the
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Political leaders of the contemporary Middle East and North Africa: a biographical dictionary
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He died at Safra, Bahrain, on 2 November 1961 and is buried in Honaynaiya cemetery, Rifa’a.
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Sheikh Salman maintained a demanding schedule, awaking at 8:00 to go to his office in the
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Salman bin Hamad was born in 1895 and was raised under his father's care. He studied the
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Although Bahrain's hospitals were burdened by care for the personnel of the
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He was approved as heir by his father and other nobles and members of the
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Honorary Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
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Nura bint Salman Al Khalifa (born 27 February 1942 - October 2023)
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expected to be expelled in the wake of the 1947 passage of the
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from 20 February 1942 until his death in 1961. His title was
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Sheikh Salman founded a committee to collect donations for
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Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George
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care to citizens and visitors alike early this year."
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Fatima bint Salman Al Khalifa (1923–1999) mother of
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Knights Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire
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Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa I
Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa
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Hakim of Bahrain
Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa
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