Chief of Police at Manama

1946 🇧🇭: “The American-educated Chief of Police at Manama - Bahrein's turbaned police are under the direction of Sheik Khalifa bin Mohammed al Khalifa. Educated at the American University of Beirut, he breeds Arabian horses and gets exercise by cultivating his fertile garden set in coral sand.”

  • Published in 1946 edition of National Geographic Magazine.

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JOSE M LOPEZ

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