225 rupees per 100 feet from the main pipeline and delivering water at a cost of 3 paise per 100,000 gallons. Sheikh Salman personally pressed the button to begin water delivery at a ceremony with Peter Holloway of contractor Holloway Brothers (London). Death Sheikh Salman maintained a demanding schedule, awaking at 8:00 to go to his office in the Bab Al Bahrain. After sipping Arabic coffee, he greeted waiting citizens and discussed their petitions, then began his official schedule of interviews, meetings, daily surveys, and letters. He refused to yield to doctors’ advice to rest more in his old age, but acquiesced to his sons Isa and Khalifa's urging to convalesce in the Safra neighborhood where they could relay information in and orders out. He died at around 9:00 in the morning of 2 November 1961, at the age of 67 after a reign of almost 20 years. Family Salman married three times: (first) 1910, Shaikha Latifa bint Ibrahim al-Khalifa, daughter of Shaikh Ibrahim bin Khalid al-Khalifa, by his wife, Shaikha Noora bint Isa al-Khalifa. (second) at al-Jasra, October 1931, Shaikha Mouza bint Hamad al-Khalifa (died 2 May 2011), daughter of Shaikh Hamad bin Abdullah al-Khalifa, of al-Jasra. (third) Around 1922, Shaikha Nayla bint Khalifa bin Ahmed Al Khalifa (died 1972). He had three sons and six daughters: Isa bin Salman Al Khalifa (1931- 1999) Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa (1935– 2020) Mohammed bin Salman Al Khalifa (1940-2009) Thajba bint Salman Al Khalifa (born 1945) Fatima bint Salman Al Khalifa (1923-1999) mother of Sabika Maryam bint Salman Al Khalifa( born 1949) Aisha bint Salman Al Khalifa (1937-2019) Sheikha bint Salman Al Khalifa (1947-2022) Nura bint Salman Al Khalifa ( born 27 February 1942) He died at Safra, Bahrain, on 2 November 1961 and is buried in Honaynaiya cemetery, Rifa’a. Honours Knight Commander of the Order of the Indian Empire (KCIE; 1943) Knight Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG; 1952) Grand Cordon of the Order of the Two Rivers, 1st Class of the Kingdom of Iraq, 1952 Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal, 2 June 1953 Grand Cross of the Order of the Dannebrog of Denmark, 1957 Knight of the Order of St John (KStJ; 1956) See also Al Khalifa History of Bahrain References External links Photograph of Shaikh Salman Salman 1894 births 1961 deaths Salman Grand Crosses of the Order of the Dannebrog Honorary Knights Commander