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This page's text is shared under the same licence. Facts from Wikidata (CC0). Image: Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Crown Prince and Prime Minister of Bahrain.jpg — Number 10, CC BY 4.0.","cite":"\"Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa\". DigiNepal. Last updated 24 October 2026. https://diginpl.com/people/salman-bin-hamad-al-khalifa. Retrieved 8 November 2026.","date_modified":"2026-10-24T02:40:36Z","facts_checked":"2026-11-07","alternates":{"html":"https://diginpl.com/people/salman-bin-hamad-al-khalifa","en":"https://diginpl.com/people/salman-bin-hamad-al-khalifa","ne":"https://diginpl.com/people/salman-bin-hamad-al-khalifa?lang=ne"}}