Isa II of Bahrain
Also known as Isa II bin Salman Al Khalifa
Emir of Bahrain (1961-1999)
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- Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Black Hole Merger
· 2016 · cited 11,419x
- GW170817: Observation of Gravitational Waves from a Binary Neutron Star Inspiral
· 2017 · cited 8,070x
- Observation of a new boson at a mass of 125 GeV with the CMS experiment at the LHC
· 2012 · cited 6,597x
- Multi-messenger Observations of a Binary Neutron Star Merger<sup>*</sup>
· 2017 · cited 3,592x
- Gravitational Waves and Gamma-Rays from a Binary Neutron Star Merger: GW170817 and GRB 170817A
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Isa bin Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa (Arabic: عيسى بن سلمان آل خليفة; 3 June 1933 – 6 March 1999) was the ruler of Bahrain from 1961 until his death in 1999. A member of the House of Khalifa, he ruled as Hakim until 1971 and for the remainder of his reign as Emir.
Born in Jasra, Bahrain, he ascended the throne upon the death of his father, Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa.
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