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'Flags Flown by the Sheikh of Qatar. (Bahrain and Trucial Coast)' [25r] (49/142)
The record is made up of 1 file (69 folios). It was created in 7 Aug 1929-13 Dec 1938. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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INDIA OFFICE
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
,
WHITEHALL,
LONDON, S.W. 1.
P.Z.4495/35. 12th July 1935.
Air Mall .
Sir,
I am directed by the secretary of state for
India to refer to Goveronent of India letter of 23rd
H June 1932, No. F.-573-N/31, regarding the flags used
by tne Trucial chiefs and to forward a copy of the
— letter noted in the margin.
Prom Admiralty dated 29th <
June, No. N.L,1981/35 * 2. I am to request that the
political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
may he
asked to furnish his views on the points raised hy the
Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. I am to observe
^ W" 0
in this connection that while the Trucial Treaty of 1820,
to which the
Trucial States
A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
have subscribed, requires
the flying of the Trucial flag therein described by all
the states concerned, the flying of that flag has in
practice, tJae Secretary of state understands, been for v
many years confined to shargah and Has al Khaimah.
3. a copy of this letter and of the enclosure is
being sent direct to the
political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
by air mail.
I am, sir,
Your obedient servant,
a, G. LA1THVJA1 TE.
The secretary to the
Government of India,
Foreign and Political
Department,
Simla.
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This file contains correspondence between the British officials in Bahrain, Bushire, Baghdad, the India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. and the Government of India, as well as with Khalīl bin Ibrāhīm Kanoo [Kānū].
These papers concern various enquiries made by the British Admiralty between 1929 and 1938 regarding flags flown by the sheikhs of Qatar, Bahrain and the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. . Contained within this file are descriptions and sketches of various flags, as well as a specimen of fabric (f. 38) demonstrating the colour of the flag flown by the Shaikh of Qatar, ‘Abdullāh bin Jāsim Āl Thānī.
- Extent and format
- 1 file (69 folios)
- Arrangement
This file is arranged approximately in chronological order.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: Begins on front cover, circled, and continues to page before back cover.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/2/1694
- Title
- 'Flags Flown by the Sheikh of Qatar. (Bahrain and Trucial Coast)'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:3v, 4v:35v, 35ar:35av, 36r:38v, 38ar:38av, 39r:68v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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