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'Flags Flown by the Sheikh of Qatar. (Bahrain and Trucial Coast)' [‎62r] (127/142)

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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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Dated tfas \3 ! i Dtcember, 1938.
Dear Giiaac^ry,
Would you plesee refsr to .your lettsr 10^11/15/38,
dated the 16tn May, 1938, to th® Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Bahrain,
forwarding a request the German Jmbaasy Baguiad for infor
mation as to the flags of the Trucial Co®at Shaikhe « we
are sorry for the delay in replying but the nutter got over
looked.
2. The Shaikhs of Sharjah and Kas-al-Khair®h fly a
"white pierced red* flag kno^n as frucial QQa »t flag Mo.d,
vide sice tch attached*
3. The Shaikhs of kbaDhabi, Ajusn, Debai and 0mm-al-
-uaiviai n fly an oblong flag the lengtii oeing appro^cimately
three tlMs the breadth, about 5/otii being red and the remain
ing sixth (nearest the msst) %nite. a sketch of this flag
is also enclosed. This flag Bay be called the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
flag Bo *1*
Ae should be interested to learn the reason for the
curiosity of the German Embassy on thia question.
5. f« are forwarding a copy of this letter and enclosures
to the senior laval Officer Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and the Political
Agent Bahrain.
Yourss ever
The Chancery,
British iSmbassy
Baghdad.

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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.

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1 file (69 folios)
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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
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