'Flags Flown by the Sheikh of Qatar. (Bahrain and Trucial Coast)' [‎44r] (91/142)

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Copy of letter No.F.356-K/35 dated the 28th
February 1936 from the Government of India to the
Under Secretary of State for India, Political De
partment, 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. , London..
Flags used hy the Trucial Chiefs.
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With reference to Mr. Laithwaite's letter No.
P.Z.4495/35, dated the 12th July 1935, I am directed
to inform you that the views of the Political Besident
in the Persian G-ulf on the points raised "by the lords
Commissioners of the Admiralty are contained in his
Express Letter No. 233/14/132-11 dated the 1st Feb
ruary 1936, a copy of which has "been sent direct to 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. .
2. The Government of India are in general agreement
with the Political Besident's views "both with regard to
the condonation of breaches of Treaty obligations re
lating to the flying of these flags, and as to the use
of the term "State flag% which seems to them suitable
for application to the condition of the Arab States in
the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and is well understood in India.