"التحكيم في قضية مراكب الداو الشراعية في مسقط. محكمة التحكيم الدائمة في لاهاي. السماح برفع الأعلام الفرنسية على مراكب الداو الشراعية في مسقط. القضية بالنيابة عن الحكومة البريطانية". [ظ‎‎٦‎٣] (٢٠٨/١٣٩)

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IX.—THE ARAB FLAG.
Tlie plain red flag usually borne by Arab
vessels is not peculiar to Oman, but is carried by
Arabs irrespective of their political nationality, See Frencli Case,
and is regarded by them as the free flag of Islam. Pi) '
A certain amount of confusion arises from the
use of the same flag by Arabs owing political
allegiance to different Sovereigns, and from its
similarity, at a distance, to the flags borne by
Turkish or Egyptian vessels.
So far back as 1835, in the Maritime Truces of
that year, arrangements were made with, the
Chiefs of the Pirate coast for the use by their
vessels of a distinctive flag. The statement
made at p. 37 of the French Case is irrelevant to
the present controversy. The proposal by the
British Government, on which animadversion is
there made, would not prejudicially affect any
subject of Oman, as the Colour proposed to the French Case, p 3'
Sheikhs for their flag is that affected by Moslems
who are descendants of the Prophet, or have
made the pilgrimage to Mecca. The proposal to
the Sultan of Muscat in February 1899 that he
should order his subjects to use a distinctive flag
was made to enable the Sultan to avoid the
embarrassment which had been, or might be,
caused through the use by Muscat subjects of the
flag or papers of other Powers, and because sucli
flag would serve to emphasize and preserve the
integrity of His Highness' sovereign rights over
his own subjects.