'Flags Flown by the Sheikh of Qatar. (Bahrain and Trucial Coast)' [‎18r] (35/142)

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N.Lv/H.S.8544/34
Aflmlralty,S.W»1.
Bth ^arch 1934.
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Sir.
WltJi reference to your letter of •♦•he 24th Jtine 1938,
Hoc^.^c 3301/38, concerning Ifce flaps of Bahrain and Hatar,
I air? coraraanded hy My Lords CorHnifiSioners of the Admiralty
to acquaint you for the information of the Secretary of
State, that the flag of Qatar as described in your letter
■was reproduced in the Admiralty ^lag Book "flags of All
Nations and issued to ships in the-fersian imlf and
the flagship of the Commander-in-Chief, Kast indies.
'i *he Commander-in-Chief has not; forwarded a report
in which it is stated that, on the occasion of H.M.S.BIDB-
fORD^S visit to Doha in November last, the Shaikh was
diffierent design
observed to he flying from his motor- dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. a flag of
On beirg sicwn the flag recently
issued, he disclaimed all knowledge of it. ^e later gave
the Commanding Officer, H.M .S. BIDBfORD, one of the flags
as flown from his dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. , and on his palaces and motor-cars.
A sketch of ihis flag is enclosed herewith, together with
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o Bahrain, a sample of its material, and 1 am to request that thev
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may he returned in due course
I an to request that, if the Secretary of State, concixrs
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further information as to the correct flag may "be obtained«.
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My Lords observe that Bahrain has a Shaikh s Standard as well
as a S+ate flag, and would suggest that it is possible that
there mav be in the same way two distinct flags for Hatar
also.
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Sd c V.W.BABDEIKY
The T T nder S eC j. e tary of State,
-Political Beoartment,
India O'fice,
London,S.W«1 0