'Flags Flown by the Sheikh of Qatar. (Bahrain and Trucial Coast)' [‎42r] (87/142)

Copy of endorsement No.! 1 #2.1775/36 dated the
30th March 1936 from 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. , London.
I am directed hy the Secretary of State for India
to refer to Admiralty letter of 29th June, 1935, No. N.L.
1981/35, concerning the flags of the States of the
Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , and to forward copy of the letters noted
Political Besident*s Express Letter of 1st February,1936,
No.233/14/132-11
Government of India's Letter of 28th February, No.F.
356-N/35.
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in the margin.
2. The Marquess of Zetland coticurs in the suggestion
that the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. flag (as shoxvn in
"Flags of all Nations - , plate 31) should in future he
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described as tbucial Coast Flag No.2 (Sharjah and Eas-
al-Khaimah)* 1 . He also concurs in the suggestion in
regard to the flag flown hy the other Trucial Sheikhs
(i.e. an ohlong flag, the length being approximately
three times the breadth; about five-sixths of the
flag being red and the remaining one-sixth, that nearest
the mast, white) provided that the mention of Qatar
is excluded. The future description of the fla^,^/
should therefore read ^ Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. Fla^ No,l(Abu
Dhabi, Ajman, Debai and the Umm-al-Qaiwain)' 1 .
3. His Lordship agrees that the two Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates.
flags described above should in future be employed in
lieu of the Muscat Ensign when saluting the Trucial
Sheikhs.
4. In regard to the proposal that the title of the
Bahrain State flag should be changed to "Bahrain
National Flag", His Lordship agrees with the views
expressed by 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. and the Government
of India, and would prefer that no change should be
made in its designation. . / /,, 5 /<r/