'Flags Flown by the Sheikh of Qatar. (Bahrain and Trucial Coast)' [‎57r] (117/142)

with crlnson di monA a» Th® word "^atar^ in a'aDic
oharaotfirs Is Insorl^M in «!iit© on or lea on on that
half of the fly nearest to the staff. A samt;i6 of
tho flag has "bo«n obt»in©<! anfl la "fealng forwarded
with this letter together with a sketch.
S. It will be oo^erved that the sketch shows the
flag, to the loft of the staff Instead of, as usual,
to "the right. This has been done in order not to
invert the Arahic mm "w.atar*.
tl * ranch for the design or the flag. there
remains the question of its colour. It will he seen
that the specimen flag forwarded is not crimson, nor
does it correspond with the saaple of material for
warded hy the Midraity in their letter of 8th Jiarch
i-54, which forraed an enclosure to India effio® lotter
Wo. 1.1-. 1608/34 dated the 9th A'aroh 1934. The expla
nation lies in the fact tr<&t white cloth is purchased
in Bahrain and dyed orliison with locally purohaead dye#
The dye is of poor quality and fades rapidly, and the
flag takes on a chocolate colour# Xhe original dye
/
also probably varies.
5. The enclosures in original mentioned In the
Admiralty let tar referred to above are returned here
with,
v.
1 have the honour to he,
Sir,
lour ffiost obedient servant,
<8(U C. C. L, Syan."
for .Politiaal Hesident in the
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ,