Coll 30/15 'Anthems and Flags of Various States. Bahrein [Bahrain], Koweit [Kuwait], Muscat, Asir, Yemen, Qatar, Trucial, Oman' [‎56r] (111/261)

Content

This file contains correspondence between British officials related to the national anthems and official flags of a number of different states and their rulers. Specifically, the correspondence relates to the national anthem of Bahrain, the personal standard of the Ruler of Kuwait, the flag of Muscat, the flag of Qatar and the flags of the various 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. .

In addition to correspondence, the file contains the following:

• sheet music for the tune of 'Salutation and March to His Highness the Sultan of Muscat and Oman' (folio 45)
• small sketches of the peace and wartime flags of the Trucial States A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , with details in both English and Arabic (folios 55-57)
• a sketch of the flag of Qatar (folio 72 and 74)

The file includes a divider, which gives a list of correspondence references contained in the file by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

Extent and format

1 file (129 folios)

Arrangement

The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 130; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

Written in

English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script

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