"أعلام رفعها شيخ قطر. (البحرين والساحل المتصالح)" [و‎‎٥‎٤] (١٤٢/١١١)

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EXTRACT from Note dated the 17th May 1936 by Political
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Agent, Bahrain
Arrived at Doha at 9.30 a.m.
The Anglo-Iranian Oil Company's Agent came
on board just after the ship arrived and stated that
Shaikh Hamad bin Abdullah was in the Qasr but that Shaikh
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Abdullah was at Rhiyan. I sent the Head Munshi Mirza
Jassim Barduli ashore with instructions to send for Shaik$
Abdullah. The Shaikh's absence was not unexpected
because it had not been possible to warn him of my visit.
At half past two Shaikh Hamad attended by his sons Jasim
and Ahmad came on board and apologised for his father's
absence on the grounds that he had not been able to come on
board ©wing to a bad knee but was nots? at the Qasr. After
Shaikh had been given coffee etc. in the Captain's cabin he
returned to the shore. Commander C.F. Bowlby, D.S.C.,
Head %inshi and Deptford's Doctor Surgeon Lieutenant Cooke
and I went ashore. After an interval of 15 minutes Shaikh
Hamad brought a sample of the Qatar Flag on board with him*
He said that there was only one flag and that it was red
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in colour with the word Qatar in white in Arabic on it
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A full report of the flag is on the appropriate file.
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