Sultanate of Muscat and Oman until 1970 (Oman)

Last modified: 2005-04-09 by santiago dotor
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by Joan-Francés Blanc
Flag abolished 17th December 1970

• Description
• Ensign for Ships carrying Pilgrims to Mecca
• Imamate of Oman 1913-1957
• Sultanate of Suhar 1920-1932

See also:

• General Maritime Treaty of 1820
• Former Muscat territories:
  • Maldives
  • Zanzibar
• Historical Flags (Oman)
• Oman

Description

Until the 19th century the Gulf emirates' monochrome red flags were undifferentiated, but then they added white borders, hoists, stripes, script, etc.. In 1820 the British asked Gulf Emirs who were friendly to them and entered into special treaty relationship with them to put white onto their traditional red Muslim flags. (...) That treaty was the 'truce' that changed the Pirate Coast to the Trucial Coast (or Trucial Oman as it was sometimes misleadingly called).

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