مجموعة ٧/٢١ "الخليج الفارسي: إعلان وإخطار الإتجار بالأسلحة لسنة ١٨٩٨ الصادر عن حكام مسقط والبحرين والكويت" [و‎‎١‎٥] (٣٢/٢٩)

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Agreement of 1897 if it were brought to their notice* If they
did this they could not claim any rights thereunder. It is
possible, however, that should the .. ersian Government remember
the existence of these proclamations, they might prefer - now
that they have t 'navy' - to enjoy the rights conferred thereby
rather than repudiate the Agreement of 1897.
8* On the other hand there would, I imagine, ze no
Kuwait and Bahrain
difficulties in persuading Ithe Rulers of/to cancel their pro
clamations, since under present circumstances,i•e. with a
Persian fleet in being, they certainly would not relish the
right of search granted to Persia by these documents. In the
case of Muscat the letter from the 3adr-i-Aaam was - as stated
above - apparently never actually delivered to the Sultan, and
in any case the Sultan’s proclamation was of a unilateral
character, and could presumably be annulled by him at will.
The same remarks would seem to apply to the Bahrain and Kuwait
proclamations. One possible objection to the cancellation of
these proclamations would, however, be, not from the Persian
point of view, but ours, since the abolition of the Persian,
would also mean that of the British, right of search, for both
are included in the same document.
9. The Trucial Chiefs’ notifications published in
1902 merely prohibited tne importation of arms for sale into
their territories, or the exportation therefrom.
I am sending copies of this letter to His Majesty’s
Secretary of State for India, His Majesty’s Minister # Tehran, artf
tne Senior feral Officer, Persian Gulf Division.
I hrve the honour to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient servant,
(Sgd*) T.C.Fowle,
Lt. -Colonel,
Political Kesident in the Persian Gulf.