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* Cp. letter 205
from Pol. Res. to G.
of I., Jan. 19 1913,
P. 4487/13.
t G. of I. Secret
Deep. 108. Gen., to
S. of S for I., Oct. 16
1913. P. 1487/13.
X G. of I. Notifica
tion 2086 G., Dec. 22
1915, P. 273/16.
§ P. 931/22.
nature indicated would, however, clearly be fantastic, and could not in any
circumstances be admitted by His Majesty’s Government. The fact that
Muscat is in treaty relations of long standing, not only with His Majesty’s
Government but with other first-class Powers, and that those treaty relations
are based on the recognition by the Powers in question of the complete
independence of the State, would further strengthen the Sultan’s position
against any claim at this stage to suzerainty by Persia.
Relations between Muscat and Ibn Saud.
G2. Ibn Saud is a growing influence on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , but he has not
so far come very directly in contact .with Muscat, to the independence of
which he constitutes at the moment a less immediate menace than is the
case on the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. .
VI.—Miscellaneous Questions.
(a) The Muscat Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. .
(b) Establishment of a British Naval Base on the Musandim
Peninsula.
(c) Cession of Gwadur.
(d) Oil in Muscat.
(a) The Muscat Order in Council—1867 and 1915.
03. From 1867 the jurisdiction exercised over British subjects in Muscat
by the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. and His Britannic Majesty’s Consul was exercised
under the Muscat Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. of 1867. ::i The revision of this Order,
which had become out of date, was raised l;w the Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. in 1913. His proposals that the revision should be undertaken
were accepted by the Government of Indiaf and His Majesty’s Government,
and a revised Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. in substitution for the Order of 1867 was
approved by His Majesty on the 3rd February 1915. The new Order, which
came into force on the 1st January 1916,j vests in the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. ,
subject to the general control of, and right of appeal to, the Political
Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , jurisdiction over—
(a) British subjects, and British ships, with their boats, and persons and
property on board, or belonging to them, within the limits of the
Order.
(b) Muscat subjects registered in the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. as in the regular
service of British subjects, subject to a proviso as to the disposal
of cases in which such Muscat subjects are concerned.
(c) The property, &c., of all British subjects and of the Muscat subjects
referred to in ( 6 ), whether within or without the limits of the Order.
(d) Foreigners, with respect to whom any State, &c., the subjects, or
under the protection, of which they are has agreed by treaty to the
exercise of power or authority by His Majesty.
(e) Muscat subjects and foreigners, other than those referred to in (b)
and (d) in certain specified cases.
The limits of the Order are the territories and territorial waters of the
Sultan of Muscat and Oman.
64. Various regulations, &c., have since 1916 been issued under the new
Order, certain amendments in which were approved by His Majesty in
Council in 1922,§ but no question of importance has arisen in connection
with its working.
(b) Proposal for the establishment of a British Naval Base in the Musandim
Peninsula.
65. The earlier history of this proposal, which appears first to have been
made by Sir Lewis Pelly, then Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. in
1863, is given in the Foreign Office Memorandum of 1908, and in Lorimer’s
Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. Gazetteer, Vol. I, pp. 251 to 258.
66 . The question was again raised in 1913. In a Note communicated to
the Committee of Imperial Defence on 17th January 1913, the Admiralty
expressed the view that it was “ essential that any naval station that may be