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Coll 20/15 'Muscat: Infringement of Muscat territorial waters by Persian vessels' [38r] (76/203)
The record is made up of 1 file (98 folios). It was created in 6 Apr 1933-26 Jul 1934. It was written in English. The original is part of the British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity. .
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British Legation,
No.403.
Cjulhek.
3rd August, 1933.
Monsieur le Ministre,
I have the honour to inform Your Highness that I have
received a report to the effect that on June 12th (Khordad
22nd) last, an armed Persian launch, accompanied by an
auxiliary customs service
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
, and another Persian
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
that the launch had recently captured, anchored for two days
in the roadstead of Khassab, a Muscat port on the Musandim
peninsular.
2* i*he captain’s name, so far as the u-overnor ox
Khassab could ascertain, was Abdulla bin Muhammad, or perhaps
Abdulla "Pashmi", and that of a military officer on board
Ahmad Sheikh. The number of the launch was believed to be
No.5, but this may have been a mistake for No.6.
3. It also appears that the launch had spent the two
previous days in Khor Kawi, off the Musandim ueninsula, in
Muscat territorial waters, and had used these waters as a
base from which to capture the
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
.
4. On behalf of His Highness, the Sultan of Muscat,
I desire to enter an emphatic protest against the action of
this armed launch in using Muscat waters as a base for
; operations, in visiting a Muscat port without prior
1 notification, and in keeping a captured
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
under arrest
^ in Muscat territorial waters, even though the
dhow
A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean.
was a
Persian one.
5.
His Highness
Mirza Mohamed Ali Khan Feroughi,
Minister for Foreign Affairs.
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Correspondence concerning reports of a Persian warship operating in Muscat territorial waters. The vessel was seen off Khassab, Oman. Much of the correspondence discusses what grounds exist for a British protest to the Persian Government over the incident, with reference to international law and agreements between the British and the Persians (1897) and the British and the Sultan of Muscat (1898) (see folios 95-100), upon which the Persian right to be in Muscat waters was based. Details of other similar incidents to be used against the Persians are included in the papers (folios 3-4 and 18). Further correspondence deals with the need to retain British rights should the Sultan annul any historical proclamations connected to the matter.
The principal correspondents include officials at the Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Government of India (Foreign and Political Department), India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. , Admiralty, Foreign Office, British Embassy in Tehran, and the Persian Ministry for Foreign Affairs. Correspondence between the Council of Regency in Muscat and the Wali of Khassab is also contained within the file.
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- 1 file (98 folios)
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The file is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 101; 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.
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- front, front-i, 1Ar, 2r:16v, 18r:80v, 82r:84v, 86r:95v, back-i, back
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