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Coll 20/15 'Muscat: Infringement of Muscat territorial waters by Persian vessels' [59r] (118/203)
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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correspondence contained in your official letter referred
to above it seems a bit doubtful whether in fact the
port of Khasab was visited: the ships are said to have
steamed past the port, and to have anchored some distance
away, though still in sight of the town* But we don f t
think that there is much harm in this* If the Persians
like to deny that the port was actually visited, they are
welcome to do so: at least they cannot retort (as we had
feared when we sent our telegram No* 119) that the
grounds of the protest are insubstantial in the light of
ordinary international practice.
3* As regards the other heads of Mallet 1 s protest,
as described briefly in his telegram, we are inclined to
think that they can be justified by considerations of
international practice* Subject to any observations which
the Admiralty may wish to make, we believe that the views
of His Majesty 1 s Government concerning the rights of
passage of foreign warships through territorial waters
are fairly represented by the draft ’'Articles concerning
"the legal status of the Territorial Sea" drawn up at the
Hague Conference in 1930* According to these (Article 12),
"As a general rule, a coastal state will not forbid tne
passage/
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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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- IOR/L/PS/12/2971
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- Coll 20/15 'Muscat: Infringement of Muscat territorial waters by Persian vessels'
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- front, front-i, 1Ar, 2r:16v, 18r:80v, 82r:84v, 86r:95v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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