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Coll 20/15 'Muscat: Infringement of Muscat territorial waters by Persian vessels' [‎73r] (146/203)

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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(3) Entering such waters, (anchoring off Hanah
Cove), in company with a captured vessel*
4* With reference to (1) of paragraph 3 above,
and correspondence ending with Foreign Office letter No.
160 (S 1772/114/34) of 19th April 1933 to His Majesty's
Minister, Tehran, I would he glad to learn if the
Persian Government have received the Notification in
question.
5. H.M.S. "Fowey* reports (vide Senior Naval
Officer's telegram dated the 18$h June) that fine weather
prevailed during the time the Persian vessels were at
Khassab, and that no request for water or provisions
was made, No excuse therefore exists for encroachment
either under stress of weather or running short of
water, etc.
CJ- K'

6. Under the Muscat Notification of 1898, Persia
has rights of search of Muscat vessels on the High Seas
(vide paragraph 4 of my letter to the Government of India
No# 341" s (13 B to Tehran A 342^&_to Secretary of State
for India and Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ), dated
the 6th April 1933, and 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. letter of 27th
April, No. P.Z. 2420/33, to the Admiralty), but this
would not cover the capture of a Persian vessel in
Muscat territorial waters. But the Muscat Proclamation
of the same date (vide paragraph 3 of my letter quoted
above) does give permission to Persian vessels of war
to search for arms in Muscat territorial waters vessels
flying the Persian flag.
7. It is possible, therefore, that the Persian
Government in reply to any protest we may make, may quote
the Muscat Proclamation mentioned in the preceding parar
graph. It is quite likely, however, that the Persian
Government/

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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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