'File 9/20 Naval & Shipping: Infringement of Muscat Territorial Waters by Persian Navy' [‎22r] (43/128)

not one of the**. He fluid It nee not unlike n photo-
irmph of the ‘*7 J ehlaYi*, hut looked seller. ?t appear#
t© hare been either the latter, or a ountone launch.
The fmxiUiary dhon naa of a type in general uee hy
^ereion reYerme offi eiele. The captured dhoe beloni?ed
to a Baluchi *h© ie a native of Bandar Birek and there
fore a Berelan euhjleet. “he carcro was atated to he
auoar* ^he had c«»e frow ^hihei.
r, he nan aent by th#> ^ali did net fro on hoard the
firet Yeeeel, hut nent to the captured dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. . It waa
not cfl.ear if thie war by choice or not. The Interpreter
in the dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. told hi« that they had been anchored for
two preYloxtii dayo at .Teal rat flhanww - ah own a aketch
plan the neeaenerer oaid that that meant in J^hor ? awi.
They caught the dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. at eoa off the weet conet nkaa of
^aa Sheikh Hamid about oppoeite Baa al «Tadi. H# did
not know the diatonce from the eoaat nbm eeuitht, nor
waa the time of capture eetabliehed. He did not know
if the dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. real ated Capture.
By tiie tine the meaHewfmr had reached <ha«^ab on
hia return the ahipa had weifthed and aalled Northward.
The *«li waa aatiafied that they were no lowre?* in
the Yioinity, otherwiae I aald I would #o and look for
them.
4. After the Bali had pone book to the town I went on
ahore to return hie Yieit, taki^p another officer with me.
and two aailore to act ae orderliea in order to wa v e the
Yiait aa formal na non bA ble. On my return the ahip weighed
and proceeded to Hen jam.
5. There ic not much doubt that the captured dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. wae
enftaped in the hitherto oonmon and lucrative eanifwlin* trade
between the Arabian and the ^traian coaata, and that che wao
enuftht red-handed by the ^eraian revenue authoritiea.
Three may have been operating some diet an ee from their own
ooaet, or even inalde territorial watere; but the main
complaint, and the only one made by the Halt, it that
^eralan veeeela with armed men on board, viaited Huacati
watera without previoua notice or adequate reneon.
6. Trom our point of view the alpnlficanoe of the
incident appear# to lie in the inevitoble denar© to our
maritime preetifte in the Oulf if #ti#» inold#nta are r#p#ated
without/