File 3939/1926 Pt 6 'Revision of Aitchison's Treaties. Persian Gulf Section.' [‎644r] (723/818)

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OMAN (MUSCAT).
to recognise in his territory foreign flags and papers given to his subjects
without permission. This proclamation was to have effect from after the
date of its communication to the French Consul, and did not therefore
debar those already in possession of the French flag from continuing
to make use of it. The question reached an acute stage in 1903, when a
French flag holder belonging to Sur, who had arrived at Muscat and who
was subject to quarantine, broke quarantine himself and absconded, after
abducting two followers from the quarantine station.
The matter was then taken up in London by the French Ambassador,
and, as a result of negotiations between the British and French Govern-
.ments, was referred to the Hague Tribunal, whose decision, published on
fthe 8th August 1905, was as follows: —
1. That before the § 2nd January 1892, France was entitled to
authorise vessels belonging to subjects of His Highness the Sultan of
Muscat to fly the French flag, only bound by her own legislation and
administrative rules;
2. That owners of dhows, who before 1892, had been authorised by (
France to fly the French flag, retained this authorisation as long as
_ France renewed it to the grantee; and
3. That after the 2nd January 1892, France*was not entitled to
authorise vessels belonging to subjects of His Highness the Sultan of
Muscat to fly the French flag, except on condition that their owners, or
fitters-out, had established, or should establish, that they had been con
sidered and treated by France as her “ proteges ” before the year 1863; I!
and, with regard to the effect, transference or transmission of flags so
granted, it was decided,
(1) that dhows of Muscat authorised as aforesaid to fly the French
flag were entitled in the territorial waters of Muscat to the inviolability
provided by the French Muscat treaty of November 17, 1884;
(2) that the authorisation to fly the French flag could not be trans
mitted or transferred to any other person, or to any other dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. , e^en i
belonging to the same owner; and
(3) that subjects of the Sultan of Muscat, who were o™ 61 - 3 or maste "
Of Jho ws authorised to fly the French flag, or who were members of the
with our written permission and s “”^ on ^ ^/‘be" dear to all anT'lalaams.
treaties between us and Foreign Powers, net
iWritten 14th Safar 1318. Saiyid Feysal-bin-Ttjrki.
§ The date in question is tha ^ ^ grant '
her rronW “e ^ionsprescnho^r “rtide^ of ^ ^
Ottoman Ke^nd Wf^In W of that .ear, the creatron
of now protege was regulated and limited. (
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