'Convention between the United Kingdom and Turkey respecting the Persian Gulf and Adjacent Territories, (With Maps), Signed at London, July 29 1913' [‎19r] (46/98)

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owner, the name of the nakhoda, the number of men, the number
of arms, from whence sailed, at what time, and to what port bound.
And if a British or other vessel meet them, they shall produce the
register and the clearance.
Article 6.
The friendly Arabs, if they choose, shall send an envoy to the
British 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. with the necessary accom
paniments, and he shall remain there for the transaction of their
business with the 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. ; and the British Government, if it
chooses, shall send an envoy also to them in like manner; and the
envoy shall add his signature to the signature of the chief in the
paper (register) of their vessels, which contains the length of the
vessel, its breadth and tonnage; the signature of the envoy to be
renewed every year. Also all such envoy shall be at the expense
of their own party.
Article 7.
If any tribe or others shall not desist from plunder and piracy,
the friendly Arabs shall act against them according to their ability
and circumstances, and an arrangement for this purpose shall take
place between the friendly Arabs and the British at the time when
such plunder and piracy shall occur.
Article 8.
The putting men to death after they have given up their arms
is an act of piracy and not of acknowledged war ; and if any tribe
shall put to death any persons, either Mahommedans or others,
after they have given up their arms, such tribe shall be held to
have broken the peace ; and the friendly Arabs shall act against
them in conjunction with the British, and, God willing, the war
against them shall not cease until the surrender of those who
performed the act and of those who ordered it.
Article 9.
The carrying off of slaves, men, women, or children, from the
coasts of Africa or elsewhere, and the transporting them in vessels,
is plunder and piracy, and the friendly Arabs shall do nothing of
this nature.
Article 10.
The vessels of the friendly Arabs, bearing their flag above
described, shall enter into all the British ports and into the ports
of the allies of the British so far as they shall be able to effect it;
and they shall buy and sell therein, and if any shall attack them
the British Government shall take notice of it.
Article 11.
These conditions aforesaid shall be common to all tribes and
persons, who shall hereafter adhere thereto in the same manner
as to those who adhere to them at the time present.
(End of the articles.)