"ملخص عن التدابير البحرية في الخليج العربي، ١٨٦٢-١٩٠٥" [‎٤‎٣] (٦٤/٥١)

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existing"^" IT/ve^; ! hat ,
.ions ( S ee paragraph 47) fire salutes in the' Persia Gulf, exfett asToOows i" 1 '' ^ nStrUC '
{a) Other ships than those alluded to above may salute under very special circum-
C o mm a n d e r -i ri^ Ch i e f?"' SUCh CaSeS bei " g S P ecia,l y re P ortecl Naval
w s ^x :L: o Tz%*nr s are g!ven to the chiefs who are ^ ^
mnuence oi the British Government when visiting Her Maiestv's ^hins even
salutes. SU SmpS are preC ' Uded ^ the ^nerl instruTionV ^6^
Of the ships now on the East India Station only the first four in the marginal list
" D (5) Sphinx. carr y such guns as to be classed under paragraph
{6) Redbreast, 47 of the Admiralty Instructions as saluting
(7) Lapwing. vessels.
\o) Pigeon,
(/) Bonaveniure.
{a) Marathon.
(3) Cossack.
{4) Brisk.
S 0n u ject were issued after discussion with Foreign
Maritime Powers and^ there are particular objections to firing the longer salutes. It is
understood from bad ler s letter that the Sultan has not himself raised the question, and
fir 88 I ! 0 k 0r ^ nless y ou have g 0 o d grounds for supposing that he has noticed and
£ a ?f u" 11 ? r iat SOme our shl 'P s do not salute his flag, matters had
probably better be left as they are. But if you are of opinion that a special concession is,
on political grounds, really oesirable, you may of course make an official representation.
109. In F ebruary 1900 the Resident submitted the following list of salutes
External a,, may 190;, Nos. 120 135. ^ re( ^ ^ Persian Gulf for the con-
.f t j- /ij.f ivr /; 1 j , sideration and approval of the Government
oi India (letter iNo. 62, dated 19th February 1900):—
Memorandum of salutes fired in the Persian Gulf,
At noon on 34th May each year
At noon on 1st January each year
At termination of official visit by
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Governor of Muhammara
Governor of Bundar Abbas
Governor of Lingah
Birthday* of Her Majesty the
Queen
Proclamation* Day of Her
Imperial Majesty the Queen,
Empress of India
Birthdayt of His Imperial
Majesty the Shah of Per
sia
His Highness the Sultan of
Maskat ... ,,,
His Excellency the Governor
of Bushire ...
Political Resident in the Per
sian Gulf
Political Agent at Maskat ...
Agents and Consuls-General
and Commissioners and
Consuls-General
Consuls-General
Consuls
Shaikh of Kuwait
Shaikh of Bahrain
Shaikh of Abu Thabi
Shaikh of Debay
Shaikh of Shargah
Shaikh of Ajman
Shaikh of Um-al-Kawain
Shaikh of Ras-al-Kheima
Guns.
3*
31
21
ax
17
13
11
11
9
7
5
5
5
3
3
3
3
3
5
5
5
* Everywhere in the Persian Gulf,
t Fired when the vessel is in any Perskn port.