ملف ١٩١٦//٢٩٠٢ "المعاهدات والاتفاقيات بين الحكومة البريطانية وحُكام الساحل العربي للخليج الفارسي" [و‎‎٩‎٨] (٤٤٨/٢٠٦)

purpose of being handed over to the owner, Captain, Agent of the ship, or
British Consul, subject always to rights of salvage.
His Highness’s authorities shall further see that the British Consulate is
at once informed of such disaster having occurred.
Should a British vessel, wrecked on the coast of His Highness’s dominion,
be plundered, the authorities of His Highness shall, as soon as they come to
know thereof, render prompt assistance and take measures to pursue and
punish the robbers, and recover the stolen property. Likewise, should a vessel
of His Highness the Sultan of Muscat, or of one of his subjects, enter a
British port in distress, or be wrecked off the coast of Her Majesty’s dominions,
the like help and assistance shall be rendered by the British authorities.
Article 12 .
Should sailors or others belonging to a British ship of war, or merchant
vessel, desert, and take refuge on shore or on board of any of His Highness’s ships,
the authorities of His Highness the Sultan of Muscat, shall upon request of a
Consular official, or, in his absence, of the Captain of the ship, take the neces
sary steq)s in order to have them arrested and delivered over to the Consular
official or to the Captain.
In this, however, the Consular officer and Captain shall render every
assistance.
Article 13.
Subjects of Her Britannic Majesty shall, as regards their person and
property, enjoy within the dominions of His Highness the Sultan of Muscat
the rights of ex-territoriality.
The authorities of His Highness the Sultan have no right to interfere in
disputes with subjects of Her Britannic Majesty amongst themselves, or
between them and members of other Christian nations; such questions whether
of a civil or criminal nature shall be decided by the competent Consular autho
rities. The trial and also the punishment of all offences and crimes of which
British subjects may be accused within the dominions of His Highness the
Sultan, also the hearing and settlement of all civil questions, claims, or
disputes in which they are the defendants, is expressly reserved to the British
Consular authorities and Courts, and removed from the jurisdiction of His
Highness the Sultan.
Should disputes arise between subjects of His Highness the Sultan or other
non-Christian Power, not represented by Consuls at Muscat, and a subject of
Her Britannic Majesty, in which the British subject is the plaintiff or com
plainant, the matter shall be brought before and decided by the highest autho
rity of the Sultan, or some person specially delegated by him for this purpose.
The proceedings and final decisions in such a case shall not, however, be consi
dered legal unless notice has been given and an opportunity afforded for the
British Consul or his substitute to attend at the hearing and final decision.
Article 14.
Subjects of His Highness the Sultan, or any non-Christian nation, not
represented by Consuls at Muscat who are in the regular service of British
subjects within the dominions of His Highness the Sultan of Muscat, shall
enjoy the same protection as British subjects themselves.
Should they be charged wdth having committed a crime or serious offence
punishable by law, they shall, on sufficient evidence being shown to justify
further proceedings, be handed over by British employers, or by order of the
British Consul, to the authorities of His Highness the Sultan for trial and
punishment.
Article 15.
Should a subject of Her Majesty residing in the dominions of His High
ness the Sultan of Muscat be adjudicated bankrupt, the British Consul shall