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Ruler. The authorities ashore should receive the call first in each case, though in
Qatar and Sharjah as a matter of courtesy the Political Officer and Political Agent
call first when the visiting officer is of Flag rank. b
In Bahrain which is used as a base by the United States Navy, it has became
the custom, as it is in the Royal Navy, that calls should only be exchanged at the
first visit.
(b) Muscat
The Commanding Officer of a visiting warship should call on the Sultan. He
need not, but may call on Her Majesty’s Consul-General as a matter of courtesy
on the occasion of his first visit to Muscat.
2. Procedure
(a) Except in Muscat the visiting Commanding Officer should be conducted to
the Ruler by the Political Agent or Officer.
(b) The same considerations apply to the return calls, by the Sultan and the
Rulers as in A. 2 except that in the case of the latter the return of calls at the
Political Agency is undesirable without the specific consent of the Commanding
Officer concerned.

C—COMMONWEALTH WARSHIPS
Commonwealth warships follow the procedure described in Section A above
for ships of the Royal Navy, though care must be taken that the impression is not
given that ships of the Indian Navy are in some sense Her Majesty’s ships.

ANNEX

Table of Precedence
1. Sultan of Muscat......................... 21 guns
2. Political Resident......................... 15 guns
3. Commander-in-Chief, East Indies According to
rank
4. Rulers of Bahrain and Kuwait.......................... 13 guns
5. Political Agents Bahrain and Kuwait and Her Majesty’s
Consul-General (personal rank) Muscat............... 13 guns
6. Air Officer Commanding, Iraq
7. Senior Naval Officer, Persian Gulf
8. Captains Royal Navy in Command and Senior Royal
Air Force Officer, Persian Gulf
9. Ruler of Qatar .............................................................. 7 guns
10. Political Agent, Trucial States; Political Officer, Qatar,
and Her Majesty’s Consul, Muscat (in the
absence of the Consul-General)........................... 7 guns
11. Rulers of Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Sharjah 5 guns
12. Commanders Royal Navy in Command
13. Lieutenant-Commanders Royal Navy in Command
14. Rulers of Ajman, Fujairah, Ras al Khaimah and Umm 3 guns
al Qaiwain...................................... ...............
A deputy officially authorised to act for the substantive holder of an o
entitled to the same precedence as the substantive holder of the office excep
the local rank of Consul-General does not devolve on the acting Consul.
Within each serial precedence is governed by the relative sen,0^lJ R jerSi
officers in their own service (on respective services) and, in the case oi tne
by local practice.