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Notes to Chapter Eight
88 The accounts of travellers in the area testify this—from Wellsted. Miles,
Cox and Zwemer before the first world War to Thomas and Thesiger in
the 1930s and late 1940s.
89 Some examples are quoted above, pages 230ff.
90 See also above, page 232 and Thesiger, Arabian Sands, pp. 263ff.
91 See Article 2 of the King’s Regulations of 1951 (Trucial Stales). Apart
from this regulation, which was allowed and signed by the Secretary of
Slate for Foreign Affairs, at the time Ernest Bevin. "Rules of Discipline
for the Trucial Oman Levies", published in the Persian Gulf Gazette,
were drawn up by the Political Resident in Bahrain and approved by
Bevin’s successor, Herbert Morrison. This and all other regulations
concerning the legal situation in the Gulf were published in The Persian
Gulf Gazelle, published by HM Political Resident in the Persian Gulf by
authority (HMSO).
92 There were TOS camps at Sharjah, al Manamah, Masafi, Mirfa and Jahili
in the vicinity of al 'Ain, and the force had a small presence in other
locations.
93 It was only fully recognised in hindsight that a considerable number of
Dhufaris seem to have already been preparing for the rebellion against
the Sultan of Oman which broke out in 1965. After receiving some
training many Dhufaris went on leave, took their guns with them and
never came back, a certain amount of material was probably also
diverted and ended up in Dhufar.
94 A short account of the campaign is given in Hawley, Trucial States, p.
175. The assignment of the force had to be amended in March 1956 by a
Queen’s Regulation for this purpose. To Article 2 of the King’s
Regulation no. 1 of 1951 was added: "(2) The Political Resident shall
have power to require members of the Force to proceed and serve
outside the limits of the Trucial States Order, 1956.”
95 The relevant legal basis for these powers were Articles 4 and 5 of the
King’s Regulation no. 1 of 1951. See above, footnote 91.
96 See also above, page 268f.
97 Certain changes were made over the years and other Trucial States
Orders were issued in 1956 and 1959 (published as Statutory Instru­
ments, 1956, no. 90 and 1959, no. 1039) before provisions were made in
the 1960s for the transfer of jurisdiction to the local Rulers. When
Fujairah was finally recognised as a Trucial State in July 1952, the Ruler
was required to recognise in writing the Order in Council of 1950
(Statutory Instruments, 1952, no. 1420).
98 See the relevant Orders in Council of 1950, 1956 and 1959, Parts III.
99 Part III, Article 13 of the Orders in Council; in the 1959 version the
Judges of the High Courts of Kenya and Cyprus were replaced by
"Persons who hold or have held judicial office under the Crown."

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