Editing Khuriya Muriya Islands (section)

==== Yemeni control ====
In 1886, the islands were attached administratively to [[Aden Settlement|Aden]]. Due to their remoteness, the lack of anchorages and the fact that the inhabitants continued to consider themselves subjects of the Sultan of Muscat, the islands remained un-administered and, for decades, were only sporadically visited by British officials.<ref>Kenneth J. Panton, ''Historical Dictionary of the British Empire'', London, 2015, p. 279.</ref><ref>French sailor and adventurer [[Henry de Monfreid]] who stopped very briefly at these islands around 1920 on his way to India saw no one else but the local inhabitants.</ref> While technically part of [[Aden Colony]], the islands, because of their remoteness and inaccessibly, were left to the supervision of the [[Persian Gulf Residency|British Resident in the Persian Gulf]].<ref>Naval Intelligence Division, p. 617.</ref>  As a British possession until 1967, they were administered by the  Governor of [[Colony of Aden|Aden]] until 1953, then by the British [[High Commissioner]] until 1963, and finally by the British [[Chief Political Resident]] of the [[Persian Gulf]] (based in [[Bahrain]]). On 30 November 1967, [[Lord Caradon]], the British Ambassador to the [[United Nations]], announced that in accordance with the wishes of the local inhabitants, the islands would be returned to [[Muscat and Oman]], despite criticism from President [[Qahtan Muhammad al-Shaabi]] that the islands should be transferred to the [[South Yemen|People's Republic of South Yemen]].<ref name="times">The Times, December 1, 1967</ref>  The boundary between the two countries was not formally settled until 1992 when it was agreed that the islands were on Oman's side of the line.<ref>[https://www.un.org/depts/los/LEGISLATIONANDTREATIES/PDFFILES/TREATIES/OMN-YEM1992IB.PDF International boundary agreement between the Sultanate of Oman and the Republic of Yemen,1 October 1992.]</ref>