'1904/733. Pts 3, 4, 5, & 6. MUSCAT. COMMERCIAL TREATY. STATUS OF MUSCATIS. HOSPITAL.'

Content

The volume comprises four parts discussing affairs in Muscat which are indirectly related to the Muscat Arbitration discussed in parts 1 and 2:

• part 3 discusses a possible revision of the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation between Great Britain and Muscat, originally signed in 1892;
• part 4 considers the status of Muscat citizens living overseas and whether they were entitled to British diplomatic assistance;
• part 5 discusses a dispensary opened in Mutra [Maṭraḥ] by the American Mission hospital, against the wishes of the Sultan of Muscat (Fayṣal bin Turkī Āl Bū Sa‘īd);
• part 6 relates to the proposal to construct a new hospital in Muscat and initial financial donations towards the scheme.

The volume comprises parts 3, 4, 5, and 6. Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, year the subject file was opened, subject heading, and list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.

Extent and format

1 volume, 4 items (352 folios)

It is grouped into

'P. 3 733/1904. Muscat :- Commercial Treaties.'

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/27/1

'P. 4. 733/1904. Muscat :- Status of Muscatis.'

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/27/2

'P. 5. 733/1904. Muscat:- American Dispensary.'

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/27/3

'P. 6. 733/1904. Muscat:- Hospital.'

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Ref: IOR/L/PS/10/27/4

Arrangement

The subject 733 (Muscat) consists of 3 volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/25-27. The volumes are divided into 6 parts with parts 1 and 2 comprising one volume each, and parts 3,4,5 and 6 comprising the third volume.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 350; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio.

Written in

English and French in Latin script

Type

Archival file

Access & Reference

Original held at

British Library: India Office The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors. Records and Private Papers Documents collected in a private capacity.

Access conditions

Unrestricted

Archive reference

IOR/L/PS/10/27

History of this record

Date(s)

1904-1914 (CE, Gregorian)

Places

Muscat

People & organisations

Secretary of State for Foreign AffairsSecretary of State for India, United KingdomPolitical Agent and Consul, MuscatViceroy and Governor-General of India in CouncilForeign OfficePolitical Resident, Persian GulfSultan of Muscat and Oman, Āl Bū Sa'īd Dynasty

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