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'1938 Treaties with Muscat' [‎19r] (50/58)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (20 folios). It was created in 5 Feb 1939. It was written in English and Arabic. The original is part of the 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. .

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either by virtue of accession under Article 20 or by notice of extension
under Article 19, goods produced or manufactured in the territories
of the Sultan are accorded treatment as favourable as that accorded
to goods produced or manufactured in any other foreign country,
goods produced or manufactured in such territory shall likewise enjoy
in the territories of the Sultan treatment as favourable as that
accorded to goods produced or manufactured in any other foreign
country.
(2) Goods, the produce or manufacture of Palestine (including
Transjordan Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan ), shall not be debarred from the benefits of this Article
by reason only of any special customs privileges which may be
accorded in Palestine to goods the produce or manufacture of any
State the territory of which in 1914 was wholly included in Asiatic
Turkey or Arabia.
Article *22.
(1) The present Treaty has been executed in quadruplicate, two
copies being written in English and two in Arabic. These are under
stood to be of similar import and signification ; in the event, however,
of doubt hereafter arising as to the proper interpretation of the
English or Arabic text of one or other of the Treaty stipulations, the
English text shall be considered decisive.
(2) The present Treaty shall be ratified, and ratifications shall be
exchanged at Muscat. It shall come into force on the 11th day of
February, 1939, if ratifications have been exchanged before that
date, or if they have not then been exchanged on the date of exchange
of ratifications.
Article 23.
(1) The present Treaty shall remain in force for a period of
12 years from the date of its entry into force. Unless one of the High
Contracting Parties shall have given to the other notice of termination
one year before the expiry of this period, the present Treaty shall
remain in force until the expiry of one year from the date on which
such notice shall have been given.
(2) A notice given under this Article shall not affect the operation
of the Treaty as between the territories of the Sultan and any country
or territory in respect of which notification of accession has been given
under Article 20. It shall, however, apply to any territory to which
notification of extension has been given under Article 19.
In witness whereof Lt.-Gol. Sir Trenchard Craven William Low It.
K.C.I.E., C.B.E., on behalf of His Majesty The King of Great Britain,
Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of
India, and Sultan Saiyid Said bin Taimur bin Faisal, Sultan of
Muscat and Oman and Dependencies, on his own behalf, have signed
the same and affixed thereto their respective seals.

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Text in Arabic and English of the 1938 Treaty between Great Britain and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman which was concerned with promoting and extending their commercial relations by the conclusion of a new treaty to replace the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation signed at Muscat on 19th March 1891 which was terminating on 11th February, 1939. The treaty was signed in Muscat on 5 February 1939 by Sir Trenchard Craven Fowle, Political Resident A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Saiyid Sa'id bin Taimur [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr], Sultan of Muscat.

The 23 articles concern freedom of commerce and navigation; ownership of land; customs duties; imports; charging of tonnage against ships; appointment of consuls; assistance in case of shipwreck; jurisdiction; freedom of conscience and religious toleration; length the Treaty shall remain in force (12 years).

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1 volume (20 folios)
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Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the title page and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found 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. Foliation anomalies: 1 and 1A

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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