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'File 35/86 V A. 77 Muscat Commercial Treaty' [42r] (98/442)
The record is made up of 1 volume (214 folios). It was created in 14 Apr 1938-10 Jun 1938. It was written in English. 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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MUSCAT TREATY.
Note of first meeting xrlth the Sultan ? 30th March at
The Dorchester Hotel.
Present- His Highness the Sultan., The Political
Resident (Sir Trenchard Powle) 3 and Mr. J .p .Gibson (India
Office).
Sir Trenchard Fowle began by saying that His Majesty's
Government welcomed, as he understood the Sultan did also,
the opportunity afforded by the presence of His Highness in
London to have an informal discussion of the Sultan's
proposals for the revision of the 1891 Treaty and to explain
to His Highness the conclusions which His Majesty's
Government had provisionally reached in the light of the
views expressed by the Government of India. The matter
had been discussed that very morning by the Departments
concerned, and, while an important part of the Treaty
proposals had still to be examined by them, he. was able to
give the Sultan His Majesty's Government's provisional draft
of the .earlier articles of the Treaty.
Sir Trenchard then gave His Highness a draft, as in the
copy attached herewith, of the Preamble and Articles 1 to 10.
He explained that there was no question of the Sultan
committing himself at this stage and that he proposed, after
going through the draft and explaining the variations from
the Sultan's proposals, to leave it to be considered by His
Highness at his leisure. He then proceeded to explain the
draft Article by Article. The Sultan's comments were as
follows
Preamble : no comment.
Article l(i): For the phrase "Muscat and Oman and
Their/
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Correspondence relating to the negotiations in London with the Sultan of Muscat over articles for inclusion in a new treaty 'to replace the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation signed at Muscat on the 19th March, 1891, which terminates on the 11th February, 1939.' The file includes drafts of the articles 1 to 23 with notes in the margin where the Sultan proposed a different wording. Correspondents include the 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. ; 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. , Whitehall; Secretary to the Government of India in the External Affairs Department; and the Colonial Office, London.
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The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.
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- IOR/R/15/1/412
- Title
- 'File 35/86 V A. 77 Muscat Commercial Treaty'
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- 42r:45r, 46r:48r, 49r:54r, 55r:58r, 59r:63r, 142r:144r, 145r:150r, 151r:152r, 153r:154r
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