'File 35/86 V A. 77 Muscat Commercial Treaty' [104r] (222/442)
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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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, S.W.I,
26th April,1938.
your Higiiness,
I am directed by the Secretary of State for
India to enclose the draft of the Treaty representing
the result of the informal conversations which
Sir Trenohard Fowls and Mr. Gibson haye had with Your
Highness.
It is felt that these informal conversations have
been most valuable and that they will greatly facilitate
the final conclusion of the Treaty on Your Highness 1
return to Muscat. The Government of India are being
consulted on this, draft. Subject to any views which
they may express and to any further view of His
Majesty's Government, and to the settlement of any
outstanding points, it is hoped that it may be possible
to arrange that Sir Trenchard Powle may proceed to the
formal conclusion of the Treaty with Your Highness on
the lines of the enclosed draft within a reasonable
time after the return of Your Highness to Muscat.
■ May I express on behalf of the Secretary of State
his appreciation of the extremely helpful attitude which
Your Highness, ,has adopted in the course of the informal
discussions and which has enabled them to be concluded
in so short a space of time?
Your Highness' sincere friend,
(Sd.) J.C. WALT Oil.
ss Saiyid Said bin Saiyid fuimur,
IC.C.I.E.,
u itan of Muscat and Oman.
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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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- 1 volume (214 folios)
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The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.
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- Title
- 'File 35/86 V A. 77 Muscat Commercial Treaty'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1ar:1dv, 2r:6v, 41v, 45v, 48v, 54v, 58v, 63v:64v, 97v:104v, 139v:141v, 144v, 150v, 152v, 154v:213v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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