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'File 35/86 I A 32 Muscat Commercial Treaty, 1891: revision of 1905' [136r] (275/480)
The record is made up of 1 volume (236 folios). It was created in 6 Jul 1905-1 Feb 1922. 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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Extract from ^esidenoy letter no. 205 dated 19th J an
1913. file 18/58.
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para. e4 I I
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fTho use of the title of "His Majesty"
in reference to the Sultan has been retained in the text
ad referendum, because it is employed in the existing
Order in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
.(Aitchison Vil. XII p.clxix)
The point if one which in any case needs the specific
consideration of Government, as i4 the course of discuss
ion of the draft of the New Comraervial J -reaty , the
Sultan has definitely asked that ffiis Highness / w should
be altered to "His Majesty" and I note, incidentally,
that in recent letters to the SultaTi in connection with
the Arms Warehouse negotiations, the SuZtzzi French
Consul always addresse s ^im as "Majesty*.
On the other hand in all our routine correspondence
in the past, the the declaration og 1862: and in all
instruments except the
Order in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
of 1867, the
Sultan is always referred to as Sis Highness: and the
p^osition is understood to be the same in the case of tgz
the Sultan of Zanzibar,
No doubt the wording of an
Order in Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
is primarily a domestic matter concerning the British
Government and its subjects^alone, but the point being
as I have atsHaat# explained atiready at issue in connection
with the Treaty negotiations now in temporary
abeyance, I trust the present opportunity will be taken
by Government to conaider the point and decide which
form is to be used.
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Correspondence concerning the Muscat Commercial Treaty of 1891 and its revision in 1905. Includes drafts of the treaty articles with comments in the margins on possible amendments as well as the final signed agreement. A letter discusses the wish of the Sultan to be addressed as His Majesty. Correspondents include Ronald Evelyn Wingate, Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Muscat; 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. ; Taimur bin Faisal [Taymūr ibn Fayṣal], Sultan of Muscat; Deputy Secretary to the Government of India.
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- 1 volume (236 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The foliation system in use is the sequence of numbers appearing in a circle in the top right hand corner of each folio. The file also bears a former foliation system comprising of uncircled numbers.
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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- IOR/R/15/1/408
- Title
- 'File 35/86 I A 32 Muscat Commercial Treaty, 1891: revision of 1905'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 1r:1v, 1ar:1av, 2r:154v, 157r:165v, 168r:183v, 188r:201v, 206r:235v, i-r:ii-v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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