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File 2902/1916 ‘Treaties and Engagements between the British Government and the Chiefs of the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf’ [95v] (201/448)
The record is made up of 1 volume (222 folios). It was created in 1916-1928. It was written in English, Arabic and Persian. 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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8
No* 5 (^0»
TREiVTY BETWEEN HER MAJESTY AND THE SULTAN OF
MUSCAT FOR THE ABOLITION OF THE SLAVE TRADE,
SIGNED AT MUSCAT, APRIL 14th, 1873.
Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, and His Highness the Syud Toorkee bin Saeed, Sultan of Muscat,
being desirous to give more complete effect to the engagements entered into by
the Sultan and his predecessors for the perpetual abolition of the Slave Trade,
they have agreed to conclude a Treaty for this purpose which shall be bind
ing upon themselves, their heirs and successors ; and Her Majesty the Queen
of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland having appointed as her
Plenipotentiary Sir Henry Bar tie Edward Fr^re, Knight Commander of the
Most Honourable Order of the Bath, and Knight Grand Commander of the
Most Exalted Order of the Star of India, he having communicated to the
Sultan of Muscat his full powers found in good and due form, and the afore
said Sultan of Muscat, Syud Toorkee bin Saeed, acting on his own behalf, they
have agreed upon and concluded the following articles i—
Article 1.
The import of slaves from the coasts or Islands of Africa or elsewhere into
the dominions of Muscat, wdiether destined for transport from one port of Sultan
of Muscat's dominions to another, or for conveyance to foreign ports, shall
entirely cease, and any vessels engaged in the transport or conveyance of slaves
after this date shall be liable to seizure and condemnation by all such Naval
and other Officers, or Agents, and such Courts as may be authorised for that
purpose on the part of Her Britannic Majesty and all persons hereafter enter
ing the Sultan's dominions and dependencies shall be free.
Article 2.
The Sultan engages that all public markets in his dominions for slaves*
shall be entirely closed.
Article 3.
The Sultan engages to protect, to the utmost of his power, all liberated
slaves, and to punish severely any attempt to 1 molest them or reduce them again
to slavery.
Article 4.
Her Britannic Majesty engages that natives of Indian States under British
protection shall, from and after a date to be hereafter fixed, be prohibited from
possessing slaves, and in the meanwhile from acquiring any fresh slaves.
Article 5.
The present Treaty shall be ratified by Her Majesty and the ratification
shall he fonvarded to Muscat as soon as possible.^
In witness whereof, Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere on behalf of Her
Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and
Syud Toorkee bin Saeed, Sultan of Muscat, on his own behalf, have signed the
same and have affixed thereto their respective seals.
Done at Muscat this fourteenth day of April, one thousand eight
hundred and seventy three.
(L. S.) (Sd.) H. B. E. FRERE.
„ „ SYUD TOORKEE BIN SAEEIX
* Delivered to the Sultan in September 1873.
10 .
43 F.. and P. I).
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The volume consists mainly of six bound compilations of treaties and undertakings, together with related correspondence and other supplementary material, made between the British Government and the British Protectorates of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 1820-1919. These treaty compilations were published by the Government of India in 1919 and comprise: the Trucial Treaties to January 1906, Treaties with Rulers of Kuwait from 1841 to 1913, Treaties with the Sultan of Oman and Muscat from 1845 to 1914, Undertakings with the Trucial Chiefs of Oman from 1911 to 1912, Treaties with the Shaikh of Mohammerah from 1899 to 1919 and Treaties with the Rulers of Bahrain from 1820 to 1914. In addition, there is a separate Foreign Office ‘Memorandum on British Commitments (During the War) to the Gulf Chiefs’ made in 1916, which contains at Appendix A, the English text of the treaty made with the Ruler of Qatar in 1916. The treaty compilations are published in English and Arabic, except for the treaties with the Shaikh of Mohammerah, which are published in English and Persian.
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- 1 volume (222 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 2902 (Treaties and Engagements between the British Government and the Chiefs of the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ) consists of one volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 216; these numbers are written in pencil, 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the two leading and ending flyleaves. A previous foliation sequence has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- File 2902/1916 ‘Treaties and Engagements between the British Government and the Chiefs of the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf’
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- 92r:92v, 94r:95v, 96v:99v, 106v:107r, 114v:118r, 119r:120v, 122r:122v
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