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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’ [96v] (203/448)
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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TREATY OE FRIENDSHIP, COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION
BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND MUSCAT, 1891.
Signed at Muscat, March 19th, 1891.
Ratifications were exchanged in 1892.
Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, Empress of India, and His Highness the Seyyed Eeysal bin Turki bin
Saeed, Sultan of Muscat and Oman, being desirous to confirm and strengthen
the friendly relations which now subsist between the two countries and to
promote and extend their commercial relations, haye named as their plenipot
entiaries to conclude a Treaty for this purpose, that is to say :
Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, Empress of India, Colonel Edward Charles Ross, Companion of the
Star of India, Her Britannic Majesty’s
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 His Highness the Sultan of Muscat in person; who had agreed upon and
concluded the following Articles :—
Article 1.
The Treaty concluded between the British Government and Sultan Seyyed
Saeed-bin-Sultan, Sultan of Muscat and Oman on the 31st May, 1839 (17
Rabia 1st, 1255), is hereby cancelled and declared void, and the present
Treaty, when ratified, shall be substituted for it.
Article 2.
Subjects of Her Britannic Majesty shall, for the purposes of this Treaty,
include subjects of Native States in India in alliance with Her Majesty. Such
subjects shall enjoy, immediately and unconditionally, throughout the dominions
of His Highness the Sultan of Muscat, with respect to commerce, shipping
and the exercise of Trade, as in every other respect, all the rights, privileges,
immunities, advantages, and protection of whatsoever nature, which are or
hereafter may be, enjoyed by, or accorded to the subjects or citizens of the
most favoured nation.
They shall more especially not be liable to other or more onerous duties,
imposts, restrictions or obligation of whatever description, than those to which
sub jeers or citizens of the most favoured nation now are, or hereafter may be
subjected.
Article 3.
The two High Contracting Parties acknowledge reciprocally to each other
the right of appointing Consuls to reside in each other’s dominions
wherever the interests of commerce may require the presence of such officers ;
and such Consuls shall at all times be placed in the country in which they
reside on the footing of the Consuls of the most favoured nations. ^ Each of
the High Contracting Parties further agrees to permit his own subjects to be
appointed to the Consular Offices by the other Contracting Party, provided
always that the person so appointed shall not begin to act without the previous
approbation of the Sovereign whose subjects they may be. Ti»e public func
tionaries of either Government residing in the dominions of the other, shall
enjoy the same privileges, immunities, and exemptions which are enjoyed
within the same dominions by similar public functionaries of other countries.
Article 4,
There shall be perfect freedom of commerce and navigation between the
High Contracting Parties; each shall allow the subjects of the other to enter
all ports, creeks and rivers with their vessels and cargoes, also to travel, reside,
43 F. and P. D. U
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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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- 92r:92v, 94r:95v, 96v:99v, 106v:107r, 114v:118r, 119r:120v, 122r:122v
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