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'Existing Treaties between the British Government and the Trucial Chiefs, 1906' [28r] (70/160)
The record is made up of 3 volumes (68 folios). It was created in 1906. 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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Treaties and engagements in force on
1st January 1906 between the
British Government and the Trucial
Chiefs of the Arab Coast.
[ N otb .—Tn the event of doubt hereafter arising: as to the precise interpretation of
any portion of the English or Arabic text of one or other of the Treaty stipulations, the
English text shall be considered decisive.]
General Treaty with the Arab Tribes of the
Persian Gulf—1820.
In the name of God, the merciful, the compassionate.
Praise be to God, who hath ordained peace to be a
blessing to his creatures. There is established a lasting peace
between the British Government and the Arab tribes, who
are parties, to this contract, on the following conditions :—
Article 1.
There shall be a cessation of plunder and piracy by land
and sea on the part of the Arabs, who are parties to this
contract, for ever.
Article 2.
If any individual of the people of the Arabs contracting
shall attack any that pass by land or sea of any nation,
whatsoever, in the way of plunder and piracy and not of
acknowledged war, he shall be accounted an enemy of all
mankind, and shall be held to have forfeited both life and
goods. An acknowledged war is that which is proclaimed,
avowed, and ordered by Government against Government;
and the killing of men and taking of goods without procla
mation, avowal, and the order of a Government is plunder
and piracy.
Article 3.
The friendly (literally the pacificated)
Arabs shall carry by land and sea a red
flag, with or without letters in it, at their
option, and this shall be in a border of
white, the breadth of the white in the
border being equal to the breadth of the
red, as represented in the margin (the
whole forming the flag known in the
British Navy by the title of white pierced
red); this shall be the flag of the friendly
Arabs, and they shall use it, and no other.
Article 4.
The pacificated tribes shall all of them continue in their
former relations, with the exception that they shall be at
peace with the British Government, and shall not fio-ht w ith
each other, and the flag shall be a symbol of this onlv and
of nothing further. " '
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The volume is accompanied by two duplicate copies. The volume is subtitled Treaties and Engagements in Force on 1st January 1906 between the British Government and the Trucial Chiefs of the Arab Coast; to which is Prefixed an Address Delivered by His Excellency Lord Curzon, Viceroy and Governor-General of India, to the Trucial Chiefs of the Arab Coast, at a Public Durbar A public or private audience held by a high-ranking British colonial representative (e.g. Viceroy, Governor-General, or member of the British royal family). Held at Shargah [Sharjah] on the 21st November 1903 , and consists of a set of documents in English followed by versions in Arabic. The documents included are:
- General Treaty with the Arab Tribes of the Persian Gulf An agreement made in 1820 between Britain and ten tribal rulers of the eastern Arabian coast, often seen as marking the start of 150 years of British hegemony in the region. , 1820;
- Engagement entered into by Sheikh Sultan bin Suggur, Chief of Ras-ool-Kheimah [Ra's al-Khaymah] and Shargah [Sharjah], for the abolition of the African slave trade in his ports, 1847;
- Treaty of Peace in perpetuity agreed upon by the Chiefs of the Arabian Coast on behalf of themselves, their heirs and successors, under the mediation of the Resident in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 1853;
- Further engagement entered into by Sheikh Sultan bin Suggur, of Jowasmee, with the British Government, for the more effectual suppression of the slave trade, 1856;
- Additional Article for the protection of the Telegraph Line and Stations, agreed to before Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Acting British 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. , Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , and appended to the Treaty of Peace of 4 May 1853, 1864;
- Mutual agreement entered into by the Trucial Chiefs of the Oman Coast through the medium of Haji Abul Cassim, Munshi A term used in the Middle East, Persia and South Asia to refer to a secretary, assistant or amanuensis. Munshis were employed in the British administration in the Gulf. , especially deputed on this service, and Haji Abdur Rahman, Government Agent, Arab Coast, written on the 3rd Rajeb 1296, corresponding with 24 June 1879;
- Protectorate Treaties, 1892;
- Agreement for the prohibition of the Arms Traffic, 1902.
In the event of any doubt arising about the interpretation of the treaty stipulations, the English text was to be considered decisive.
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- 3 volumes (68 folios)
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Foliation: the foliation sequence is split between three identical volumes, the covers of which are not included. The sequence is as follows: Volume 1: ff. 1-23; Volume 2: ff. 24-46; Volume 3: ff. 47-68. These numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. Each volume is split into English and Arabic sections. These each contain a separate pagination sequence, which mirror each other in their respective languages. These numbers are printed, and can be found in the top centre of each page.
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