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'Treaties and Undertakings in Force between the British Government and the Sultans of Maskat [Muscat] and Oman, 1845-1914' [14r] (36/190)
The record is made up of 2 volumes (91 folios). It was created in c 1914-1932. 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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The said rules will be held to apply to all arms and ammunition or parts
thereof held in our territories by traders for sale on the date of the introduction
of the said rules, and to all such arms, ammunition or parts thereof as may be
thereafter imported into our territories.
On, or about, but not before, the 1st September 1912, a subsidiary notice
will be issued in due course confirming these draft rules and notifying the
date on which the rules so confirmed shall come into operation.
Draft Rules.
Hide 1. —All arms, ammunition or parts thereof held by traders for sale
to the public within my dominions shall be deposited forthwith in the Arms
Warehouse in accordance with these regulations. The AVarehouse Superinten
dent will grant a detailed receipt to the depositor for all such arms, ammuniti-
tion or parts thereof in the form attached and marked A.
Utile 2. —After the expiry of one month from the date on which these
rules come into operation, all arms, ammunition or parts thereof, found in
the possession of traders (except in accordance with the provisions of rule
15 hereinafter mentioned), contrary to the provisions of rule 1 aforesaid,
shall be confiscated. If the offending trader be a Maskat subject, he will be
severely punished ; if a foreigner and amenable to my jurisdiction, he will be
liable to expulsion from my territories. If the offending trader be a subject of
any of the Powers in treaty relations with me, information will be laid against
him to the Consul of the Power, whose subject or protege he may be, and the
aforesaid Consul will be requested to deal with him according to law and treaty
and the spirit of these regulations.
Bule 3. —In addition to all or any of the penalties imposed by these
rules, should any trader be found guilty in the proper forum of offending
against the provisions of rule 1 aforesaid, all arms, ammunition or parts thereof,
held in the Maskat Arms Warehouse to the credit of such offending trader, or
that may subsequently be deposited in the Arms Warehouse in his name under
the provisions of rule 4, will, without further sentence of forfeiture, be liable
to confiscation.
Bide 4.-^-All arms, ammunition or parts thereof, which may hereafter be
imported into Maskat territory, will be taken direct to the Arms Warehouse
and there deposited.
Rule 5. —For the more effective carrying out of the provisions of the
preceding rule, the masters of steamers importing arms and ammunition or
parts thereof will be required to produce on arrival and furnish to the represent
ative of the Warehouse Superintendent who will attend on board, the copy
of a separate manifest, and in the form attached and marked 13, showing all
arms and ammunition and parts thereof, destined for importation into my
territories and carried on board their vessels.
Rule 6. —All arms, ammunition or parts thereof, destined for import into
Maskat, but not detailed, or incorrectly or insufiiciently described, in the
separate manifest (form B) especially with regard to the marks on the packages
or the name of the consignee, shall, as soon as such arms, ammunition or parts
thereof have left the ship's tackles become liable to conBscation.
Exception. —The sole exception to the operation of this rule shall be in the
case of arms, ammunition or parts thereof, landed by mistake in good faith
and clearly destined for some other port, to which the import of arms and
ammunition is not prohibited. The burden of proving that such arms and
ammunition were intended for import to a port, to which the import of arms and
ammunition is not prohibited, shall lie on the steamer's agent, importer or
consignee. No claims under this exception will be entertained after a period
of three months from date of landing of the goods, in respect of which the
claim is made.
Rule 7. —All arms, ammunition or parts thereof, deposited in the Arms
Warehouse in accordance with the provisions of rule 4, shall be claimed by the
consignee within a period of three months from the date of deposit in the
Anns Warehouse.
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The first volume is Treaties and Undertakings in Force between the British Government and the Sultans of Maskat [Muscat] and Oman, 1845-1914 (Government of India Foreign and Political Department). The treaties recorded cover the slave trade, Zanzibar, telegraphs, commerce, cession of territory, arms traffic, and the Sur coalfields. The texts of the treaties appear in both English and (from the rear of the volume) Arabic. A note below the title on folio 4 [folio 40 of the second volume] states that in the event of doubt arising as to the precise interpretation of any portion of one or other of the Treaty stipulations, the English text was to be considered decisive.
The second volume is a further copy of the same document. This is part of a file that also contains some loose papers. These are: text of agreement dated 28 September 1920 between the Government of Sultan Saiyid Taimur bin Faisal [Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr], Sultan of Muscat and Oman and Sheikh Isa bin Salah bin Ali al-Harthi on behalf certain Omanis, signatories to the agreement; letter from Sayyid-bin-Taimur [Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr] to 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. acknowledging receipt of his letter informing him of the abdication of his father and his appointment as successor as Sultan of Muscat and Oman; and transcript of treaty between the United Kingdom and Sultan Saiyid Taimur bin Faisal [Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr], Sultan of Muscat and Oman, dated 5 February 1939, which replaced the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation of 1891.
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- 2 volumes (91 folios)
- Arrangement
There is a list of the treaties near the front of the volumes, on pp. 3 and 39. The list refers to the text of each treaty by means of serial and page numbers. The loose papers filed at the end of the second volume are not in chronological order.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence in use runs through both volumes. It commences at 1 on the second folio after the front outer cover of the first volume and terminates at 89 on the inside back cover of the second volume. These numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle, 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. A second foliation sequence is also present between ff. 37-88. These numbers are also written in pencil and circled, but have been crossed out.
Both volumes have a printed pagination sequence numbered 2-30, which is mirrored in the Arabic portion of both.
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- IOR/R/15/1/737
- Title
- 'Treaties and Undertakings in Force between the British Government and the Sultans of Maskat [Muscat] and Oman, 1845-1914'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1r:36v, ii-r:ii-v, back-i, front, front-i, 38r:88v, back-i, back
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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