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'Treaties and Undertakings in Force between the British Government and the Sultans of Maskat [Muscat] and Oman, 1845-1914' [43v] (98/190)
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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No. 5 (a).
TREATY BETWEEN HER MAJESTY AND THE SULTAN OF
MUSCAT FOE -THE ABOLITION OE THE SLAVE TRADE,
SIGNED AT MUSCAT, APRIL 14 th , 1873.
Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, and His Highness the Synd 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 Bartle Edward Erere, 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 :—
Article 1.
The import of slaves from the coasts or Islands of Africa or elsewhere into
the dominions of Muscat, whether 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 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 be forwarded to Muscat as soon as possible.*
In witness whereof. Sir Henry Bartle Edward Erere 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. ERERE.
SYUD TOORKEE BIN SAEEDv
43 F.and p. d.
* DtHvereJ to the Sultan in September 1873.
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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.
- Physical characteristics
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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- 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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