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'Treaties and Undertakings in Force between the British Government and the Sultans of Maskat [Muscat] and Oman, 1845-1914' [45v] (102/190)
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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so discharged shall be re-shipped and taken away on board of the same vessel,
or if the latter shall have been condemned, or her departure delayed in any
other manner.
Article 7.
No article whatever shall be prohibited from being imported into or
exported from the territories of His Highness the Sultan of Muscat, and no
other expert duties are to be levied on goods exported from those territories
except with the consent of the Government of Her Eritannic Majesty, such
consent being subject to the conditions that may be laid down in the notifica
tions intimating the same.
Article 8.
It is agreed and understood by the High Contracting Parties that, in the
event of an arrangement being entered into hereafter between His Highness
and the powers having Treaty relations with Muscat, and to which Greafe
Britain shall be a consenting party, whereby vessels entering the port of
Muscat shall be charged with shipping, tonnage or harbour dues, such dues
to be administered under the control of a special Board for the improvement of
the harbour and construction and maintenance of light houses, etc.; nothing in
the aforementioned provisions shall be construed so as to exempt British vessels
from payment of such shipping, harbour, or tonnage dues as may hereafter be
agreed upon.
Article 9.
It shall be at the option of the British subject in each case to pay the
percentage duties stipulated in Article 6, either in cash, or, if the nature of the
goods allows of it, in kind, by giving up an equivalent amount of the goods or
produce.
In the event of payment being made in cash, the value of the merchan
dise, goods or produce on which duty is to be levied, shall be fixed according
to the ready money market price ruling at the time when the duty is levied.
In the case of foreign imports, the value shall be fixed according to the market
price at Muscat, and in that of native goods and produce by the market price
at the place where the merchant shall choose to pay the duty.
In the event of any dispute arising between a British subject and the
Custom house authorities regarding the value of such goods, this shall be
determined by reference to two experts, each party nominating one, and the
value so ascertained shall be decisive. Should, however, these experts not be
able to agree, they shall choose an umpire, whose decision is to be considered
final.
Article 10.
His Highness the Sultan of Muscat engnges by the present Treaty to
provide and give orders to his officials that the movement of goods in transit
shall not be obstructed or delayed in a vexatious manner by unnecessary
Customs formalities and Regulations, and that every facility will be given for
their transport.
Auticle 11.
British vessels entering a port in the dominions of His Highness the
Sultan of Muscat, in distress, shall receive from the local authorities all
necessary aid to enable them to re-victual and refit so as to proceed on their
voyage.
Should a British vessel be wrecked off the coast of His Highness's
uominions, the authorities of His Highness shall render all assistance in their
power to the distressed vessel in order to save the ship, her cargo and those on
board ; they shall also give aid and protection to persons saved, and shall assist
them in reaching the nearest British Consulate; they shall further take every
possible care that the goods so recovered are safely stored, and kept for the
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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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- 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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