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'Treaties and Undertakings in Force between the British Government and the Sultans of Maskat [Muscat] and Oman, 1845-1914' [‎76r] (163/190)

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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ARTICLE 5.
(1) Articles p.roduced or manufactured in the
territories of His Majesty imported into the territories
of the Sultan, from whatever place arriving, shall not
be subjected to duties or charges other or higher than
those pai^d on the like articles produced or manufactured
in any other foreign country.
(2) No other or higher duties or charges shall be
imposed in the territories of the Sultan on the exportation
of any article to the territories of His Majesty than such
as are payable on the exportation of the like article to
any other foreign country.
(3) The import duties leviable in the territories
of the Sultan on goods produced or manufactured in the
territories of His Majesty and on goods imported by
nationals of His Majesty shall' be paid at the port or
other place in the Sultan 1 s territories where the goods
are first imported, and on payment thereof such go6ds
shall thereafter be exempt within the said territories
from all other customs duties.
(4) Customs duties shall not be levied in the
territories of the Sultan on goods produced or manufactured
in the territories of His Majesty or imported by nationals
of His Majesty in the following cases, namely:-
On goods which, being destined and mani
fested for a foreign country, are tran
shipped from one vessel or aircraft to
another in any of the ports or airports
of the Sultan or which have been for this
purpose provisionally landed and deposited
in any of the Sultan's custom-houses to
await the arrival of a vessel or aircraft
in which to be reshipped abroad; but
goods so landed shall only be exempted if
the consignee or his agent shall have,
on the arrival of the vessel or aircraft,
handed over the said goods to be kept
under customs seal, and declared them as
landed for transhipment, designating at
the same time the foreign place of
destination, and if within a period not
exceeding three months after their first
landing the said goods are actually
shipped for the said foreign country as
originally declared and without having
in the interval changed owners, and if
all customs charges are paid before they
are reshipped.
On goods which, not being destined and
manifested for the territories of the
Sultan, have been inadvertently landed,
provided that such goods are left in the
custody of the customs authorities and
are reshipped for a destination abroad
within two months of being so landed,
and that all customs charges are paid
before the goods are reshipped.
(a)
(b)
(c) ..•.

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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)
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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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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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