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'Treaties and Undertakings in Force between the British Government and the Sultans of Maskat [Muscat] and Oman, 1845-1914' [77r] (165/190)
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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(c) On coal, fuel and oil, Naval and Air Force
provisions and stores and fittings , the
property of His Majesty, landed in the
territories of the Sultan for the use of
the ships of His Majesty's Naval Forces
and the aircraft of his Air Forces; duty
shall, however, be payable if any of the
goods thus exempted are sold or otherwise
disposed of in the local markets.
(d) On goods transhipped or landed pending the
repair of damage caused to the vessel or
aircraft by stress of weather or disasters
at sea or in the air, provided the cargo .
so discharged shall be left in the custody
of the customs authorities and be re shipped
abroad within a period of three months
from the date of the original landing and
that all customs charges have been paid.
(5) In the cases referred to in paragraph (4) above
customs formalities in respect of landing, examination,
clearance and shipment of goods are to be observed.
(6) All goods remaining uncleared in the Sultan's
custom-houses after four months from the date of their
original landing shall be disposed of by the Sultan's
customs authorities by a public auction after notifying the
steamer or aircraft agents concerned. Their sale proceeds,
after payment of the auctioneering charges, customs duty
and charges, shall be kept in deposit for a period of one
year and refunded to the owner if the claim is established
during this period, after which no claim shall be entertained
(7) In this.Article the words "customs charges" shall
mean charges other than customs duties and may include
landing, transit, weighing, wharfage or ground rent, super
vision and overtime fees, it being understood that all such
fees will be assessed on a reasonable scale,
ARTICLE 6.
(1) All customs duties leviable in the territories
of the Sultan shall be paid in cash and not in kind.
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(2) The value of the goods on which duty is to be
levied shall be fixed according to their market price
following the normal usage of trade in Muscat.
(3) The Sultan's Government shall have the right
to fix the valuations for customs purposes of any descrip
tions of goods for any period, provided such valuations
are fixed by a tariff board appointed by the Sultan,
consisting of equal numbers of the Sultan's nationals and
nationals of His Majesty representing the merchant
community, and presided over by the Director of the Sultan's
Customs.
(4) In the event of any dispute arising between a
national of His Majesty and the Customs House authorities
regarding the value of any goods, this shall be determined
by reference to two experts, each party nominating one,
and the value so ascertained shall be decisive. Should
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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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- Open Government Licence