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'File 35/85 I A 8. Muscat: French Flag Question' [‎17r] (40/512)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (249 folios). It was created in 9 Dec 1892-11 Jan 1905. It was written in English, Arabic and French. 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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Received with letter from the Secretary, Political Department, 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. ,
No. 47, dated the 24th October 1902,
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. ,
I7tli October 1902.
Sir,
I am directed by Lord George Hamilton to enclose, for Lord Lansdowne's
information, a copy of papers received from India with reference to the reported
capture by the Portguese authorities in Mozambique of a number of Arab slave-
dealers.
It appears that some of these dealers at least belonged to Oman; and it
would, in Lord George Hamilton's opinion, be desirable to obtain, if possible,
from the Portuguese Government a detailed narrative of the occurrence referred
to giving full information as to the names, fathers' names, and tribes of the
Arabs killed and captured, with a view to their identification.
I am.
Sir,
Your most obdient Servant,
A. GODLEY.
The Under-Secretary of State,
Eoreign Office.
{Received with letter from the Secretary, Political Department, 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. ,
No. 49, dated the 7th November 1902.)
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. ,
5th November 1902.
Sir,
I am directed by Lord George Hamilton to forward herewith, for Lord
Lansdowne's consideration, with reference to the despatches to His Majesty's
Ambassador at Paris, Nos. 159 of the 16th April and 171 of the 23rd April
last, a copy of a letter from the Government of India, No. 184 j , Secret, dated
9th October 1902, and enclosures, transmitting copies of further papers regarding
the use of the Erench flag by subjects of the Sultan of Maskat.
Lord Lansdowne will observe that the Sultan of Maskat has informed the
British Consul of two recent cases in which the Erench flag has been issued to
His Highness's subjects at Sur. In the absence of any authentic list of persons
who were in the month of June 1900 in possession of Erench papers of protec
tion and considered to be entitled to the use of the Erench flag, it is impossible
to say positively that cases such as these now reported are not cases of the
renewal of papers previously issued. In the 2nd and 3rd paragraphs of his
letter of the 20th September last (No. 420), Major Cox points out how the under
taking of 1900 can be evaded, unless the re-issue of papers is strictly limited to
the persons who possessed them at the time of the issue of the Sultan's Edict of
June 1900. Lord George Hamilton trusts, therefore, that Lord Lansdowne
will take an opportunity to remind the Erench Government of the necessity of
furnishing the list suggested in the memorandum of the 16th April last; and of
instructing their Consuls in the Hed Sea ports and elsewhere to limit the issue
of papers of protection to those persons who were legitimately entitled to them
at the date of the Sultan of Maskat's Edict in June 1900.
I have the honour to be.
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
A. GODLEY.
The Under-Secretary of State,
Eoreign Office.
1867 F. D.

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Correspondence concerning the use of French flags by dhows at Sur and the actions taken by the Sultan of Muscat and the Government of India. Includes a hand drawn map (folio 33) 'Rough sketch of Soor'.

Topics covered include:

  • The establishment of a French consulate;
  • Representation of the Sultan of Muscat at the Hague tribunal;
  • British documents relating to the arbitration at the Hague tribunal;
  • Issues involving the slave trade and use of the French flag.

Correspondents include Major Percy Zachariah Cox, Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. , Muscat; 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. Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; Louis William Dane, Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department; Quarantine superintendent of the Sultan of Muscat.

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1 volume (249 folios)
Arrangement

The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file. There is an index at the front of the file.

Physical characteristics

Foliation: The foliaton system in use is the sequence of numbers appearing in a circle in the top right hand corner of each folio.

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English, Arabic and French in Latin and Arabic script
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