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'File 35/85 I A 8. Muscat: French Flag Question' [59v] (125/512)
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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under your protection. It is exceedingly difficult for me to
entertain either of your demands' for it is quite impossible
for me to see how compliance with either of them can be recon
ciled with the preservation of my independence.
Your honor must not imagine that it is any pleasure for me to
oppose your G-overnment in any matter whatever, for the case is
quite the reverse. .The .Great English -Government and your Great
Government have been bound by ties of cordial friendship with
me and my ancestors from of old and I am innocent of any other
wish than to preserve that same friendship with both Govern
ments to the end, .Then what good purpose is served by allow
ing this claim to the introduction of your flag into my terri
tory (a practice which does me the utmost harm) to become time
after time the cause of unpleasantness between myself and you
and between your Governments, as I see it does f
Let it be known to your honor in this connection that the Great
British Government informed me positively some thirteen years
ago that^having regard to the law of nations^the employment
of any of my subjects of a foreign flag (for use during their
journeyings to foreign parts) carried no rights whatever as
against me and within my own territories, and that I had every
right to punish any subject of my own for violating the laws
of my administration, no matter what country's flag he flew;
and moreover that I was without the slightest doubt fully en
titled to take any measures I chose for the improvement of my
administration and the better control of my own subjects in my
own territories and seas. Both before ahd after that expres
sion of opinion I have repeatedly, both verbally and in writing
to the utmost of my power, such as it is, protested against
your contention that rights under your flag extend to my ter
ritory and its seas. The English Government moreover, which
made a treaty with your .Government in 1862, also has an inter
est and a right to interfere in this flag question, which as
sails my independence to its very foundatiotk.
Now your honor knows well that the Great British Government
and
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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.
- Extent and format
- 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.
- Written in
- English, Arabic and French in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- Reference
- IOR/R/15/1/403
- Title
- 'File 35/85 I A 8. Muscat: French Flag Question'
- Pages
- 27r, 59r:60r, 101r
- Author
- Āl Bū Sa‘īd, Sayyid Fayṣal bin Turkī
- Usage terms
- Public Domain