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'Historical Summary of Events in the Persian Gulf Shaikhdoms and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman, 1928-1953' [‎105r] (214/222)

The record is made up of 1 volume (107 folios). It was created in c 1953. It was written in English. 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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to note that he refused an invitation to lunch at His Majesty's Embassy on the
ground that his visit to the country was official. Apart from these two matters the
Sultan had few if any dealings with the United States before the Second World
War. During the war he agreed to the use of the Salalah and Masirah airfields by
the United States forces.
81. In 1946 he received a visit from the United States Consul at Dhahran
who informed him orally that Muscat was in his consular area. This was a
surprise to the Sultan who was under the impression that United States interests in
Muscat were in charge of their Consul at Bombay. Since then United States
Consular Officers and warships have paid comparatively frequent visits to Muscat.
In 1946 the Sultan granted permission for United States civil aircraft to overfly
Muscat territory after protesting because the first approach on the subject was
made through the 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. . In 1952 he applied to the United States Consul-
General at Dhahran for Point-IV Aid (paragraph 29 above) and asked him to find
an American company to take over the Dhofar oil concession, and he subsequently
granted an exploratory concession to an American company (paragraph 64 above).
82. Although the Sultan appears anxious to obtain any material aid he can
from the Americans he has shown no sign yet of turning to them rather than to Her
Majesty's Government for advice and assistance in political matters.
(g) France
83. The French continued to keep their Consulate building in Muscat in
renair until 1945 when they returned it to the Sultan.C' 1 ) They have made no
attempt to intervene in Muscat affairs during the period under report though
occasional visits have been made there by their Consular officers and warships In
1933 they agreed to an increase of the Muscat tariffs in spite of the provisions of the
Treaty of 1844 (paragraph 15 above).
84 In 1946 the Muscat Government were informed officially that Muscat was
under the Consular jurisdiction of the French Consul-General in Bombay, but the
present position is uncertain. In 1951 the Foreign Office refused to take th
initiative in clarifying it and held that it must be left to the French to ma ^ e
first move^ ) In 1952 in talks at the Quai d'Orsay it appeared that the French
were thinking of making their representative to the Yemen
but nothing further has been heard on the subject.! ) In the same year me
French Consul at Aden asked a Dr. Barthoux who was on a visit to Muscat to make
enquiries about the French Consulate building and the land adjoining it which the
cvSn^Vi haH nnrrhased in 1907.( 133 ) He gave him a letter on the subject addressed
to Her Majesty's Consul, and this combined with the fact that the British Passport
Officer at Aden had granted him a visa without consulting the Muscat Government
so infuriated the Sultan that he refused to see Dr^ Barthoux or to reply to his
enquiries beyond sending an oral message that the French Government must
write to him officially about the Consulate building.
X.—^Miscellaneous
{a) Jurisdiction
85 Extensive jurisdiction over British subjects and protected P er sons in
85. nxieiiM j PniiHral Agent bv the Commercial Treaties of 1891
M H S ^Q t ^ a T C hT Muscat Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. of 1915 which provided for the exercise
and 1939. TheMuscatUrae 91 replaced by another Order in
of this jurisdiction under the Treaty qt ^ was T P f t 4 t r and 0 ther
1939 to cover modifications in roduced by the ^aty o ^ tion of
alterations made desirable by the passage o^ Ma jes t y' S Government in 1947
responsibility for deal ! n f n 7' t ^ s " r S ' at an b d y " was also considered desirable to
vaSsSs-J neJorder in ^-^r^^m
/129X Muscat to p.R. s. 244-6/4 of February 19, 1945 (T 4557/1035/385).
(iso) pQ p.R. EA 1907/3 of October 18, 1951.
P) RR 6 of March 8. f952 (EA 1904/1 of 1952).

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The document provides historical information on the region during the period in question and, following a section on general matters, has separate sections on Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, the Trucial States A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. , and Muscat

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1 volume (107 folios)
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There is a table of contents at the front of the volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 109 on the back cover. These numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle, and appear 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. The foliation sequence continues into the separate volume of appendices and genealogical tables - IOR/R/15/1/731(2).

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