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'File 35/85 III A 10 French Flag Question' [76v] (163/610)
The record is made up of 1 volume (290 folios). It was created in 15 Aug 1905-2 Apr 1906. 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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Jusqu'a rheure actuelle, je n'ai eu aucune reponse a ma lettre d'hier, et
Selim-bin-Seif ne m'a point et6 envoy^.
Ce precede constituant une violatioa de nos droits, je fais mes reserves pour
la suite, et vous laisse le soin d'apprecier les faits.
Veuillez, etc.,
(Signe) U. LARON0E..
Inclosure 2 in No. 1.
Sir A. Ear ding e to M, Laronce.
(Translation.)
Sir, Zanzibar, June 8, 1898,
I have the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of to-day's date,
on the subject of Salim-bin-Seif. I have just had a conversation as to this:
matter with General Raikes.
You are aware that a difference of opinion has for a long time past existed
between our two Governments respecting the question of the conditions which
justify the registration as French proteges of persons who could not claim that
character in virtue of their origin, or of the text of the treaties. The correspon
dence which has passed between Her Majesty's
Agency
An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent.
and your predecessors on
the cases (to cite only a few) of Sheikh Abdulla, of Salim-bin Abderahman, and
of Salim-bin-Ali El Riani, indicates clearly enough the principles on which our
view of this question rests, and I am therefore unable to admit that the mere
fact of Salim-bin-Seif's being entered on your registers, or of the presence on
board his dhows of a French flag, is sufficient of itself to withdraw him from the
jurisdiction to which he naturally belongs. I have accordingly recommended
General Eaikes, before taking any further step, to inquire from you as to the
date and place at which the prisoners was registered, the authority which
granted, and the grounds which led to, his registration. Should these particulars
establish the right of Salim-bin-Seif to French protection. I will request the local
Government to surrender him to you to be tried before your Court. So far his
examination has elicited no reason which would warrant such a measure, for
although he states that he was born (of an Arab father) in the Comoro Islands
he* left, on his own showing, that territory nearly fifty years ago, and therefore at
a period long anterior to the establishment of the French protectorate.
I have, etc.,
(Signed) AURTHUR H. HARDINGE.
Inclosure 3 in No. 1.
M. haronce to Sir A. Hardinge.
M. TAgent et Consul-General, Zanzibar, le 9 Juin 1898.
Vous m'ayez fait 1'honneur de m'adressar le 8 de ce mois une lettre au suiet
de Taffaire Selim-bin-Seif. Vous constatez que nos deux Gouvernements profes
sent une opinion differente sur la question de nationalite des personnes qui se
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Correspondence relating to the Hague Arbitration Tribunal which decided on questions referred to it by Great Britain and France concerning the flying of French flags by dhows in Sur. Before the 2nd January 1892 when the Brussels Conference General Act was ratified France was entitled to authorize vessels belonging to subjects of the Sultan of Muscat to fly the French flag only and be bound by French legislative rules. Includes a list of dhows and dhow A term adopted by British officials to refer to local sailing vessels in the western Indian Ocean. owners flying the French flag as well as printed copies of the material submitted to the tribunal and the 'Award of the Arbitration Tribunal appointed to decide on the question of the grant of the French flag to Muscat dhows'. Letters discuss the desire of the British to increase the authority of the Sultan of Muscat in Sur.
Correspondents include Major William George Grey, 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; Percy Zachariah Cox, 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. ; Secretary to the Government of India in the Foreign Department; Foreign Office, London; Saiyid Faisal bin Turki [Fayṣal bin Turkī], Sultan of Muscat; Monsieur Laronce, French Consul, Muscat.
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- 1 volume (290 folios)
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The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file. An index to the file is given.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover and terminates at the back cover; these numbers are typed, with additions, clarifications and corrections written in pencil. This sequence 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'. side of each folio.
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- 'File 35/85 III A 10 French Flag Question'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 1br:1dv, 2r:184v, 185v:190v, 191v:193v, 194v, 195v:219v, 220v:224v, 224ar:224av, 225r:235v, 237r:246v, 246ar:246fv, 247r:251v, 251ar:251av, 252r:256v, 257v:268v, 270v:281v, 282ar:282bv, 283r:290v, i-r:i-v, back-i
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