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'File 35/86 III A. 74. Muscat Treaty' [‎53r] (122/548)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (273 folios). It was created in 18 Mar 1931-22 Oct 1937. 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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P .z. 1117/33
DOMINIONS OFFICE,
DOWNING STREET, S .W.I.
:9/2.
28 February 1933
Dear Laithwaite,
With reference to paragraph 8 of 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. official
;
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letter No.P.Z.7259/32, of the 7th December and to our
telephone conversation on Monday, the 21st, we have not yet
had the promised further communication about the withdrawal
Muscat. We should like to inform them that action has been
taken in conformity with their despatch of the 11th November
' 1931, (Dominions Office letter No.8327 / 14, of the 7th
January 1932) so could you ascertain from the Government of
India whether 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. did in fact take the actiar
inaicated in 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. 's letter No. 841-3, of
the 3rd November? If you could let us have a copy of the
note to the Muscat Government, so much the better.
of the Union of South Africa from the Commercial Treaty with
Yours, &c.,
(Sgd.) G. BOYD SHANNON
aithwaite Esq.,
dia Office
S. W. 1.

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This file consists of correspondence relating to the prolonging of the Muscat Commercial Treaty of 1891 for a further period of one year. The correspondence discusses issues of extra-territoriality; implications for Morocco and British rights; municipal taxes; tariff; taxation of British subjects; prolongation of the Treaty. Also discussed is the withdrawal from the Treaty by Australia, Canada, Irish Free State and South Africa. Correspondents include 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. Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr], Sultan of Muscat and Oman; Secretary of State, Foreign Office, London; 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. , London; External Affairs Department, Government of India.

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1 volume (273 folios)
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The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.

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Foliation: this file has foliation numbers 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.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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