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'File 35/86 III A. 74. Muscat Treaty' [‎260r] (520/548)

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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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GOVERNMENT OF INDIA,
Department,
EXPRESS LETTER
[A T . E,—This is an ORIGINAL MIZSSAGIH, sent by post to save telegraphic
expense and undue use of the unres, but intended to be treated, on
receipt,^with the sameexpedUion
save time and format ikies it is worded and signed as if it had been
so despatched,]
From
To
Repeated
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political Heaident, Buehire.
The Secretary to tile Government of India,
external Affairs Department, Simla.
H.M'a Secretary of State for India, London.
Dated the 7tn October 19 37,
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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. Express Letter No.P,^.547j/37
dated the lat September 1937, Proposed surrender of Iritiah
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commercial rights in 'forocco. ^
If other conaiderationa do not at and in way
(«ee Foreign telegraia to 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. i>i >4 dated the lat
fereh 1937), advantagea of setting French d era and a in Morocco
Gainst claim by us for abrogation of French commercial rights
®84tr Muscat Treaty of 1844 would, I appreciate, be as followa s
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Sultan has previously expressed resent
ment against restrictions on his tariff, and idea
unilateral denunciation of United States treaty
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s. b.
has been before his mind (paragraph 5 of Sir H. Biscoe^a
letter H0.215-S dated the 7th April 1932). Alternative
procedure of alteration by negotiation then comiend -ed
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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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