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'File 35/86 VII (A 82) Muscat Treaty' [58r] (128/419)
The record is made up of 1 volume (200 folios). It was created in 1 Dec 1938-3 Jan 1941. 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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either by virtue of accession under Article 20 or by notice of extension
under Article 19, goods produced or manufactured in the territories
of the Sultan are accorded treatment as favourable as that accorded
to goods produced or manufactured in any other foreign country,
goods produced or manufactured in such territory shall likewise enjoy
in the territories of the Sultan treatment as favourable as that
accorded to goods produced or manufactured in any other foreign
country.
(2) Goods, the produce or manufacture of Palestine (including
Transjordan
Used in three contexts: the geographical region to the east of the River Jordan (literally ‘across the River Jordan’); a British protectorate (1921-46); an independent political entity (1946-49) now known as Jordan
), shall not be debarred from the benefits of this Article
by reason only of any special customs privileges which may be
accorded in Palestine to goods the produce or manufacture of any
State the territory of which in 1914 was wholly included in Asiatic
Turkey or Arabia.
Article 22.
(1) The present Treaty has been executed in quadruplicate, two
copies being written in English and two in Arabic. These are under
stood to be of similar import and signification; in the event, however,
of doubt hereafter arising as to the proper interpretation of the
English or Arabic text of one or other of the Treaty stipulations, the
English text shall be considered decisive.
(2) The present Treaty shall be ratified, and ratifications shall be
exchanged at Muscat. It shall come into force on the 11th day of
February, 1939, if ratifications have been exchanged before that
date, or if they have not then been exchanged on the date of exchange
of ratifications.
Article 23.
(1) The present Treaty shall remain in force for a period of
12 years from the date of its entry into force. Unless one of the High
Contracting Parties shall have given to the other notice of termination
one year before the expiry of this period, the present Treaty shall
remain in force until the expiry of one year from the date on which
such notice shall have been given.
(2) A notice given under this Article shall not affect the operation
of the Treaty as between the territories of the Sultan and any country
or territory in respect of which notification of accession has been given
under Article 20. It shall, however, apply to any territory to which
notification of extension has been given under Article 19.
In witness whereof Lt.-Col. Sir Trenchard Craven William Fowle,
K.C.I.E., C.B.E., on behalf of His Majesty The King of Great Britain,
Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, Emperor of
India, and Sultan Saiyid Said bin Taimur bin Faisal, Sultan of
Muscat and Oman and Dependencies, on his own behalf, have signed
the same and affixed thereto their respective seals.
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The volume contains correspondence relating to the signing of a new treaty between Great Britain and the Sultan of Muscat 'to replace the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation signed at Muscat on the 19th March, 1891, which terminates on the 11th February, 1939.' The new treaty consisted of twenty three articles relating to commerce and navigation. Topics discussed in the correspondence include:
- Signatures and seals (ff 7-12);
- Implications for South Africa and Government of India (f 130-131);
- Instruments and certificates of ratification (ff 35-38; 139-146);
- Speech by Said bin Taimur on signing the treaty (ff 93-97) with reply by 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.
- The drafting process (f 13) and translations of technical terms in Arabic and English (f149-150)
- List of British colonial territories to which the treaty applies in accordance with the provisions of article 19.
The volume includes the full text of the final treaty in Arabic and English (folios 41-75) and the ratification by George the Sixth (folios 77-80). Correspondents include Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr], Sultan of Muscat; Trenchard Craven Fowle, 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; Senior Naval Officer Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; Secretary of State for India, London; Secretary to the Government of India in the External Affairs Department.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (200 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: The file has circled foliation numbers that begin on the front cover and end on the back cover.
- Written in
- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- Title
- 'File 35/86 VII (A 82) Muscat Treaty'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1ar:1bv, 2r:11v, 12ar:12bv, 13r:14v, 17r:91v, 93r:96v, 97ar:97bv, 98r:130v, 131ar:131bv, 132r:171v, 172ar, 172br, 172v:199v, ii-r:ii-v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence