'File 35/86 V A. 77 Muscat Commercial Treaty' [60r] (134/442)
The record is made up of 1 volume (214 folios). It was created in 14 Apr 1938-10 Jun 1938. 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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was further cllscussoci ancL ? v /i"tn. on© or "by/o arriencirn,6rrts 9
accepted "by the Sultan,
Article 2 (2) a nd (5) . The following alternative was
suggested to the Sultan:-
"The Sultan will not establish in his territory
any monopoly in respect of a trade in v/hich nationals
of His Majesty are at the time engaged without
compensating such nationals for their loss of
business either by permitting them to share in the
monopoly on equitable terms or otherwise. Further,
the Sultan undertakes to secure that any monopoly
established by him shall interfere as little as
possible with the trade between the territories of
the rligh Contracting Parties. "
His Highness had no objection to the second sentence.
Further 9 he said that if we wished it he was quite
prepared to accept the first sentence also ? but he
pointed out that it left him free on his return to
Oman to institute monopolies in every matter in which
British Indian traders were not now doing business,
t'hus preventing them from acquiring any claim to
compensation in such matters in the future. The
question was left over for further consideration and
discussion.
Article 4 . It was proposed to His Highness that a sentence
might be added to the existing draft as follows , o -
"Notwithstanding the provisions of the previous
paragraph of this Article the Sultan may impose
restrictions on the purchase of land outside the towns
in his territories by nationals of His Majesty
provided that the same restrictions are imposed on
the/
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Correspondence relating to the negotiations in London with the Sultan of Muscat over articles for inclusion in a new treaty '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 file includes drafts of the articles 1 to 23 with notes in the margin where the Sultan proposed a different wording. 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ; 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. , Whitehall; Secretary to the Government of India in the External Affairs Department; and the Colonial Office, London.
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- 'File 35/86 V A. 77 Muscat Commercial Treaty'
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- 42r:45r, 46r:48r, 49r:54r, 55r:58r, 59r:63r, 142r:144r, 145r:150r, 151r:152r, 153r:154r
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