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'File 35/86 V A. 77 Muscat Commercial Treaty' [180r] (374/442)
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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P .Z. 3527/1938.
Enclosure in Colonial Office Covering Hote
dated 18th May, 1938.
Colonial Office,
Downing Street,
16 May, 1938.
Sir, ^
I have the honour to refer to my despatch
No.213 of the 24th of September last enclosing copies of
229 25th
correspondence relating to the desire of the Sultan of
Muscat to revise the Anglo-Muscat Treaty of Friendship,
Commerce and Navigation of 1891.
2. Negotiations for the revision of the Treaty have
recently taken place in London ana I now enclose, for your
p. ■
information, the draft of a new Treaty embodying the
results of the informal discussions with the Sultan. A
p it-y -
copy of a let er to the Sultan is also enclosed.
3. An important difference between the present
draft Treaty and the Treaty of 1891 is that whereas the
latter applied only to British subjects, including subjects
of the native States in India, the draft Treaty covers all
subjects of His Majesty and all persons under Hie
protection wherever domiciled. In this connection it will
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be observed from the marginal notes to Articles 1 and 19^
that the Sultan desires to exclude :frooi the scope cf the
proposed Treaty the British-protected persons belonging to
the Arab Sheikhdoms of the lersian Gulf and to the
I to tectorates of Aden and Zanzibar•
4.
m OFFICES ADMINISTJ'.HING
THE GOVERNMENT OF
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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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- 1 volume (214 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 that begin on the front cover and end on the back cover.
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- IOR/R/15/1/412
- Title
- 'File 35/86 V A. 77 Muscat Commercial Treaty'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, i-r:i-v, 1ar:1dv, 2r:6v, 41v, 45v, 48v, 54v, 58v, 63v:64v, 97v:104v, 139v:141v, 144v, 150v, 152v, 154v:213v, 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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