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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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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, S.W.1
p 2,3174/38. May, 1938 #
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Dear Gowell,
I am sorrs/" for the delay in thanking you for your
letter of the 26th April (No* 15332/38) aloout the Muscat
Treaty. From the copies sent to Fleming you will have seen
^ K'i»1 f
that in Article 1 of 1 the draft (and also in Article 19J we
have shoY /n the amendments desired by the Sultan in the
margin instead of putting them into the body of the draft.
The Sultan seemed to attach a quite disproportionate
importance to the exclusion from the scope of the Treaty of
British -protected persons "belonging to the Aden Protectorate
and Zanzibar as Y /ell as to the Arab Sheikhdoms of the Gulf.,
and we tried unsuccessfully to persuade him to accept a
compromise by y /hich these persons would come under his
jurisdiction but at the same time enjoy the commercial
advantages of the Treaty# All of them are of course
excluded from the scope of the existing Treaty* and 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. sees no objection to the Sultan's
amendments so far as they refer to the States of the Persian
Gulf. We should feel relieved if you could also agree in
respect/
bell, Esq., C.M.G. , (
Colonial Office, S.W.I ^ p l ivU- 4- 6^«7,

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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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