'File 35/86 I A 32 Muscat Commercial Treaty, 1891: revision of 1905' [‎154r] (311/480)

No. 34 (Coifidential), dated the 11th February 1914,
From— M ajor S. G. K nox , I.A., C.LE., Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. and His Britannic Majesty's
Consul, Maskat,
To—TheHoN 'ble M r. J. B. W ood , C .I.E., Officiating Secretary to the Government
of India in the Foreign and Political Department, Delhi.
In continuation of correspondence, ending with your telegram No. 85-D. S.,
dated 6th February 1914, to address of 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 and repeated to me, I have the honour to forward herewith two copies, signed in
original by His Highness the Sultan and myself, of the note prolonging for five years
the Commercial Treaty between Great Britain and Oman of 1891. After the note
was signed, obedient to the directions contained in the telegram quoted above,
I informed His Highness that both subsidies, with all arrears, had been regranted.
2. As implied in the note, the original note, with four copies^ were duly signed.
The note was retained by His Highness the Sultan, two copies are sent to you here
with as aforesaid, one copy will be forwarded to the Bushire Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. for record;
and one copy will be filed in my official archievs.
NOTE.
We, the undersigned, have agreed to what follows : that the Treaty of Friend
ship, Commerce, and Navigation between Great Britain and Oman, signed on the 8th
day of Shaban, 1308 H., corresponding to the 19th March 1891, will be prolonged by
this writing notwithstanding all, or any, correspondence between His late Highness
Syud FaizfJ bin Turki and the Glorious British Government in the matter of the
revision of that Treaty. And it will remain in force for a period of five years from
this eleventh day of February 1914, corresponding to the 15th Rabi^al Awwal,
1332 H., unless a suitable Treaty by agreement between His Highness the Sultan
of Maskat and Oman and the Glorious British Government be substituted for that
ancient treaty aforesaid.
In confirmation thereof, we, that is, I, Taimur bin Faisal, Sultan of Maskat and
Oman, with my own hand, and I, Major S. G. Knox, C.I.E., duly authorised agent for
that purpose on behalf of the Glorious British Government, have signed this writing
and four copies and have affixed our seals thereto.
Done at Maskat this eleventh day of February 1914, corresponding, to the ISth
Rabi'al Awwal, 1332 H.
Seal of Sultan of Maskat and Oman. (Sd.) TAIMUR BIN FAISAL,
(In vernacular*)
Seal of Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. and His Britannic (Sd.) S. G. KNOX, Major,
Majesty's Consul, Maskat. Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. and His Britannic
Majesty s Consul,