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'Muscat Dhows Arbitration. In the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague. Grant of the French Flag to Muscat Dhows. The case on behalf of the Government of His Britannic Majesty.' [‎7r] (22/208)

The record is made up of 1 volume (102 folios). It was created in 1904?-1905?. It was written in English and French. 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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into consideration the im
portance of maiDtaining'
the independeBce of His
Highness tbe Sultan of
Muscat and of His High
ness tbe Sultan of Zanzibar,
have thought it right to
engage reciprocally to re
spect the independence of
-these Sovereigns.
"The Undersigned, Her
Britannic Majesty's Am
bassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary at the
Court of France, and the
Minister Secretary of State
for Foreign Affairs of His
Majesty the Emperor of
the French, being furnished
with the necessary powers,
hereby declare, in con
sequence, that their said
Majesties take reciprocally
that engangement.
" In witness whereof the
Undersigned have signed
the present Declaration,
and have affixed thereto
the seals of their arms.
" Done at Paris, the
10th March, 1862.
prenant en consideration
Timportance qui s'attache
au maintien de rinde"
pendance du Sultan d e
Mascate d'une pail; et du
Sultan de Zanzibar de
Pautre, ont juge conve-
nable de s'engager re-
ciproquement a respecter
I'independance de ces deux
Princes.
"Les Soupsignes, Am-
bassadeur Extraordinaire
de Sa Majeste Britannique
prds la Cour de France et
Ministre des Affaires
Strang^ res de Sa Majeste
PEmpereur des Frangais
etant munis de pouvoirs a
eet effet, declarent en con
sequence, par le present
Bete, que leurs diteg
Majestes prennent re-
ciproquement Pen gage-
ment indique ci-de^sus.
"En foi de quoi les
Soussignes ont signe en
double la presente Declara
tion et y ont appose 16
cachet de leurs armes.
" Fait ^ Paris, le 10 Mars,
1862.
(L.S.) " COWLEY.
(L.S.) " E. THOUVENEL. "
Appendix No. .
Quaere —Is this list
complete, and are
these Treaties
sufficiently
material to justify
their inclnsion in
the Appendix p—
W. F. CBAIBB.
Besides the Treaties already mentioned, the
Sultan of Muscat has entered into a series of
Treaties* and Conventions with Great Britain for
Treaty with Great
Britain
Proclamation thereon
Treaty with Great
Britain and
Additional Articles re
slave trade
Arrangement with Great
Britain, slave trade
Letter from Sultan re
search of slaves in
Muscat waters by
British
Letter to Great Britain
from Sultan of Muscat
Treaty, Great Britain
and Muscat
Proclamation by Sultan
against carriers of
slaves
3 Hertslet, p. 265.
3 „ p. 269.
5 „ p. *611.
6
14
14
18
p. 578.
p. 818.
p. 557.
p. 1115.
p. 414.
p. 927.

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This file consists of a number of printed reports relating to the arbitration over the granting of French flags to Muscat dhows:

  • A printed report in 1904 by the Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India, relating to the arbitration on the issue of French flags to Omani dhows. An agreement between Britain and France in 1862 committed both governments to respect the independence of the Sultan of Muscat.
  • Reply on behalf of the Government of His Britannic Majesty to the Supplementary Conclusions, presented on behalf of the Government of the French Republic and admitted by the tribunal on July 25, 1905.
  • The verdict (in French) of the arbitration tribunal.
  • Treaty Series (No. 3, 1905) - Agreements between the United Kingdom and France referring to arbitration the question of the grant of the French flag to Muscat Dhows.
  • The section on the geography of Oman (ff 58-59A) discusses the French claim with reference to Kiepert's map of 1850. Includes a sketch map of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Arabian Coast (folio 91A).
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1 volume (102 folios)
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Description: The foliation sequence commences at the title page and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Foliation errors: 1, and 1A; 50, and 50A; 59, and 59A; 84, and 84A-C; 88, and 88A; 91, and 91A. Pagination: A number of original typed pagination sequences are also located in the file.

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