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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.' [‎66r] (144/208)

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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37
XIL—ZANZIBAR.
The reference in the "French Case (p. 5) to the
British Protectorate of Zanzibar is wholly irrele
vant to the questions in controversy before the
Tribunal. Zanzibar and Muscat ceased in 185fi
to be under the same Sovereign. The reciprocal
French Case, p. 51. Declaration of 1862 as to respecting the indepen
dence of Muscat and Zanzibar applied to these
States as separate entities, and the Anglo-Prench
Declaration of the 5th August, 1890, which
followed on the assumption by Great Britain, of a
Protectorate over Zanzibar, while constituting an
acceptance by France of that Protectorate (m con
sideration of getting a free hand in Madagascar),
and a modification of the Declaration of 1862, so
far as concerned Zanzibar, had no connection what
ever with Muscat; and the Declaration of 1890
contains no reference to Muscat and no stipulation
affecting that State, but deals solely with the
results of the neAV situation created by the Pro
tectorate of Great Britain over a State which
had for thirty-four years ceased to be part of the
Sultanate of Oman. Great Britain has not
sought in any way to alter the situation created
at Muscat by the Declaration of 1S62, and the
present controversy has arisen out of the action
of Prance in a manner inconsistent with the
obligations with regard to Muscat imposed upon
her by that Declaration.
It is quite true that disputes have arisen with
French Case, p. 49. aspect to the rights of France in Zanzibar,
somewhat similar to those submitted to the
Tribunal in respect to Muscat, and that France
has made claims there with regard to the protec
tion of Zanzibari and other Arabs and their
vessels, which were rejected as inadmissible by
French Case, p. 50. Great Britain; but these disputes have been
settled by an arrangement made the 13th May,
1904, which limits French protection to persons
who are originaires of countries under French
protection or are hand fide in French service.
If France were prepared to make a similar
arrangement as to Oman, she would then be
limiting her protection within the terms of the
British Case, p. 6. Treaty of the 17th November, 1814, and
abandoning her present ill-founded claim to pro
tect originaires of Oman who are not bond fide in
French service.

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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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'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.' [‎66r] (144/208), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/406, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100024085266.0x000091> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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