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'P. 3 733/1904. Muscat :- Commercial Treaties.' [247r] (79/286)
The record is made up of 1 item (141 folios). It was created in 8 Feb 1903-23 Mar 1914. 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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a t lea st, if not of war, British subjects might be
prevented from going 1 to look after tbeir families
and property when these were in the greatest
danger . INo doubt the real ohject of the excep
tio n is to give His Highness a pretext to oppose
all travelling b y European travellers, and esp ecially
Go vernment agents, which he regards with the
greatest fear and sus picion.
(2) The new a ddittorfig nat urally left out, as
Hi~PTig hness did not know of it, when this draft
treaty was prepared. I have so far had no oppor*
tnnity of learning His Highness's views on this
new proviso. 1 do not anticipate any great diffi
culty.
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(3) The alteration here appears to be due to
offended “ amour propre ” and I see no great
objection to it.
(4) This is a move in the right direction, but
the exception should not be pitchforked into the
middle of Article IV, where it disturbs the sense
of what follows. It should come in a separate
article, and it would be better perhaps if one article
were devoted to intoxicants and the maximum
duty named. I would suggest that it might then
be provided a special board of the kind contem
plated in Articles VIII and XIX would be the
best arrangement, to deal with the situation. The
difficulties would be great, but not insuperable.
The question of warlike material would
require to be dealt with similarly. It seems to
me that it would be advantageous to have an
article denouncing the arms trade and expressing
a ho pe that a board might be created to deal with
tins difficult situation. The objects to be pursued
being a high increase of the duty and strict
control of both sale and export.
(5) The paragraph re coastin g trade is omitted.
Remarks in note (2) to this article apply.
(6) His Highness probably does not understand
the full significance of his alteration, and it may
be difficult to get him to do so. He probably
misunderstood the paragraph in the old treaty of
1891 and thought it an encroachment on his
sovereign rig hts. I presume that a clause so
destructive of the entire treaty must he absolutely
vetoed.
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Article Y.
Article 5.
British subjects shall be permitted, throughout
the dominions of His Highness the Sultan, to
acquire land, houses and property of every descrip
tion, whether moveable or immoveable, and that
by way of gift, purchase, or intestate succession,
or by will, or in other legal manner, but all that
after information to His Highness the Sultan, or
his Naib, and license from them both, (1) that
they may enjoy it freely and at their own choice
by way of sale, barter, gift or otherwise according
to their desire and, when they desire, in laying a
foundation, th at is, in buildin g on the roads an3
highways, except it may be an iunovation or new.
Sobjects of Her Britannic Majesty shall be
permitted, throughout the dominions of His
Highness the Sultan, to acquire by Gift, purchase,
intestate succession, or under will, or any other
legal manner, land, houses, and property of every
description, whether moveable or immoveable, to
possess the same; and freely to dispose thereof by
sale, barter, donation, or otherwise.
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The item discusses a proposal to revise the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation signed between Great Britain and Muscat in 1892.
The correspondence includes the opinions of the 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. , the Government of India, the Foreign Office, the Colonial Office, the Board of Trade, 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. , the 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 Consul at Muscat, and the Sultan of Muscat on the revisions required for the treaty.
The item concludes with the decision not to revise the 1891 Treaty, instead agreeing to an extension of the existing treaty for a further five years from February 1914.
Also discussed are questions arising from the proposed revision:
- the protection of Goanese subjects of Portugal in Muscat;
- the protection extended by the French Government to subjects of Christian powers residing at Muscat who did not have their own consul.
This is part 3 of 6. Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, year the subject file was opened, subject heading, and list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at f 208, and terminates at f 349, as part of a larger physical volume; 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.
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- IOR/L/PS/10/27
- Title
- '1904/733. Pts 3, 4, 5, & 6. MUSCAT. COMMERCIAL TREATY. STATUS OF MUSCATIS. HOSPITAL.'
- Pages
- 214r:214v, 217r:217v, 237r:259v, 272r:272v, 286r:288v, 311v:312v, 315r:316v, 324r:326v, 337r:341v, 346r:347v
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