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'P. 3 733/1904. Muscat :- Commercial Treaties.' [284r] (153/286)
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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No. 124 op 1905.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.
FOREIGN DEPARTMENT.
To
The Right Hon’ble St. JOHN BRODRICK,
His Majesty's Secretary of State for India,
Sib,
With reference to your Secret despatch No. 6, dated the 3rd March 1905,
we have the honour to forward, for the approval of His Majesty’s Government,
the accompanying copy of the revised draft Treaty of Commerce, which it is
desired to negotiate with His Highness the Sultan of Maskat, in substitution
for that concluded on the 19th March 1891.
2 . It will be observed from the text of the present draft, which represents
the final proposals of the Government of India, that the amendments of the
Foreign Office and the Board of Trade have, with one exception, been embodied
in the contemplated treaty. The exception referred to is in regard to Article III,
respecting the appointment of Consuls. We consider that British Indian
interests in this respect are adequately protected by the already existing
limitation of Omani Consuls’ right of residence in India to “ wherever the
interests of commerce may require the presence of such officers and we do
not therefore think it necessary to risk exciting the Sultan’s suspicion by pro
posing a change in the wording of the Article which might appear to His
Highness to involve a diminution of his present rights.
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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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- 'P. 3 733/1904. Muscat :- Commercial Treaties.'
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- 208r:213v, 215r:216v, 218r:236v, 260r:270v, 273r:285v, 289r:311r, 313r:314v, 317r:323v, 327r:328v, 331r:336v, 342r:345v, 348r:350v
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