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'P. 3 733/1904. Muscat :- Commercial Treaties.' [340r] (265/286)
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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reserved to the British Consular authorities
and Courts, and removed from the juris
diction of His Highness the Sultan.
Should disputes arise between subjects
of His Highness the Sultan or other non-
Christian Power not represented by Con
suls at Maskat, and a subject of His Bri
tannic Majesty, in which the British
subject is the plaintiff or complainant, the
matter shall be brought before and decided
by the highest authority of the Sultan, or
some person specially delegated by him
and approved by His Majesty’s Consul
for this purpose. The proceedings and
final decision in such a case shall not, how
ever, be considered legal unless notice has
been given and an opportunity afforded for
the British Consul or his substitute to
attend at the hearing and final decision.
Article XIV.
Subjects of his Highness the Sultan,
or of any non-Christian nation, not re
presented by Consuls at Maskat, who are
in the regular service of British subjects
within the dominions of His Highness the
Sultan of Maskat, shall enjoy the same
privileges as British subjects themselves.
Should they be charged with having
committed a crime or serious offence
against the Sultan’s Government or sub
jects of His Highness not being in regular
British employ, they shall, on sufficient
evidence being shown to justify further
proceedings, be handed over by British
employers, or by order of the British
Consul, to the authorities of His Highness
the Sultan for trial and punishment.
Article XV.
Should a subject of His Majesty resid
ing in the dominions of His Highness
the Sultan of Maskat be adjudicated
bankrupt, the British Consul shall take
possession of, recover and realize all avail
able property and assets of such bankrupt
to be dealt with and distributed according
to the provisions of English Bankruptcy
law.
Article XVI.
Should a subject of His Highness the
Sultan of Maskat resist or evade payment
of the just and rightful claims of a British
subject, the authorities of His Highness
the Sultan shall afford to the British credit
or every aid and facility in recovering the
amount due to him. In like manner the
British Consul shall afford every aid and
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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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- 1 item (141 folios)
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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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