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'P. 3 733/1904. Muscat :- Commercial Treaties.' [‎345r] (275/286)

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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. 1.
Foreign Office to 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. .
Secret.
Foreign Office,
24th October 1890.
With reference to my letter of the 16th instant, marked secret,
I am directed by the Marquis of Salisbury to state to you, for the in
formation of Viscount Cross, that the ratification of the Commercial
Treaty between Great Britain and Muscat, which was enclosed in your
letter of the 9th instant, would apparently offer an opportunity to pro
pose to the Sultan a declaration, in which His Highness should engage
that neither he nor his heirs and successors would cede, mortgage, or
otherwise give for occupation any portion of his dominions, save to Her
Britannic Majesty’s Government.
A precedent for such an undertaking is to he found in the case of
Socotra (January 1876, «ee Hertslet’s Treaties, Vol. 14, p. 1002), and
Lord Salisbury does not consider that such a course would be open to
protest on the part of France, as being a violation of the Declaration of
1862.
Detailed observations in regard to the ratification of the Commercial
Treaty between Great Britain and Muscat will be continued in a letter
which will shortly be addressed to you by Lord Salisbury’s direction,
but in the meantime His Lordship would be glad to learn Viscount
Cross’s opinion as to tbe expediency of the course suggested in the
present letter.
I am, &c.,
(Signed) T. H. Sanderson.
The Under Secretary of State
for India.
No. 2.
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. to Foreign Office.
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. ,
$i Y) 30th October 1890.
I am directed by Viscount Cross to acknowledge the receipt of
your letter of the 24th October, as to obtaining from the Sultan of
Muscat a declaration similar to that contained in the Socotra Treaty of
1876, by which His Highness should engage that neither he nor his
heirs and successors would cede, mortgage, or otherwise give for occu
pation any portion of his dominions, save to Her Britannic Majesty’s
Government.
In reply, I am desired to state that His Lordship concurs in the
course suggested, and will inform the Viceroy of India that, when the
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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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