File 2902/1916 ‘Treaties and Engagements between the British Government and the Chiefs of the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf’ [94r] (198/448)
The record is made up of 1 volume (222 folios). It was created in 1916-1928. It was written in English, Arabic and Persian. 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. 3.
ARHCXES OF AGMEMBNT^ AGREED TO BEFORE LIEUTENANT-
LEWIS PLLLY, HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY’S
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 GULP AND LIEU
TENANT-COLONEL HERBERT DISBROWE, HER BRlS
IC MAJESTY’S
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.
AT BIRKA, MUSCAT
BY HIS HIGHNESS SIRED THOWEYNEE BIN SAEED BIN
SLTLTAN 0F MUSCAT > ™Dm dZ THIS
17th DAY OE NOVEMBER 1864.
Article 1 .
My ancient and faithful ally, the British Government is at lihpvfv +n on
Article 2
-ci XX-XXOLlLi o.
nil „ 1 engage for myself, my heirs and successors, to respect and abstain from
all and every interference with telegraphic operations carried on hv the n
Government in or near the territories of Muscat. y he Bntlsh
Article 4
And in the event (which God forbid) of any of my smbiects or denen^nt-
committing an act of aggression or trespass on the said te]e°-raphic lines and
stations or other telegraphic material, I will immediately puntsh the offender
and proceed to afford full redress upon the same being bL|ht to my „ofe
Article 5.
Nothing in these articles shall be held as conferring any dominion m*
sovereign right on the part of the British Government over" thY territory of
or ri-ht on'mfpaTt 1 ^Sultan^fM 11137 f™ “f° f addi tio“al dominion
leaseftom tteShah of Persia. ’ ^ WhiCh 1 lna ^ hoid
ARTICLE D.
In like manner nothing in these articles shall be held as invalidating m-
erogating from the title of the British Government to the station of Bassadore
that station having been freely granted to the British Government by my late
behoof n- a h u 0 , t . bl f sed me , mor y> the late Imaum Syed Saeed bin Sultan on
behalf of himself, his heirs and successors. ^unan, on
Article 7.
artlC ^ sIla11 be as invali(iatin o an J article of anv
Treaty entere d into by myself or forefathers with our ancient and faithful ally
the British Government, from the year 1798 downwards. y ’
43 F. and P. D.
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The volume consists mainly of six bound compilations of treaties and undertakings, together with related correspondence and other supplementary material, made between the British Government and the British Protectorates of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 1820-1919. These treaty compilations were published by the Government of India in 1919 and comprise: the Trucial Treaties to January 1906, Treaties with Rulers of Kuwait from 1841 to 1913, Treaties with the Sultan of Oman and Muscat from 1845 to 1914, Undertakings with the Trucial Chiefs of Oman from 1911 to 1912, Treaties with the Shaikh of Mohammerah from 1899 to 1919 and Treaties with the Rulers of Bahrain from 1820 to 1914. In addition, there is a separate Foreign Office ‘Memorandum on British Commitments (During the War) to the Gulf Chiefs’ made in 1916, which contains at Appendix A, the English text of the treaty made with the Ruler of Qatar in 1916. The treaty compilations are published in English and Arabic, except for the treaties with the Shaikh of Mohammerah, which are published in English and Persian.
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- 1 volume (222 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 2902 (Treaties and Engagements between the British Government and the Chiefs of the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ) consists of one volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 216; these numbers are written in pencil, 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the two leading and ending flyleaves. A previous foliation sequence has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- 92r:92v, 94r:95v, 96v:99v, 106v:107r, 114v:118r, 119r:120v, 122r:122v
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