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Coll 20/3(3) 'Muscat: Relations with HMG: Commercial Treaty, Revision of' [189v] (378/693)
The record is made up of 1 file (344 folios). It was created in 17 Oct 1938-19 Nov 1947. It was written in English and Arabic. 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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(5) Likewise, should a vessel or aircraft of the Sultan, or of one
of his nationals, enter a }X>rt in His Majesty’s territories in distress,
or be wrecked off the coast of or in His Majesty’s territories, the like
help and assistance shall be rendered by the authorities of those
territories.
Article 18.
(1) The Consular authorities of His Majesty in the territories of
the Sultan shall, subject to any right of appeal which His Majesty
may provide, try and determine—
(i) all criminal charges against nationals of His Majesty;
(ii) all civil suits in which nationals of His Majesty are
defendants;
(Hi) all bankruptcy cases in which the bankrupt or the person
whom it is sought to make bankrupt is a national of His
Majesty;
(iv) all proceedings connected with administration of the estate of
a deceased national of His Majesty;
(v) all questions of personal status where the person whose status
is in question is a national of His Majesty, always provided
that where such person is a Moslem the Consular autho
rities may remit the case for decision by a Moslem religious
court of the Sultan on such conditions as they may deter
mine and shall so remit the case if any other party to the
proceedings is a national of the Sultan.
(2) All criminal or civil cases in which a national of His Majesty
is complainant or plaintiff and the accused or defendant is a national
of the Sultan or a national of a third country shall be tried and deter
mined by the courts of the Sultan. The* national of His Majesty
shall have a right of appeal to the Sultan, in accordance with the
procedure prescribed in the Omani courts, against any decision given
against him in any such case if the Consul of His Majesty shall so
request. If the Sultan should be absent the appellant may, if he so
desires, ask that his appeal may be heard by the Sultan’s
representative.
(3) A national of II is Majesty shall not be arrested nor his property
seized, nor his house, office, warehouse or other premises occupied by
him entered and searched without his consent, by an officer of the
Sultan save under an order signed by the Consul of His Majesty, and
any national of His Majesty arrested and any property of a national
of His Majesty seized shall be placed in the custody of the Consul of
His Majesty; always provided that, in case of necessity for the
prevention of breaches of the peace or a breach of a law or regula
tion of the Sultan which has been made applicable to nationals of His
Majesty under Article 15, the authorities of the Sultan may without
such an order arrest a national of His Majesty or take charge of his
property or enter and search his house, office, warehouse or other
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The file contains letters, telegrams, minutes, and draft correspondence relating to the revision of the Anglo-Muscat Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation of 1891. The papers cover the finalisation and signing of the new treaty on 5 February 1939. The majority of the file covers the final adjustments to the wording and grammar of the text of the treaty which 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. carried out in consultation with the Foreign Office, Colonial Office, Dominions Office, Board of Trade, Government of India, 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. , and Sultan Said bin Taimur of Muscat [Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd].
The file also contains correspondence relating to the following matters:
- the question of extra-territorial jurisdiction over subjects of British Dominions in Muscat, specifically those of the Union of South Africa
- notes on translation
- arrangements for the printing and distribution of the final text of the treaty
- preparations for the signing and ratification of the treaty, including 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. 's need for a personal seal
- the composition of a communiqué for the press
- the customary publication of letters relating to the signing of the treaty
- the question of the application of the terms of the treaty to an independent India and Pakistan, including a note on British-Indian subjects residing in Muscat by Major Andrew Charles Stewart of the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. , Muscat (folios 24-25).
Other more minor matters covered by the file include:
- a Home Office request for a provision for control of dangerous drugs to be added to the treaty
- the need for the Sultan's formal consent to the appointment of Captain Tom Hickinbotham as 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. in Muscat
- notice given to the Sultan of the territories to which the treaty is applicable
- 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. 's (William Rupert Hay) wish to import fish manure from Muscat to Ceylon.
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- 1 file (344 folios)
- Arrangement
The file is arranged in chronological order, from the back to the front.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the last folio with 346; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 267-281; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled.
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- Title
- Coll 20/3(3) 'Muscat: Relations with HMG: Commercial Treaty, Revision of'
- Pages
- front, front-i, 2r:82v, 87r:99v, 101r:103v, 105r:127v, 129r:277v, 279r:280v, 282r:346v, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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