Coll 20/3 'Muscat: Relations with H. M. G.; Commercial Treaty: Renewal' [57r] (118/491)
The record is made up of 1 volume (241 folios). It was created in 21 Mar 1931-15 May 1938. It was written in English. 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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Draft Paper
political Department
DRAFT
From Secretary of State for India,
To Government of India,
External Affairs Department.
Repeated to 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.
,
Muscat.
XXX
telegram.
Addressed to Government of
India, repeated to
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 the Political
Age nt,Muscat.
Reference Bushire telegrams
Copy to Foreign Office.
Nos. T. 234,T.236 and T.237, dated 27th
September,Muscat Treaty.
2. Sultan^ attitude appears to be
based on a misunderstanding of the
functions of "Negotiator" and
"Plenipotentiary" respectively, and it
seems not unlikely that he is actuated
by fear that if he discloses his ideas
before a Plenipotentiary is appointed,
His Majesty's Government might,by
refusing to appoint a Plenipotentiary,
hold up the revision of the Treaty if
they did not like his proposals.
3. His Majesty's Government agree
that proposal in para.2 of political
Agent's telegram No.91 cannot be brought
within the scope of Article 23 of the
present Treaty and, assuming that the
position is asstated in para.2 above,
they fear that Resident's own suggestions
would merely confirm Sultan in his
suspicions.
4. After consultation with Fowle
it is suggested, for your consideration,
that best line would be for Political
5000 3.37
Agent/
5973
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The volume contains letters, telegrams, minutes and draft correspondence relating to the renewal of the Anglo-Muscat Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation of 1891. The bulk of the papers consists of correspondence connected to the annual renewal of the treaty for the years 1931-38 and the forwarding of copies of the renewal agreement to various offices of the British Government.
The volume also covers the insertion of a clause in the agreement to allow for the Union of South Africa, a British Dominion, to withdraw from the treaty.
From April 1937 much of the correspondence concerns the Sultan's wish to revise the 1891 treaty and the subsequent negotiations. No conclusion of these negotiations is covered by the volume.
The main correspondents are 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. , Muscat, Political Residency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, established in the provinces and regions considered part of, or under the influence of, British India. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Government of India (Foreign Department), 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. , and Foreign Office. Further correspondence is from the Dominions Office, Colonial Office, and the Sultan of Muscat, Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd].
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- 1 volume (241 folios)
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The volume is arranged chronologically from the back to the front.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description commences at the inside front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 243; 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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- Coll 20/3 'Muscat: Relations with H. M. G.; Commercial Treaty: Renewal'
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- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:13v, 15v:98v, 100r:114v, 115ar, 117r:120v, 121v:133v, 136r:146v, 147v:157v, 160r:178v, 179v:192v, 198r:232v, 233v:242v, back-i
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