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Coll 20/3 'Muscat: Relations with H. M. G.; Commercial Treaty: Renewal' [60r] (124/491)
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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investigations are carried out by negotiators.
4. With regard to (a). This will ease the Sultan’s
mind and induce him, I hope, to put forward his proposals
immediately. With regard to (b). This, strictly speaking,
has nothing to do with the Sultan, but the point will
undoubtedly occur to him. With regard to (c). Here again
no explanation is really due to the Sultan, but I have
found from practical experience that he likes (as do all
the Rulers of small States) to think that he is being
treated on a par with other Powers.
5. The above proposals go a considerable way to meet
the Sultan, who, as I have remarked above, is being tiresome.
We have, however# to remember, first, that he is apparently
within his technical rights under Article 23 of the present
Treaty in asking for a Plenipotentiary. Second, that since
the present Treaty is in our favour and not his and expires
automatically in February next if not renewed (unless we
can induce the Sultan to agree to an extension) and time is
short, our position is by no means too strong.
6* An alternative to the proposals in para.3 (a) and (b)
above would be for the Sultan to be informed that as we see
no prospect of the Treaty being revised by November 4th, I
a
was being appointed Plenipoteniary from that date.
fl/w C
Proposal (c) mhbA as it is. The advantage of this
would be that only one Plenipoteniary would have to be
appointed instead of two: I don’t know how much trouble is
have to have His Majesty’s signature. The disadvantage wDuld
be that the Sultan might reply that he would hold matters
up till I came out. We might discuss this alternative with
Mr. Walton as well as the rest of this Note.
involved in appointing a Plenipoteniary, e.g. whether papers
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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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