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Coll 20/33 'Muscat: Proposed Extradition Treaty' [24r] (48/53)
The record is made up of 1 file (24 folios). It was created in 22 Aug 1939-6 Feb 1940. 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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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.
has jurisdiction over British Subjects and
can therefore arrest and detain them when legally required to
do so but in practice he has no establishment to search out
and apprehend fugitive offenders*
4* I recommend that a simple extradition Treaty be
drafted allowing for the surrender of fugitive offenders
(Muscat Subjects) from British India on the one hand and
requiring the Sultan to apprehend and hand over to the Politico)
Agent British Subjects being fugitive offenders who have taken
refuge in Muscat and Oman on the other*
5* If the Government of India agree to an ^tradition
Agreement, I presume the drafting will be done by the begal
Experts at 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.
and in due course a copy of the
draft will be sent to me to hand over to His Highness for his
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Correspondence, draft papers, and minute papers relating to a proposal for an extradition treaty between the Sultan of Muscat and Oman and the Government of India. The idea is first suggested by the Sultan himself, Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd], and is then discussed in exchanges between officials at the Political Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. in 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 (External Affairs 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.
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- 1 file (24 folios)
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The file is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 26; 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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- IOR/L/PS/12/2993
- Title
- Coll 20/33 'Muscat: Proposed Extradition Treaty'
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- front, front-i, 1Ar, 2r:24v, back-i, back
- Author
- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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- Open Government Licence