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Coll 20/3(2) 'Muscat: Relations with H. M. G.; Commercial Treaty: Revision of' [‎27r] (58/1324)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (657 folios). It was created in 23 Nov 1937-8 Oct 1938. 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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f ^ the Union Government and of any subsequent consultation
with the other Dominions, because the denounced treaty of
1866 with Colombia will expire next March/
4. The Committee then considered the Union High
Commissioner’s letter in relation to the articles in the
Muscat treaty (Nos. 13, 14 and 15) dealing with
ex-territorial jurisdiction. The sense of the meeting
was that paragraphs 6 , 7 and 8 of the memorandum of the
17th September might appropriately form the basis of the
answer to the Union Government, to whom it would be
pointed out that Muscat was a border-line case inasmuch as
Muscat, though formally independent, was in such close
relations with the Government of India that its position
was in practice analogous in some respects to that of a
protected state; the Union Government would be given an
opportunity of saying whether (l) they preferred to treat
Muscat as a country to which the 1937 discussions on
exterritoriality did not apply, (2) of treating Muscat as a
country to which they did apply and (a) participating in
our Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. or (b) making one of their own or (c)
asking for the exclusion of Union nationals from the new
Order in Council A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council. that will have to be substituted for the
existing Order—in—Council when the new treaty comes into
force. We should not suggest (c) as a course which we
thought they could possibly want.
j•£ was agreed that the Dominions Office should
draft an answer to the Union High Commissioner’s letter,
0 4 the end of the meeting Mr. Stephenson asked
what our attitude would be if consultation with the Dominions
were/

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The volume contains letters, telegrams, minutes, and draft correspondence relating to the revision of the Anglo-Muscat Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation of 1891. The revision is based upon the proposals (folios 601-56) of Sultan Said bin Taimur of Muscat [Sa‘īd ibn Taymūr Āl Bū Sa‘īd] further refined by meetings between the Sultan and 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. in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Trenchard Craven William Fowle, in London and Karachi in 1938, and in consultation with 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. , Foreign Office, Colonial Office, Dominions Office, Board of Trade, Government of India, Government of Burma, and Air Ministry. The majority of the volume consists of correspondence connected to this process.

Also included in the volume:

  • correspondence, mostly with The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), concerning the translation of the text of the treaty into Arabic
  • correspondence pertaining to comments on the draft treaty made by the Government of the Union of South Africa, including a report by the Inter-Departmental Committee on Intra-Imperial Relations on the points raised (folios 25-50)
  • a copy of the Treaty of Commerce and Navigation with Siam, 23 November 1937, used for comparison during the revision process (folios 554-65).

The volume does not cover the finalisation of the revised treaty.

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1 volume (657 folios)
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The volume is arranged in chronological order 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 659; 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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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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Coll 20/3(2) 'Muscat: Relations with H. M. G.; Commercial Treaty: Revision of' [‎27r] (58/1324), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/2954, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100050653141.0x00003b> [accessed 29 March 2024]

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