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Coll 20/3(2) 'Muscat: Relations with H. M. G.; Commercial Treaty: Revision of' [‎52r] (108/1324)

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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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(K 5143/305/91)
Subject to anything the have to add, I think we
should write to the Dominions Office about this letter from the
South African High Commissioner, copy 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. , on the
following lines. The Union High Commissioner in his letter of
the 16th August refers to certain articles in the draft treaty
with Muscat and says that n His Majesty’s Government in the Union
being responsible for regulating the treaty relations which they
wish to exist between the Union end any other country for
stipulating benefits for such of His la jesty* s subjects as ere
nationals of the Union, feel that in the draft treaty in
question this aspect of the case did not receive due attention
in so far as the articles referred to above purport to affect
also ills Majesty’s subjects who were nationals of the Union,
ships and aircraft registered in the Union end goods of Union
origin imported into Muscat; and further (sic) contains an
accession clause which is very rare in bilateral agreements, and
within the British Empire, came into use when the United
Kingdom was seized of the power and the responsibility, to
regulate, at least formally, the relations between its colonies
ana foreign countries.'* The High Commissioner's letter then
goes on to say that while the Union Government would not object
to trie accession clause if the other members of the Commonwealth
want it, ^hcy feel something ought to be done in order to
obviate what they woulu feel to be 'an encroachment on the
part of His Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom upon a
field of action legitimately felling within the scope of the
authority of the Union", tmd suggest that in order to avoid this
enoroachaent the treaty should he confined to British subjects
who are nationals of the United Kingdoa etc. to ships ana
aircraft/

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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' [‎52r] (108/1324), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/2954, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100050653141.0x00006d> [accessed 24 April 2024]

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