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Coll 20/3(2) 'Muscat: Relations with H. M. G.; Commercial Treaty: Revision of' [53r] (110/1324)
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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aircraft registered in the United Kingdom etc. end perhaps
also to the nationals, ships and aircraft of other members of
the Commonwealth who accede under the accession clause and
aslt that the provisions of the treaty should be reconsidered
accordingly.
In fact however the draft treaty will not apply to goods
of Union origin unless the Union accede under the accession
clause. All the articles relating to goods (vide, X*or example
Article 5) refer to goods produced or manufactured in the
territories of His laiesty and by virtue of the definition of
the expression * territories of His Majesty* in Article l(1)
this would not cover the Union unless the Union acceded.
Further it is not true to say that the accession clause is rare
in bilateral treaties unless the reference is to bilateral
treaties concluded by foreign countries. This accession clause
has been included in almost every commercial, extradition,
civil procedure convention concluded recently by this country
which must amount in all to some hundred treaties as well as
certain other treaties concluded by the United Kingdom*
amongst the articles referred to by the Union Government
in the Muscat Treaty are Articles 1, 20 and 21. These
articles are in the standard form approved by the Imperial
Conference in which the Union of South Africa participated and
in which the Imperial Conference, including the Union of South
Africa, specifically wished and desired the Government of the
United Kingdom to insert such clause© and to stipulate for
benefits for ©11 British subjects end all British ships in
treaties concluded by the United Kingdom. Consequently the
United Kingdom has since consistently done so end there has
been no indication up till this moment of any disagreement by
the Union Government with this policy and we i eel that the
Union Government cannot now expect us to change the terms of
a/
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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.
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (657 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume is arranged in chronological order from the back to the front.
- Physical characteristics
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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- Title
- Coll 20/3(2) 'Muscat: Relations with H. M. G.; Commercial Treaty: Revision of'
- Pages
- front, back, spine, edge, head, tail, front-i, 2r:96v, 98r:99v, 103r:216v, 218r:250v, 253r:544v, 545ar:545av, 545r:566v, 568r:658v, back-i
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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