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Coll 20/3(2) 'Muscat: Relations with H. M. G.; Commercial Treaty: Revision of' [54r] (112/1324)
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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a treaty whieh has now been settled with the foreign party vrtien
we had had no previous notice that they wished the practice
to be discontinued. The Dominions Office in Mr. dhannan* s
letter to Mr. Gibson, Inaia Office, (paragraph 3) in E 1520
stated that these clauses should be included in this treaty.
In the second paragraph of his letter, Mr. te Water refers
to the understanding arrived at in 1937 regarding the respective
spheres of action of the several Governments of His Majesty in
respect of nationals and the interests of nationals of each member
of the Commonwealth. It is presumed that this is a reference to
the report on nationality drawn up at the Imperial Conference of
1937 ana the discussion at that conference with regard to the
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exercise of exterritorial jurisdiction. There is nothing (so
far as I am aware) in any of these discussions to indicate that
the Union w vemment desired the termination of the practice
approved in 1930 with regard to the conclusion of tx^eaties
Swlgu.lt ting benefits for British subjects etc. belonging to all
parts of the Commonwealth. The discussions with regard to
exterritorial jurisdiction brought out the points that where a
court maintained by the United Kingdom in a country where His
la jesty exercises jurisdiction inter alia over British subjects
who are nationals of the Dominions this must be deemed in modern
conditions to be with the consent and wish of the Governments
of the Dominions; that if they wished their nationals to be
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excluded from the jurisdiction of the court this could be done:
and further in the case of the Union a new
Order In Council
A regulation issued by the sovereign of the United Kingdom on the advice of the Privy Council.
providing for such jurisdiction over all British subjects would
either contain a recital that the Union Government had assented
and requested the making of the Order; (a draft recital on this
basis was actually drawn up for use in Egypt in the following
terms:/
x The papers with*rTgar<Tto extraterritorial jurisdiction are
T 9370, 10575, 11472 of 1937 and 235, 1563 of 1936.
/ see the end of paragraph 3 of the memorandum in I 105^5.
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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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- English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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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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