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Coll 20/3(2) 'Muscat: Relations with H. M. G.; Commercial Treaty: Revision of' [245r] (494/1324)
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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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.
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Buenire, ttem uth Mmy 1938
yfr dear Metcalfe,
,2eald you pleaee refer to corrsep&ndence
ending #itn my letter dated, London, tne Sfcitxi April issa,
and espy of my telegram dated 4fii May 1938,
forwarded under my printed Letter jfe*C/&09 of eame date,
on im eutjeot of tm ?4.u»cat treaty*
8* 1 do not Know wnetner tne Oorernmeut of India
will dare tneir riewa ready dy ««jct month out, if go, it
would to most convenient if I could meet tm iult&n in
India either at %racni or at Bombay, wnere .1 unueretana
he will be for some three weeice from tm beginning of June
In the first place it would be more easy for me to get to
Karachi than to Muecat by a day* a filgnt either from here
or Bahrain, while the journey either from her© or Bahrain
to MUee&t would involve four oar five days ty snip* In
the eecond place prior to actual ei^nature tnere will
doubtless oe some final points which tue ucvernment of
India would liice m to disc use with the lultan. in in
discussion will probably tafce some little time, anct cooler
be carried on more comfortably and with better onances of
agreement In the comparative cool of Karachi than in tne
trying summer temperature of Muscat l
3* iven if it is impossible for the treaty to be
ready for signature m June, it would be a decided &d~
ventage to reach a final agreement then wita the Sultan
on/
Aubrey Metcalfe, *0.
Secretary to the Government of India
in tee 3t3Kter»al Affairs Gepartmcnt,
Simla*
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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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- Open Government Licence