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Coll 20/3(2) 'Muscat: Relations with H. M. G.; Commercial Treaty: Revision of' [266r] (536/1324)
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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Colonis.1 Office
Strett,
May, 1958.
1 haw ih® honour %o rtftr to say a
Kq* E15 of the- £J£& of hepte^ber last emeloaiag oopies of
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©arre®pandano# relating to the d®«lr# af the Sultan of
1 useat to ravia# the Anglo^'fusoat fraaty of Friendship,
C©miseroa and Hart gat ion of ISfl.
2 , Ktgotiatlon® for th^ revision of the treaty hare
recently taken plea* in -ondon and I no* enclose, for your
information, the draft of a new Treaty embodying the
result® of the inform! di»ou®®idn® with the .lulten*
copy of a letter to %he i u'ltan 1® also enaloaed#
3. An important difference between the present
draft Treaty end the Treaty of 1891 is that where®a the
letter applied only to British sub jests, including eubjeot®
of the netiv# 3tat#e in India, the draft treaty cover® ^11
eebjeote of Majesty emd ell person® under His
protection whereTer domiciled, in this eonneotion it will
be observei from the marginal notea to Article® l end 19
that th# Sultan dee ire® to ex elude from ill# eeepe
proposed freety the Britieh-proteetei pereon® belonging, to
the Arab S&eikMoa&a of the ersiaij Suix and to the
roteoteretee of Aden end Aanalber.
jJS OPPICSR ADMINISTERXITa
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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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- IOR/L/PS/12/2954
- 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