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Coll 20/3(2) 'Muscat: Relations with H. M. G.; Commercial Treaty: Revision of' [‎337r] (678/1324)

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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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way that would deprive the paragraph of some of its value.
He no we 761 no^. i <.^,1 see. cei fc 0,1 n 0 0 j ecti ons iso is Hi s clpaf Is #
(a) lie v’ish,..a 00 naTe it amended so as iso appear less
liarsnj i.-f. so as 00 begin ,T THe bulisan shall have is lie rights
to create monopolies, but in the case of any monopoly
established by him in respect of a trade in which nationals
of His Majesty are at the time engaged he will compensate
suoh nationals etc. etc."
(b) He wished to have an assurance that he would be the
final authority to decide what compensation, if any, should
be given. (c) He objected to the inclusion of the last
sentence and said it .was suiiiciently covered by the first
sentence, which, he said, covered both internal and external
trade carried on by bub.tish nationals. He was told that it
was understood that he had hitherto always accepted the
principle of the last sentence, that in our view it was a
quite reasonable as well as a desirable provision in the
Treaty, and that it was designed to cover the case of trade
carried on say between Muscat and India which was not
handled in Muscat by British subjects. Further there was
no undue restriction, if indeed any, on the Sultan’s
freedom of action, and the clause was one which would be
and has been accepted by several countries. It proved
impossible to overcome the Sultan’s objections and finally
he said he was willing to accept cither the first sentence
(subject to the points (a) and (b) above), or the second
sentence, but not both, £r, as an alternative to either,
the formula suggested to him at the fourth meeting, viz.
,r should the Sultan wish to establish an^ iiionopoi,y in his
territory such monopoly will be arranged in such a way
that it will not be detrimental to the trade ox nationals
of His Majesty”.
Article 3 (1 )/

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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' [‎337r] (678/1324), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/2954, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100050653144.0x00004f> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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