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Coll 20/3(2) 'Muscat: Relations with H. M. G.; Commercial Treaty: Revision of' [405r] (814/1324)
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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wish to turn them out. But difficulty might arise when a
trader wished to go to some other place in his territory
which Indian traders did not frequent; he might not be in
a position to protect such persons and yet would be held
responsible by His Majesty’s Government if anything happen©
to them. After much discussion he said he would not object
if an arrangement was made by which an Indian trader, wishing
to move to some other place in Oman, should be required to
inform the local authorities, who might in certain cases
think fit to notify him that owing to conditions of insecurity
the place proposed to be visited was unsafe, and if it was
understood that no responsibility for the person’s safety
attached to the Sultan’s Government if, notwithstanding the
notification, he should proceed to carry out his proposed
visit. The Sultan drew attention to the phrase regarding
the conditions and regulations applicable to his nationals
when visiting the territories of His Majesty and claimed
that he should not be denied any right of controlling the
movements of British subjects within his territory, vnere
conditions were much more insecure.
(2) and ( 3 ): Hig Highness complained, almost bitterly,
that these paragraphs about monopolies would leave him no
free hand. He was not interested in an offer to make tnern
reciprocal, as he had no trading interests iimely
affected by British monopolies. Only about a third oi
Muscat trade was in the hands of British Indian tracers, r. is
own pe 0 pie would therefore 0 e proportiona.u© 1 j «^ 0 ^
than British sobjects by the creation 01 monopolies.
was, however, very anxious to avoid disturbing trade; on the
contrary he wished to see trade between India and Muscat
increase. It was represented to him that by the present
draft His Majesty’s Government were making a consideraole
advance/
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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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