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Coll 20/3(2) 'Muscat: Relations with H. M. G.; Commercial Treaty: Revision of' [‎559r] (1124/1324)

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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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( 1 ) Each High Contracting Party may appoint Consular Officers of
any rank to reside in any towns and ports in the territories of the
other, in which such representatives of that High Contracting Party
are permitted to reside at the time of the coming into force of this
Treaty, or in which such representatives of any other foreign country
are or may at any time be permitted to reside. Such Consular
QgS^ers shall not, however, enter upon their functions until after
they have been approved and recognised in the usual form by the
other High Contracting Party.
(2) The Consular Officers of each High Contracting Party shall,
subject to reciprocity, enjoy in the territories of the other the same
official powers, rights, privileges and exemptions as are, or may be,
accorded to similar Officers of the most favoured foreign country.
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Article 18.
Article 19.
In the case of the death of a subject of either High Contracting
Party possessing property in the territories of the other and leaving
kin but without leaving, in the territories where such property is,
an y person entitled by the law of his own country to take charge of
ill and administer the estate, the competent Consular Officer of the High
s? Contracting Party to which the deceased subject belongs, shall, upon
r fulfilment of the necessary formalities, be empowered to take custody
of and administer the estate in the manner and under the limitations
ttiffe, prescribed by the law of the country in which such estate is situated.
Article 20.
The provisions of the present Treaty, relative to the treatment
accorded to the most favoured foreign country, do not extend—
( 1 ) to favours which are, or may be granted, in the territories of
either High Contracting Party (a) to facilitate frontier
traffic with an adjoining country; or (b) in virtue of a
Customs Union which has already been, or may hereafter
be, concluded with another country;
(2) to benefits accorded in the territories of either High Con
tracting Party solely in virtue of an agreement with any
other country relating to double taxation; or
( 3 ) to favours which are, or may be, granted to an adjoining
State with regard to the navigation on or use of boundary
waterways not navigable from the sea.
Article 21.
juswai A n y dispute that may arise between the High Contracting Parties
lerorMt^ as to the proper interpretation or application of any of the provisions
resent ani s of the present Treaty shall, at the request of either of them, be
| the neefflb referred to the Permanent Court of International Justice, unless in

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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)
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
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