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Coll 20/3(2) 'Muscat: Relations with H. M. G.; Commercial Treaty: Revision of' [‎563v] (1133/1324)

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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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have the honour also to accept your proposal that
note and the present note in reply thereto shall be regarded as xa!^
on record the agreement arrived at in regard to this matter ^
avail, &c.
LUANG PEADIST MANUDHABM
Minister for Foreign Affairs,
Sir J. Crosby to Luang Pradist Manudharm.
British Legation,
M. le Ministre, Bangkok, November 23
With reference to Article 26 of the Treaty of Commerce and
Navigation between the United Kingdom and Siam, signed this k,
and following upon the abrogation of the Agreement on the Registra
tion of British Subjects in Siam, signed at Bangkok on the
29th November, 1899,( 4 ) as extended in accordance with the note
dated the 3rd October, 1910, from His Royal Highness the Minister
for Foreign Affairs of Siam, to His Britannic Majesty’s Minister at
Bangkok, I have the honour, upon instructions from His Majesty's
Principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, to propose that an
agreement shall be concluded between His Majesty’s Government in
the United Kingdom on the one hand and the Royal
Government on the other hand for the exemption from compulsory
service in the Siamese regular forces, the national guard, the militia
or the police of persons born in Siam prior to the coming into force
of the present Treaty, whose fathers were at the time either British
subjects or persons under the protection of His Majesty The Eng and
Emperor, themselves born out of Siam.
2 . Should this proposal be acceptable to the Royal
Government, I have the honour further to propose that this note and
your Excellency’s reply to the above effect shall be r
constituting and placing upon record the agreement reached between
the two Governments in this matter.
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J. CROSBY,
His Majesty’s Minister.
( 4 ) “ Treaty Series No. 16 (1900),” Cd. 258.
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Content

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.

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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' [‎563v] (1133/1324), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/L/PS/12/2954, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100050653146.0x000086> [accessed 28 March 2024]

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