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'File XXXIV/3 PROLONGATION of COMMERCIAL TREATY. 1919-1931' [‎47r] (104/510)

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The record is made up of 1 volume (247 folios). It was created in 16 Jan 1919-26 Oct 1931. 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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Your D/0 of the Xith instant regarding the
rerision of the Commercial Treaty*
The question of the revision of the treaty now
raises a large number of points, an! with your permission I
want to put them before you. You will probably think that I
am an awful trouble an! am raising a number of unnecessary
hares , but if you think the situation worth consilering from
the point of view ©xpresse! in this letter it will probably
have some effect upon the exact details of what you want done.
First of all as regards a few points in the treaty
if it is revised.
I am sure you are right now as to the inadvisability
of raising the tariff. In the first place as long as Muscat
has treaties with other countries we cannot raise it as regard!
ourselves wltaout posing the position of most favour©! nation.
It seems scarcely worth wh.i].e entering into all the diplomatic
trouble which would be involved, and the questions that might
be asked, for Ui© sake of possibly increasing the income of
this insignificant state. In tn© second place such action
would lose half its point if itx was not accompanied by the
raising of one tariff In ta« other states of the Gulf. In the
third place I doubt if it is worth while risking the possible
outcry from Oman which has peculiar ideas on the subject of
all customs.
I tiiink also it might be necessary slightly to
alter some of the clauses in tne draft treaty of 1904 in the
light of our experience. I refer especially to the clauses
dealing with the estimation of the duty, and I would suggest
the insertion of a clause tnat while affirming the fact that
export duty is not permitted at the same time mentioned the
rigat of the Sultan to levy his zakat on gaais produce grown

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The volume contains correspondence in the form of letters, reports and notes between British officials in Muscat, Bushire, and New Delhi and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman regarding the renewal of the Anglo-Muscat Commercial Treaty of 1891. The original Treaty was signed between the British Government and the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Faisal bin Turki al-Bu Sa‘idi. The renewal of the Treaty was upon the request of the Sultan of Muscat and Oman, Taimur bin Faisal bin Turki al-Bu Sa‘idi. The Treaty was renewed on the 11 of February of each year between 1919 and 1931. The renewed treaties of 1919-1926 were signed by the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in charge and the Sultan, whereas, the treaties renewed between 1927 and 1931 were signed by the Political Agent A mid-ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Agency. in charge and the Council of Ministers on behalf of the Sultan.

Up until 1922, the wording of the Treaty was the same as that in 1891; however, in 1923 a new line was added to the wording of the Treaty which gives the right to the Dominions to withdraw from the Treaty whenever they want. This was done upon the Dominions’ request. The renewed Treaty of 1924 included a line about the right of Canada to withdraw, and that Australia had already withdrawn. All treaties from 1925 onwards included a line about the right of Canada and Ireland to withdraw and that Australia had already withdrawn.

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1 volume (247 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the front to the rear of the volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 247; 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. An additional foliation sequence is present in parallel between ff 2-247; these numbers are also written in pencil, but are not circled. A previous foliation sequence, which is also circled, has been superseded and therefore crossed out. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the leading and ending flyleaves.

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English and Arabic in Latin and Arabic script
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