File 3939/1926 Pt 6 'Revision of Aitchison's Treaties. Persian Gulf Section.' [‎435r] (305/818)

4Q OMAN (MUSCAT)—NOS. XJJJ—1873, XIV—1873 & XV—1875
Article 5.
The present Treaty shall be ratified by Her Majesty, and the ratification shall
be forwarded to Muscat as soon as possible.*
In witness whereof, Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere, on behalf of Her Majesty
the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britian and Ireland and Syud Toorkee
bm Saeed, Sultan of Muscat, on his own behalf, have signed the same and have
affixed thereto their respective seals.
Done at Muscat this fourteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-three.
H. B. E. Frebe.
Syud Toorkee bin Sabed.
No. XIV.
Agreement entered into by the Sultan of Muscat relative to the jurisdiction o i
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. and Consul over subjects of Native States in India
residing in the Muscat Dominions.
Whereas it is desirable that all subjects of Native States in India residing in
uacat territories should be amenable to the jurisdiction of 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.
and Consul at Muscat, and it would appear that such jurisdiction is at present
efeotite without the express consent of His Highness the Sultan: It is hereby
onnally declared and consented to by His Highness Syud Toorkee bin Saeed on
e alf of himself, his heirs and successors, that subjects of Native States of India
p ,° , IQa ^ oomin it offences within the Muscat dominions shall be amenable to the
0 ^ lca ^ Ag e flt and Cousul’s Court in the same way as British subjects whenever,
m any particular case, 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. thinks fit to exercise such jurisdiction,
that the words “ British subjects ” in all Treaties between the English Gov*
rnmfcnt and the Muskat State shall include subjects of Native Indian States.
Toorkee bin Saeed.
No. XV.
Translated purport of a letter from His Highness Syud Toorkee, Sultan
of Muscat, to Major S. B. Miles, Her Britannic Majesty’s Politioal
Agent and Consul, Muscat, —dated 3rd Moburrum 1291—10th February
1875.
I have received your letter of the 2nd instant, and have understood its oon-
11 s - I abide by the agreement made by my father with the British Govern-
v n re 8 ar ding the Customs duties leviable on goods landed from distressed
c 86 8 - For example, if a vessel that puts into Muscat for repairs, lands her
_ o° ln order to undergo such repairs, and re-ships her cargo or puts it into another
Delivered to the Saltan in September 1873.