File 3939/1926 Pt 6 'Revision of Aitchison's Treaties. Persian Gulf Section.' [‎583r] (601/818)

7 g PERSIAN GULF The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. —Trucial Chiefs’of Oman—NO. XXXJJI— 19£6
II.
On the other hand, the British Government undertakes that I and my subjects
and my and their vessels shall receive all the immunities, privileges and advantages
that are conferred on the friendly Shaikhs, their subjects and their vessels. In
token whereof, Sir Percy Cox has affixed his signature with the date thereof to
each and every one of the aforesaid Treaties and Engagements in the copy granted
to me and I have also affixed my signature and seal with the date thereof to each
and every one of the aforesaid Treaties and Engagements, in two other printed
copies of the same Treaties and Engagements, that it may not be hidden.
III.
And in particular, I, Shaikh Abdullah, have further published a proclama
tion, forbidding the import and sale of arms into my territories and port of Qatar :
and in consideration of the under taking into which I now enter, the British Gov
ernment on its part agrees to grant me facilities to purchase and ^import, from the
Maskat Arms Warehouse or such other place as the British Government may
approve, for my personal use, and for the arming of my dependents, such arms
and ammunition as I may reasonably need and apply for in such fashion as may
be arranged hereafter through 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. , Bahrein. I undertake abso
lutely that arms and ammunition thus supplied to me shall under no circumstances
be re-exported from my territories or sold to the public, but shall be reserved
solely for supplying the needs of my tribesmen and dependents whom I have to
arm for the maintenance of order in my territories and the protection of my Fron
tiers. In my opinion the amount of my yearly * requirements will be up to five
hundred weapons.
IV.
I> Shaikh 'Abdullah, further undertake that I will not have relations nor corre
spond with, nor receive the agent of, any other Power ■vH.hout the consent of the
High British Government; neither will I, without such consent, cede to any
other Power or its subjects, land either on lease, sale, transfer, gift, or in any
other way whatsoever.
V.
I also declare that, without the consent of the High British Government, I
^11 not grant pearl-fishery concessions, or any other monopolies, concessions, or
°able landing rights, to anyone whomsoever.
VI.
The Customs dues on the goods of British merchants imported to Qatar shall
oot exceed those levied from my own subjects on thi^r goods and shall in no case
exceed five per cent, ad valorem. British goods shall be liable to the payment of
—In the original Treaty in the English version
for yearly” by Blip of the pen.
the word “ early ” has been written