"الملف 35/86 V A. 77 معاهدة مسقط التجارية" [و‎‎٥‎٩] (٤٤٢/١٣٢)

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■MUSCAT THSATY
Note of fifth meeting with His Highness the
Siiltan ? 9th April.
PreGent! His Highness, Sir T.Powle and
Mr. Gihson,
The following matters were dealt v/ith:--
Article 1: The Sultan asked that from the term "persons
under His Majesty^ protection" should "be excluded the
subjects of Koweit ? Bahrein, Qatar, the Trucial Sheikhs,
the Aden Protectorate and also of Zanzibar, and similarly
that these territories should he excluded from the
territories under His Majesty's protection referred to
in (iii), (iv) and (v). He wished the exclusion to
operate throughout all the Articles of the Treaty and not
only in respect of those dealing with personal
jurisdiction. lie was told that the Government of India
would he consulted in respect of the Persian Gulf States,
and the Colonial Office regarding the Aden P r otectorate
and Zanzibar.
(ii). His Highness would like a note assuring him,
with regard to "corporate "bodies", (a) that individual
employees of a Company, if not British subjects, would
he unconditionally subject to his jurisdiction, and
(h) that in case of conflict "between the terms of a
concession given to a Company (or other contract het¥/een
the Sultan and a Company) and the terms of the Treaty, the
terms of the concession etc. would prevail.
Subject to the above, His Highness was satisfied with
this clause, and also with the reference to registration
of British shipping in (iii), in the lirht of the
explanations supplied by the Board of Trade,
Article 2 (l) . The amendment suggested at the fourth meeting
wa s/