"الملف 35/86 II A 45 مسقط - المعاهدة التجارية لسنة ١٨٩١ ومراجعة المعاهدة سنة ١٩٢٢" [و‎‎١‎٠] (٥٧٢/٢٥)

mask at (and zanzibar).
APPENDIX No. 6.—Pages 42 and 232.
Tebatt of Commehce concluded between His Highness tlie Imam of Maskat and the
King of the French on the 17th November 1844, and finally ratitied on the 4t i
February 1846- ,
Preamble .—The King of the French and His Highness S^ud Suekd
bin Sultan , the Sultan of Maskat and other places, being desirous to con
firm and strengthen the good understanding which subsists between them, and
to promote the commercial intercourse between their respective countries, and
having come to the determination of entering into a Treaty of Commerce
and Amityj the former has appointed as his Plenipotentiary Monsieur liomain
Desfosses, Captain in the Navy and Chief of Bourbon and Madagascar, and
the latter has resolved personally to cary on negotiations with the said 1 leni-
potentiary. The Plenipotentiary of the King of the French having represent
ed to His Highness the Imam and Sultan of Muscat that he was vested wit i
the requisite powers has concluded the following Articles with His Highness
Syud Sueed bin Sultan ;»—
Article 1.
There shall always be good understanding and friendship between the
King of the French, his heirs and successors, and His Highness Syud Suepii
bin Sultan, the Sultan of Maskat, his heirs and successors, as also between
their respective subjects.
Article 2.
The subiects of Syud Sueed bin Sultan, the Sultan of Maskat, shall be
at liberty to enter, reside in, trade with, and pass with their merchandize
through, France; and the French shall, in like manner, have similar i )ei y
with regdrd to the territories of Syud Sueed bin Sultan, the 11 . a11 0
Maskat. The subjects of both the Governments shall have all the pnvi eges
which are or may be conceded by the respective Governments to the su .]ec 9
of the most favoured nations.
Article 3.
The French shall be at liberty to purchase, sell, or rent h^s
or warehouses, in the dominions of Syud Sueed bin Sultan
Maskat. The houses, warehouses, or other premises occupied by the ^ re '
or bv persons in their service, shall not be forcibly enteredw ^houttheper
mission of the French Consul. They shall not be prevented from leavio 0 the
dominions of Syud Sueed bin Sultan whenever they wish to do so.