ملف ١٩٢٦/٣٩٣٩ الجزء ٦ "تنقيح معاهدات أيتشيسون. قسم الخليج الفارسي." [و‎‎٤‎٣‎٢] (٨١٨/٢٩٩)

OMAN (MUSCAT)—NOS. XI—18C4 & XII—1865.
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Article 4.
And in the event (which God forbid) of any of my subjects or dependants
committing an act of aggression or trespass on the said telegraphic lines and sta
tions, or other telegraphic materials, I will immediately punish the offender and
proceed to afford full redress upon the same being brought to my notice.
Article 5.
Nothing in these Articles shall be held as conferring any dominion or sovereign
right on the part of the British Government over the territory of Mgucat through
which the line may pass, neither of any additional dominion or right on my part
as Sultan of Muscat, over territory which I may hold in lease from the Shah of
Persia.
Article 6.
In like manner nothing in these Articles shall be held as invalidating or derogat
ing from the title of the British Government to the station of Bassadore, that
station having been freely granted to the British Government by my late illus
trious father of blessed memory, the late Imaum Syed Saeed bin Sultan, on behalf
of himslef, his heirs, and successors.
Article 7.
Nothing in these Articles shall be held as invalidating any Article of any TreatJ
Entered into by myself or forefathers with our ancient and faithful ally, the British
Government, from the year 1798 downwards.
Dated Birka, Muscat, 17tb November 1864. Signed in our presence by
Thoweynee bin Saeed, Sultan of Muscat, this 17th day of November 1864, an ^
sealed in our presence by His Highness’s Minister, Hajee Ahmed at Muscat, thi
18th day of November 1864.
Lewis Felly, Lieut.-Gol.,
H. B. M’s Poltl. Resdt., Persian Gulf.
Herbert Disbrowe, Lieut. - Col *
H. B. M.’s Poltl. Agent, Muscat.
No. XII.
Convention between the British Government and His Highness
Thowaynee bin Saeed bin Su^lan, the Sultan of Muscat, or e
sion of the Electric Telegraph through the dominions su jec
sovereignty of His Highness in Arabia and Mekran— 1865.
Article 1.
That the British Government shall be at liberty to construct one or ^ ^
telegraphic lines, and to erect Telegraph Stations, in any portion