'No 413 Vol 19. Revised Commercial Treaty with Muscat'

Title:

'No 413 Vol 19. Revised Commercial Treaty with Muscat'

Contributor:

Foreign Office (correspondent)
Political Agent and Consul, Muscat (correspondent)
Government of India, Foreign and Political Department (correspondent)

Date:

1887/1905

Description:

This file concerns the conclusion of the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation with the Sultan of Muscat, Sayyid Fayṣal bin Turkī Āl Bū Sa‘īd on 19 March 1891. The new treaty was modelled on a recently concluded treaty with Zanzibar. It superseded the Treaty of Commerce of May 1839 and its main purpose was to shut out French interests and influence in Muscat.Correspondence in the volume is between the British Political Resident in the Persian Gulf at Bushire and the Political Agent at Muscat, as well as British officials in the Foreign Department of the Government of India, the Foreign Office and at Zanzibar. There are also copies of correspondence from the Sultan of Muscat.The file has an index on folio 2A. Subjects within the file include: the exclusion of Cape of Good Hope from the Treaty (folios 88, 94); importation of arms and ammunition (folio 37); the expiration of the Treaty (folios 108, 112-114); British protection for Goanese subjects under the Treaty (folios 144-148, 154-156); modifications to the Treaty (folios 119-120); accession to Natal (folios 88, 94); accession to Newfoundland (folios 95-96); draft of the Treaty (folios 8-17, 22-31); draft protocol (folios 74-77); accession to Queensland (folios 95-96); draft of Revised Treaty (1904-1905) (folios 138-170); Separate Declaration by Sultan as to non-cession of his dominions (folios 54-57, 61-62); treaty executed but not-ratified (folios 49-53); Zanzibar Commercial Treaty (1886) (folios 18-21, 40-48).1 volume (180 folios)This volume is arranged approximately in chronological order.Foliation: Foliation numbers are circled in pencil, in the top right corner of the recto of each folio. They begins on the title page, on number 1B, and end on the last folio of writing, on number 170. The file contains the following foliation amendments: folios 1A-B; folios 2A-C; folios 4A-B; folios 78A-B; folios 79A-B.

Language:

English
Arabic

Type:

Letter book

Type (Narrower):

Letters

Type (Broader):

Text

Subject:

Trade (practice)
Marine navigation

Geographic region:

Zanzibar
Muscat

Extent:

1 volume (180 folios)

Rights:

Open Government Licence

Identifier:

81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0000a8_ar
81055/vdc_100000000193.0x0000a8_en
IOR/R/15/1/195

Is part of:

British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers

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