Author
Said bin Taimur on signing the treaty
Publication Date
1 Dec 1938-3 Jan 1941 (CE, Gregorian)
Subject
1
Type
Document
Language
ara,eng
Digital
Yes
Manuscript
No
Pages Count
200
Library
Qatar Digital Library
Library Asset ID
IOR/R/15/1/414
Record ID
vdc_100000000193.0x000183
Library Location
British Library:
India Office
The department of the British Government to which the Government of India reported between 1858 and 1947. The successor to the Court of Directors.
Records and
Private Papers
Documents collected in a private capacity.
Date
1 Dec 1938-3 Jan 1941 (CE, Gregorian)
Notes
The volume contains correspondence relating to the signing of a new treaty between Great Britain and the Sultan of Muscat 'to replace the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation signed at Muscat on the 19th March, 1891, which terminates on the 11th February, 1939.' The new treaty consisted of twenty three articles relating to commerce and navigation. Topics discussed in the correspondence include:
Signatures and seals (ff 7-12);
Implications for South Africa and Government of India (f 130-131);
Instruments and certificates of ratification (ff 35-38; 139-146);
Speech by Said bin Taimur on signing the treaty (ff 93-97) with reply by the
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
The drafting process (f 13) and translations of technical terms in Arabic and English (f149-150)
List of British colonial territories to which the treaty applies in accordance with the provisions of article 19.
The volume includes the full text of the final treaty in Arabic and English (folios 41-75) and the ratification by George the Sixth (folios 77-80). Correspondents include Said bin Taimur [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr], Sultan of Muscat; Trenchard Craven Fowle,
Political Resident
A senior ranking political representative (equivalent to a Consul General) from the diplomatic corps of the Government of India or one of its subordinate provincial governments, in charge of a Political Residency.
in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
; Senior Naval Officer
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
; Secretary of State for India, London; Secretary to the Government of India in the External Affairs Department.
Erişim Koşulları
Unrestricted
Düzenleme
The papers are arranged chronologically from the front to the rear of the file.
Eski Harici Referans(lar)
A Series: 80/35 VI Confidential Series: 86
