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'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government' [270] (312/733)
The record is made up of 1 volume (364 folios). It was created in 1856. It was written in English. The original is part of the 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. .
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270
TREATY BETWEEN MUSK AT AND FRANCE.
Musi iat should be at war with another country, the subjects of the King
of the French and the subjects of the Sultan of Muskat shall neverthe 5 -
less be allowed to trade with, and to take to such country, merchandize
of every description, except warlike stores, but they shall not be allowed
to enter any port or place actually blockaded or besieged.
A rticle XV.
Should a vessel under the Frencli flag enter a port in the dominions
of the Sultan of Muskat in distress, the local authorities at such port
shall afford all necessary aid to enable the vessel to refit, and to prose
cute her voyage ; and if any such vessel should be wrecked on the
coasts of the dominions of the Sifltan of Muskat, the authorities on the
part of the Sultan of Muskat shall render all the assistance in their
power to recover and deliver over to the owner, or the Consul, the pro
perty that may be saved from such wreck. The same assistance and
protection shall be afforded to vessels of the dominions of the Sultan of
Muskat, and property saved therefrom under similar circumstances, in
the ports and on the coasts of the French dominions.
A rticle XVI.
If any person not belonging to the Christian nations shall steal any
article from a French vessel, ai^d take it to the dominions of the Sultan
of Muskat, it shall be recovered from the robber, and delivered over to
the Consul.
A rticle XVII.
The French shall be at liberty to hire or erect houses and warehouses,
at Zanzibar, or anywhere else.
A rticle XVIII.
Any Engagements which may have been entered into previously to
this are null and void, and are not to be acted upon or attended to.
A rticle XIX.
The present Convention shall be ratified, and the ratifications thereof
shall be exchanged, at Muskat or Zanzibar, as soon as possible, and
within the space of fifteen months from the date hereof.
Dated the bth Zilkad, ITijree 1260 (corresponding with the \lth No
vember 1844, a. d.).
(True translation)
(Signed) W. E scombe,
Secretary to Government.
M emorandum .—On the 4th February 1846, the ratifications of the
foregoing Treaty were exchanged between His Highness the Imaum of
Muskat and Commodore Monsieur Romain Desfosses, on the part of the
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The volume is Selections from the records of the Bombay Government , compiled and edited by Robert Hughes Thomas, Assistant Secretary, Political Department, New Series: 24 (Bombay: Printed for Government at the Bombay Education Society's Press, 1856).
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- 1 volume (364 folios)
- Arrangement
The volume contains an abstract of contents on p. iii, a detailed list of contents on pp. vii-xx, an alphabetical index on pp. xxi-xxvii, and a list of maps etc on p. xviii.
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Pagination: two separate pagination sequences are present in the volume. The first sequence (pp. i-xviii) commences at the first page and terminates at the list of maps (p. xviii). A second pagination sequence then takes over (pp. 1-688), commencing at the title page and terminating at the final page. Both these pagination sequences are printed, with additions in pencil, and the numbers are found at the top (left, right or centre) of each page.
The fold-outs in this volume were not paginated by the publisher. As a result, these have been foliated using the nearest page number. For example, the fold-out attached to p.51 has been numbered as 51A.
Pagination anomalies: pp. 15, 15A; 45, 45A; 49, 49A; 51, 51A; 531, 531A.
The following pages need to be folded out to be read: 15A, 45A, 51A, 327-328, 531A.
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- 'Selections from the Records of the Bombay Government'
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- East India Company, the Board of Control, the India Office, or other British Government Department
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