'A Collection of Treaties and Engagements relating to the Persian Gulf Shaikhdoms and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman in force up to the End of 1953' [‎28v] (58/92)

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No. 6
T reaty for the A bolition of the S lave T rade, daied A pril 14, 1873
Her Majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of desirous
and His Highness the Syud Toorkee bin Saeed, Sultan of , ' , ,
to give more complete effect to the engagements entered m y Qorppd
his predecessors for the perpetual abolition of ^ ^ ve , ' lin iL fhemselvp^
to conclude a Treaty for this purpose which shall be bind g P , j '
their heirs, and successors; and Her Majesty the Queen of t *• o- Tf pnrv
of Great Britain and Ireland having appointed as her I ^ eni P ote P vl ^ , f J
Bartle Edward Frere, Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of th e
Bath, and Knight Grand Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of
India, he, having communicated to the Sultan of Muscat his full powers oun m
good and due form, and the aforesaid Sultan of Muscat, Syud Toorkee bin Saeed,
acting on his own behalf, they have agreed upon and concluded the following
Articles: —
A rticle 1.
The import of slaves from the coast or islands of Africa or elsewhere into the
dominions of Muscat, whether destined for transport from one port of the Sultan
of Muscat's dominions to another, or for conveyance to foreign ports, shall entirely
cease, and any vessels engaged in the transport or conveyance of slaves after this
date shall be liable to seizure and condemnation by all such Naval and other
Officers or Agents, and such Courts as may be authorized for that purpose on the
part of Her Britannic Majesty; and all persons hereafter entering the Sultan's
dominions and dependencies shall be free.
A rticle 2.
The Sultan engages that all public markets in his dominions for slaves shall
be entirely closed.
A rticle 3.
The Sultan engages to protect, to the utmost of his power, all liberated slaves,
and to punish severely any attempt to molest them or reduce them again to slavery.
A rticle 4.
Her Britannic Majesty engages that natives of Indian States under British
protection shall, from and after a date to be hereafter fixed, be prohibited from
possessing slaves, and in the meanwhile from acquiring any fresh slaves.
A rticle 5.
The present Treaty shall be ratified by Her Majesty, and the ratification shall
be forwarded to Muscat as soon as possible.*
In witness whereof, Sir Henry Bartle Edward Frere, on behalf of her Majesty
the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and Syud Toorkee
bin Saeed, Sultan of Muscat, on his own behalf, have signed the same and have
affixed thereto their respective seals.
Done at Muscat this fourteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and
seventy-three.
H. B. E. F rere.
S yud T oorkee bin S aeed.
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A greement regarding C ession of T erritory, dated
P raise be to G od alone
The object of writing the lawful and honourable Bond is that it is hereby
covenanted and agreed between His Highness Seyyid Feysal bin Turki bin Seyyid,
Sultan of Muscat and Oman, on the one part, and Colonel Edward Charles Ross,
Companion of the Star of India, Her Britannic Majesty's 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