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'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' [‎32v] (66/92)

The record is made up of 1 volume (44 folios). It was created in c 1954. 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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Letter from 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. , to His Highness, Sultan Said bin
Taimur, Sultan of Muscat and Oman, dated December 20, 1951
I am writing to place on record the understanding of His Majesty s Govern
ment in the United Kingdom that nothing in Article 3 or elsewhere in the Treaty
of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation between His Majesty he King or Great
Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas and the Sultan of
Muscat and Oman and Dependencies signed at Muscat today shall be construed
as granting to either High Contracting Party the right to claim the benefit of
any term, preference or privilege, which may at any time be accorded in any
territory of either High Contracting Party solely in virtue of a provision relating
to double taxation contained in an agreement with any other country.
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Letter from His Highness, Sultan bin Taimur, Sultan of Muscat and Oman, to 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. , dated December 20, 1951
In reply to Your Excellency's letter of today's date regarding the double
taxation, I write to confirm the understanding contained in your above mentioned
letter.
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Letter from His Highness Sultan Said bin Taimur, Sultan of Muscat and Oman, to
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. , dated December 20, 1951
We confirm our agreement that the term " Consuls " used in Article II of
our Treaty with His Britannic Majesty shall be read as including Consuls-General,
Consuls, Vice-Consuls and Consular Agents and persons holding these ranks in an
acting capacity.

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The volume consists of the following Foreign Office document: 19127, marked 'For Official Use only'.

The volume is divided into sections containing transcripts of treaties and engagements relating to Bahrain; Kuwait; Qatar; Trucial States A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ; Muscat; and miscellaneous. The earliest treaties recorded date from 1820.

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1 volume (44 folios)
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There is a list of contents at the front of the volume.

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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 45 on the back cover. These numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found in the top right hand corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. page of each folio. An original printed pagination sequence is also present in the volume. Foliation anomaly: ff. 10, 10A. The following folio needs to be folded out: f. 39.

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'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' [‎32v] (66/92), British Library: India Office Records and Private Papers, IOR/R/15/1/738, in Qatar Digital Library <https://www.qdl.qa/archive/81055/vdc_100023550810.0x000043> [accessed 13 January 2025]

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