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The record is made up of 1 volume (102 folios). It was created in 1904?-1905?. It was written in English and French. 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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MUSCAT DHOWS ARBITRATION.
ARGUMENT
ON BEHALF OP THE GOVERNMENT OF HIS BRITANNIC MAJESTY.
PREFACE.
THE Tribunal is now in possession of the
Cases and Counter-Cases containing the state
ments of the Parties to the present controversy,
and of the facts and documents upon which the
Parties base their respective contentions.
The object of the present Argument will be to
lay before the Tribunal, as briefly as is consistent
with clearness, what in the view of His Majesty's
Government are the proper conclusions to be
drawn, with respect to the matter included in the
" Compromis," from the statements and documents
submitted, and to indicate the irrelevancy, for the
solution of the questions in controversy, of a very
great portion of the contents of the French
" Memoire " and " Contre-Memoire."
It is to be observed at the outset that France,
by adopting the role of defendant in a case in
which she is claiming immunity and exceptional
treatment for Arabs in the dominions of their
natural Sovereign, has reserved for the " Contre-
Memoire " a great part of her own affirmative
case, and that the " Contre-M^moire," like the
" Memoire," is very largely taken up by state
ments with reference to Great Britain which have
nothing to do with the points in dispute,, and
serve only to distract the attention of the Arbi
trators from the points really at issue.
It appears to His Majesty's Government that
the relevant matters of fact involved in the Case
fall within a very small compass, and that for
the solution of questions mainly, if not solely, of
a juridical character, it is unnecessary and im
proper to enter into speculations or to make
allegations as to the diplomatic action or political
situation of either of the two Governments con
cerned. His Majesty's Government submit that
[733] B 2

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This file consists of a number of printed reports relating to the arbitration over the granting of French flags to Muscat dhows:

  • A printed report in 1904 by the Office of the Superintendent of Government Printing, India, relating to the arbitration on the issue of French flags to Omani dhows. An agreement between Britain and France in 1862 committed both governments to respect the independence of the Sultan of Muscat.
  • Reply on behalf of the Government of His Britannic Majesty to the Supplementary Conclusions, presented on behalf of the Government of the French Republic and admitted by the tribunal on July 25, 1905.
  • The verdict (in French) of the arbitration tribunal.
  • Treaty Series (No. 3, 1905) - Agreements between the United Kingdom and France referring to arbitration the question of the grant of the French flag to Muscat Dhows.
  • The section on the geography of Oman (ff 58-59A) discusses the French claim with reference to Kiepert's map of 1850. Includes a sketch map of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. and Arabian Coast (folio 91A).
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1 volume (102 folios)
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Description: The foliation sequence commences at the title page and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto The front of a sheet of paper or leaf, often abbreviated to 'r'. side of each folio. Foliation errors: 1, and 1A; 50, and 50A; 59, and 59A; 84, and 84A-C; 88, and 88A; 91, and 91A. Pagination: A number of original typed pagination sequences are also located in the file.

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'Muscat Dhows Arbitration. In the Permanent Court of Arbitration at the Hague. Grant of the French Flag to Muscat Dhows. The case on behalf of the Government of His Britannic Majesty.'
Pages
front, back, spine , edge, head, tail, front-i, 1r:1v, 1ar:1av, 2r:50v, 50ar:50av, 51r:59v, 59ar:59av, 60r:84v, 84ar:84cv, 85r:93v, back-i
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