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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.' [25r] (58/208)
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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It is unfortanate that tliere is a direct conflict
between the reports of British naval officers and
Consuls and the officers and Consuls of France,
as to whether the French flag is used to cover the
carriage of slaves into Oman or the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
Each Party naturally believes its own officers,
and it is for the Tribunal to decide between
the two in any points of divergence which re
relevant to this inquiry.
The French reports (" Contre-Memoire," pp.
"245-251) made in 1895 strongly contest the
allegations of Major Sadler, the British Consul at
Muscat (British Case, p. 58). But His Majesty's
Government venture to submit that it will be
impossible seriously to dispute the facts stated in
the British Countei^Case (AppendixVII,p.47) as to
the running of slaves by one Salim-ul-Badi under
French colours, and it is certainly indisputable
that two Omani vessels under the French flag
were captured by a British cruiser in ] 89G near
the coast of Oman with slaves on board, and
were tried and condemned by a French Court.
There are other instances of condemnation in
"Contre- the French u Contre-Memoire" which, while
278, 1 65 ' they evidence the activity and loyalty of French
officials, also demonstrate that Arab slavers do
cover the Slave Trade with the French flag; and
''Contre- the note of M. Kiesel indicates that at a period
Mdmoire, p. 2^2. a f^ er 1890, when Madagascar was occupied, the
French naval police was relaxed, and that even
in 1902 only three vessels were employed to police
the ocean between Africa and Arabia. His
Majesty's Government would add that in 1898
one Salim-bin-Seif was caught shipping slaves in
Appendix G, vessels flying the French flag at Pemba or Zanzi
bar, and was claimed by M. Laronce, the French
Consul, as a French protege, and the fact that he
was tried in Zanzibar and convicted and his claim
to French protection overruled by the Courts, led
to considerable discussion between His Majesty's
Government and that of the French Republic.
Into the merits of the controversy it is needless
to enter. The important fact is that Salim was in
1898 running slaves under the French flag, and
was stated by France to be of Siiri descent.
There is clearly a great desire to get Arab
vessels under the French flag. It is stated in
the French Counter-Case, p. 14, that if all appli
cations made had been granted, there would be
hundreds of Omani vessels under the French
flag, and that but for strict administration many
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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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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.'
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- 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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