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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.
THE COUNTER-CASE
ON BEHALF 03? THE GOVERNMENT OE HIS BEITANNIO MAJESTY.
I—PEELIMINAEY OBSERVATIONS.
THE French Government has taken exception
to the appearance of the name of His Highness the
Sultan of Muscat on the title page of the British
Case as a party to the present arbitration, and to
the insertion of the statement at the end of p. 4
of the British Case—that His Majesty's Govern-
Appendix l p 39. m ent were acting at the request of His Highness.
Although they regard this protest as of a
purely technical character, His Majesty's Go
vernment, in deference to the desire of the
French Government, have agreed to treat as
deleted the words objected to. But in making
this concession His Majesty's Government re
serve all their rights under the Anglo French
Declaration of 1862, and the Compromis of
the 13th October, 1901-, to assert in the fullest
sense the independence and sovereignty of His
Highness the Sultan of Muscat, and to submit
o 7
evidence and arguments in proof of the allega
tion that that independence is menaced by the
claim of France to take subjects of Muscat
under her protection. And it must also be
Appendix 2, p. 40. distinctly stated that the arguments in the
British Case are presented on behalf of His
Highness the Sultan, who has spontaneously
expressed his wish to have his case presented by
His Majesty's Government.
Finally, His Majesty's Government submit that
the whole of their policy has been directed to
strengthening and consolidating the position of
the Sultan of Muscat as an independent Sovereign;
that they have not sought to obtain from him a
lease of territory; that they have not attempted
in any way to exercise any jurisdiction over his
subjects ashore or in the territorial waters of
Muscat; and that, in fact, all their dealings with
His Highness have been upon the basis of his
independence.

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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.'
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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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