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File 2902/1916 ‘Treaties and Engagements between the British Government and the Chiefs of the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf’ [99v] (209/448)
The record is made up of 1 volume (222 folios). It was created in 1916-1928. It was written in English, Arabic and Persian. 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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No. 7-
AGREEMENT REGARDING THE CESSION OF TERRITORY BY
THE SULTAN OF OMAN, DATED 20TH MARCH 1891.
Praise be to God alone, *
The obi'eet of writing this lawful and honourable Bond is that it is hereby
covenanted and agreed between His Highness Seyved Feysal bm Turki bm Seyyed
Sultan of Muscat and Oman, on the one part,_ ami ( -ol°m'l Edward Charles
Ross Companion of the Star of India, Her Britannic Majesty s Political esi-
dent’in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, on behalf of the British Goveniment, on the other
nart that the said Seyved Feysal bin Turin bin Saeed, eultan of Muscat and
Oman does pledge and bind himself, his heirs and successors never to cede, to
sell to mortgage or otherwise give for occupation, save to the British Govern
ment the dominions of Muscat and Oman or any of their dependencies.
In token of the conclusion of this lawful and honourable bond Seyyed
Fevsal bin Turki bin Saeed, Sultan of Muscat and Oman, and Colonel Edward
Charles Ross Companion of the Star of India, Her Britannic Majesty s Poli
tical Resident in the
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
, the former for himself, his heirs and succes
sors and the latter on behalf of the British Government, do each, in the
presence of witnesses affix their signatures on this ninth day of Shaaban one
thousand three hundred and eight (A.H.), corresponding to the twentieth day of
March (A.D.) 1891.
E. C. BOSS, Colonel,
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
Persian Gulf
The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran.
.
Signature of His Highness
SEYYED EEYSAL BIN TUBKI BIN SAEED,
Sultan of Muscat and Oman.
LANSDOWNE,
Viceroy and Governor-General of India.
Ratified by His Excellency the Viceroy and Governor-General of India,
at Simla on the twenty-third day of May 1891.
H. M. DURAND,
Secretary to the Government of India,
43 F. and P. D.
17
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The volume consists mainly of six bound compilations of treaties and undertakings, together with related correspondence and other supplementary material, made between the British Government and the British Protectorates of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. , 1820-1919. These treaty compilations were published by the Government of India in 1919 and comprise: the Trucial Treaties to January 1906, Treaties with Rulers of Kuwait from 1841 to 1913, Treaties with the Sultan of Oman and Muscat from 1845 to 1914, Undertakings with the Trucial Chiefs of Oman from 1911 to 1912, Treaties with the Shaikh of Mohammerah from 1899 to 1919 and Treaties with the Rulers of Bahrain from 1820 to 1914. In addition, there is a separate Foreign Office ‘Memorandum on British Commitments (During the War) to the Gulf Chiefs’ made in 1916, which contains at Appendix A, the English text of the treaty made with the Ruler of Qatar in 1916. The treaty compilations are published in English and Arabic, except for the treaties with the Shaikh of Mohammerah, which are published in English and Persian.
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- 1 volume (222 folios)
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The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume. The subject 2902 (Treaties and Engagements between the British Government and the Chiefs of the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. ) consists of one volume.
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Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 216; these numbers are written in pencil, 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. The foliation sequence does not include the front and back covers, nor does it include the two leading and ending flyleaves. A previous foliation sequence has been superseded and therefore crossed out.
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- English, Arabic and Persian in Latin and Arabic script View the complete information for this record
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- File 2902/1916 ‘Treaties and Engagements between the British Government and the Chiefs of the Arabian Coast of the Persian Gulf’
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- 92r:92v, 94r:95v, 96v:99v, 106v:107r, 114v:118r, 119r:120v, 122r:122v
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