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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’ [101v] (213/448)
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. 1K«)-
NOTII’IOATION BY HIS HIGHNESS THE SULTAN OP MASK AT
AND OMAN, DATED MASKAT, THE ITH JUNE 1912.
M r hereas large quantities of arms and ammunition are at present stored
without nroper control in private buildings, distributed m this our town of
MaskatAJ thus exposed to the risk of attack,
bv the serious menace to the safety of our capital arising theretiom, have
resolved to remedy this state of affairs, in accordance with the needs of
the Ernes and' the requirements of our municipal administration, by the con
struction and establishment of a special customs bouse niaga.ine or arms ware
house for the storage of arms and ammunition under safe precautions. It s
proposed to introduce this warehouse arrangement from on or about 1st
September next. It will be conducted on the following general hues
Firstly. —On or after 1st September all arms and ammunition or parts
thereof imported into my territories will be taken direct from the steamer to
the special arms warehouse, to the control of which a special Supenntem en
will be appointed by us. ' . . ,
Secondly.— Similarly all arms-dealers in my territories will be required o
deposit stocks remaining in their bands on 1st September m the said warehouse.
Any trader offending against this regulation will, m addition to other penalties,
render all future consignments of arms and ammunition arriving in his nam
liable to confiscation, unless and until be complies with this regulation i
Thirdly. —No arms will be allowed to issue from the warehouse until duty
has been fully paid thereon to the Customs Superintendent in the usual nay.
Fourthly. —The withdrawal of arms from the warehouse will be regulated
by the issue of special licenses prepared by the Superintendent and counter
signed by myself.
Fifthly. licenses will not be granted to traders but only to approved
individual purchasers or their duly authorised agents on the production o
satisfactory proof that the number, quantity and destination of arms, ammuni
tion, etc., to he withdrawn from the warehouse are free from j
objection. ,
Sixthly. —All arms issuing from the warehouse will he marked witn a
special warehouse mark and serial number.
Seventhly. —Special rules will be drawn up providing for and regulating
the issue to approved traders of sample stock for exhibition in their shops.
Fighthly .—Rules providing for the collection of arms warehouse charges,
on stocks therein deposited, 'will be drawn up on the analogy of ie presen
Customs House Regulations for the levy of such fees on general mere lan ise.
Ninthly. —Special rules will be drawn up governing the transfer between
traders’ stocks deposited in the arms warehouse.
Tenthly. —Special relaxations will he arranged for in favour of flint-loc s,
muzzle-loading gun powder and caps in reasonable quantities.
Lastly. —Detailed rules embodying the above principles are under P^PA
ration and will be published in due course for the further miorma ion o a
concerned.
ci atvtty t?at«atARTN-TTTRKI.
No. 11(6).
NOTICE BY HIS HIGHNESS SIR SYUDEAISAL-BIN-TURKI, G.C.I.E.,
SULTAN OF MASKAT AND OMAN.
Tlie following draft rules for the establishment, maintenance aB< ^
of the Arms Warehouse are published for the information of ail core
43 F. and P. D.
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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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- IOR/L/PS/10/606
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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’
- Pages
- 100r:106r, 107v:114r
- Author
- Āl Bū Sa‘īd, Sayyid Fayṣal bin Turkī
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- Public Domain