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File 2830/1914 Pt 1 'Persian Gulf: Sponge Fisheries. Sponge Exploration Syndicate.' [160r] (324/488)
The record is made up of 1 volume (240 folios). It was created in 18 May 1905-11 Dec 1916. 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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t ^ ouied nation now are, or hereafter may be, subjected.
ARTICLE III.
J he two High Contracting Parties acknowledge recinrocallv
nth?" / her the T ht ° f Anting Consuls to fesideT S
othei s dominions wherever the interests of commerce may require
t e presence of such officers; and such Consuls shall at all times
thefcuirof rt C ° Untr l f Whicl ; the 5' reside > on the footing of
e Consuls m the most favoured nations. Each of the Plio-h
Contracting Parties further agree to permit his own subjects to be
appointed to Consular offices by the other Contracting Party
provided always that the persons so appointed shall not begin to
act without the previous approbation of the Sovereign whose
subjects they may be. The public functionaries of either Govern
ment residing m the dominions of the other, shall enjoy the same
privileges, immunities and exemptions which are enjoyed within
ie same dominions by similar public functionaries of other
countries.
ARTICLE IV.
There shall be perfect freedom of commerce and navigation
between the High Contracting Parties; each shall allow the
subjects of the other to enter all ports, creeks, and rivers with
.heir vessels and cargoes, also to travel, reside, pursue commerce
and trade, whether wholesale or retail, in each other’s dominions
and therein to hire, purchase, and possess houses, warehouses ,
shops, stores, and lands. British subjects shall everywhere be
freely permitted, whether personally or by agent, to bargain for
buy, barter, and sell all kinds of goods, articles of import or
native production, whether intended for sale within the dominions
of His Highness or for export, and to arrange with the owner or
. a g ent regarding the price of all such goods and produce without
interference of any sort on the part of the authorities of His
Highness.
His Highness the Sultan of Muskat binds himself not to allow
or recognize the establishment of any kind of monopoly or
exclusive privilege of trade within his dominions to any Govern
ment, Association, of mclividual.
ARTICLE V.
Subjects of Her Britannic Majesty shall be permitted, through
out the dominions of His Highness the Sultan, to acquire by gift,
purchase, intestate succession, or under will, or any other leo- a l
manner, land, houses, and property of every description, whether
movable or immovable, to possess the same; and freely to dispose
thereof by sale, barter, donation, or otherwise.
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The volume concerns the attempts of a British company called the Sponge Exploration Syndicate to obtain concessions for the fishing and exploitation of sponges in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. . However, the papers indicate that it was felt by British officials that the real object of the company was to exploit the Gulf's pearl banks, which entailed the risk of infringing Britain's treaty obligations with the Arab states.
The principal correspondents are the Foreign Office; Major Percy Zachariah Cox, acting as Consul-General for Fars, Khuzistan etc., and 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. ; officials of the 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. and the Government of India; the Viceroy of India (the Earl of Minto); and the Sponge Exploration Syndicate Limited.
The papers include: letters of application for concession rights from the company; the granting of a concession to the company by the Government of Persia; the granting of a concession to the company by the Sultan of Muscat; a report by the British Museum, on the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. as a possible area for successful sponge fisheries (folios 175-176); the involvement of the company with the rulers of the Trucial Coast A name used by Britain from the nineteenth century to 1971 to refer to the present-day United Arab Emirates. ; and the rights of British-protected Arabs. The volume also contains an Admiralty chart of the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. on folio 50.
The French language content of the volume consists of an agreement on folios 129-131.
The date range gives the covering dates of the main items of correspondence. This is mainly dated 1905-09, with one item dated 1916. The correspondence also includes enclosures dated 1892 (folios 214-215).
Each part includes a divider which gives the subject and part numbers, year the subject file was opened, subject heading, and list of correspondence references contained in that part by year. This is placed at the back of the correspondence (folio 1).
- Extent and format
- 1 volume (240 folios)
- Arrangement
The papers are arranged in approximate chronological order from the rear to the front of the volume.
The subject 2830 ( Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. : Sponge and Pearl Fisheries) consists of two volumes, IOR/L/PS/10/456-457. The volumes are divided into two parts with each part comprising one volume.
- Physical characteristics
Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at the front cover with 1, and terminates at the inside back cover with 242; 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.
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- File 2830/1914 Pt 1 'Persian Gulf: Sponge Fisheries. Sponge Exploration Syndicate.'
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- 158r:164v
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