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File 3939/1926 Pt 6 'Revision of Aitchison's Treaties. Persian Gulf Section.' [‎452r] (339/818)

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The record is made up of 1 item (408 folios). It was created in 16 Aug 1929-9 Dec 1932. 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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OMAN (MUSCAT)—APPEflDIXNOS. 1-1833 A 11-1844.
Whereas the undersigned, Edmund Roberts, a citizen of the United States
„f America and a resident of Portsmouth in the State of New Hampshire being
L appointed a Special Agent by Letters Patent under the signature of the Pre
sident and seal of the United States of America bearing date at the City of W ash-
Lton the twenty-sixth day of January, Anno Domini one thousand eight hundred
and thirty-two, for negotiating and concluding a Treaty of Amity and Commerce
between the United States of America and His Majesty Syud Sueed Bin, Sultan
of Jlaskat: now know ye that I, Edmund Roberts, Special Agent as aforesaid
do conclude the foregoing Treaty of Amity and Commerce, and every Article and
clause therein contained, reserving the same nevertheless for the final ratification
of the President of the United States of America, by and with the advice and
consent of the Senate of the United States.
Done at the Royal Palace in the City of Maskat in the Kingdom of Oman,
on the 21st dav of September, in the year of our Lord 1833, and of the Indepen
dence of the United States of America the fifty-seventh, corresponding to the
day of the Moon, called Jumadee-ul-Awul, in the year Alhjra (Hijree)
Edmund Roberts.
APPENDIX No. II.
TafiAfY of Commerce concluded between His Highness the 1 m i
and the Kino of the Fbench on the 17th November 1844, and finally ratified
on the 4th February 1846.
Preamble,— The King bf the French and Hrs HioBKESS ^ SoeEd Rih
Sultan, the Sultan of Maskat ahd other places, being e8ir °, ^ t0 p r0 a
strengthen the good understanding which subsists between ’ having
mote the commercial intercourse between thelT ^ meTC Q and Amity,
come to the determination of entering into a irea y p • Degfoss^B,
the former has appointed as his Plenipotentiary IV oneieu [ a tter has
Captain in the Navy and Chief of Bourbon ahd MadagasW ^^y ^
resolved personally to carry oh negotiations With the sai Highness
Plenipotentiary of the King of the French ^ aVing J teS J? e8 f QU igite powers has
the Imam and Sultan of Maskat that he was vestec vi g IN s^tan :—
concluded the following Articles with His Highness x-i ek
Article 1.
There shall always be good understanding and frieftdsh P^ hin Sultan,
°f the French, his heirs and successors, and His Highness ) th e i r respective
rbe Sultan of Maskat, his heirs and successors, *lso be
subjects,

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This part relates to the Government of India's decision to issue a revised edition of Aitchison's Treaties (full title: A Collection of Treaties, Engagements and Sanads Relating to India and Neighbouring Countries ), with revised narratives for each geographical area covered, incorporating the principal events that have occurred since the publication of the previous edition in 1909.

The part contains two copies of proofs for the following revised narratives: Treaties and Engagements Relating to the Arab Principalities in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (ff 305-328 and ff 617-640) and Treaties and Engagements Relating to Oman (Muscat) (ff 406-422 and ff 641-657). Also included are copies of related treaties, agreements, and correspondence for the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. (ff 329-405 and ff 540-616) and Oman sections (ff 423-477 and ff 485-539), which cover the periods 1806-1927 and 1798-1928 respectively.

The proofs are accompanied by interdepartmental correspondence discussing the contents of the narratives, and the possibility of amendments and additions being made, such as for the parts entitled 'The Wahabis and Nejd' and 'Kuwait' in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. section. In addition, the correspondence discusses the question of whether to include recently concluded agreements with Mohammerah [Khorramshahr] and Kuwait in the Persian Gulf The historical term used to describe the body of water between the Arabian Peninsula and Iran. section. Also included is a list of anomalies and misprints that have been identified in the proofs.

The main correspondents are as follows: the Foreign Secretary to the Government of India; 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. , Foreign Office, Colonial Office, and the Government of India's Foreign and Political Department.

The French language material consists of a small amount of the aforementioned treaties and agreements.

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