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File 3939/1926 Pt 6 'Revision of Aitchison's Treaties. Persian Gulf Section.' [513r] (461/818)
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)—APPENDIX NO. 1—1833
51
and hospitably entertained at the expense of the Sultan, until they shall find an
' opportunity to be returned to their country, for the Sultan can never receive
any remuneration whatever for rendering succour to the distressed, and the pro
perty saved from such wreck shall be carefully preserved and delivered to the
owner, or the Consul of the United States, or to any authorised agent
Article 6.
The citizens of the United States resorting to the ports of the Sultan for the
purpose of trade shall have leave to land and reside in the said ports without pay
ing any tax on importation whatever for such liberty other than the general duties
on imports which the most favoured nation shall pay.
Article 7.
If any citizens of the United States, or their vessels or other property, shall
be taken by pirates, and brought within the dominions of the Sultan, the person?
shall be set at liberty and the property restored to the owner, if he be present,
or to the American Consul, or to any authorised agent.
Article 8.
Vessels belonging to the subjects of the Sultan which may resort to any port
in the United States shall pay no other or higher rate of duties ox other charges,
than the nation the most favoured shall pay.
Article 9.
The President of the United States may appoint Consuls to reside in the ports
of the Sultan where the principal commerce shall be carried on, which Consuls
shall be the exclusive judges of all disputes on suits wherein American citizens
shall be engaged with each other ; they shall have power to receive the property
°f any American citizen dying within the kingdom, and to send the same to his
Heirs, first paying all his debts due to the subjects of the Sultan. The said Consuls
shall not be arrested, nor shall their property be seized, nor shall any of their
household be arrested, but their persons and their property and their houses shall
be inviolate. Should any Consul, however, commit any offence against the laws
°f the kingdom, complaint shall be made to the President, who will immediately
displace him.
Concluded, signed, and sealed at the Royal Palace in the city of Mask at, in
fhe Kingdom of Oman, the 21 st day of September, in the year one thousand eight
Hundred and thirty-three of the Christian era, and the fifty-seventh year of the
^dependence of the United States of America (corresponding to the sixth day
°f the Moon, called Jumadee-ul-Awul, in the- year of the Hijree, one thousand
t'Vo hundred and forty-nine).
Edmund Roberts.
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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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