ملف ١٩١٦//٢٩٠٢ "المعاهدات والاتفاقيات بين الحكومة البريطانية وحُكام الساحل العربي للخليج الفارسي" [ظ‎‎٩‎٩] (٤٤٨/٢٠٩)

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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, 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 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 in the Persian Gulf.
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.
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