Abstract: Text in Arabic and English of the 1938 Treaty between Great Britain and the Sultanate of Muscat and Oman which was concerned with promoting and extending their commercial relations by the conclusion of a new treaty to replace the Treaty of Friendship, Commerce and Navigation signed at Muscat on 19th March 1891 which was terminating on 11th February, 1939. The treaty was signed in Muscat on 5 February 1939 by Sir Trenchard Craven Fowle, Political Resident in the Persian Gulf and Saiyid Sa'id bin Taimur [Sa‘īd bin Taymūr], Sultan of Muscat.The 23 articles concern freedom of commerce and navigation; ownership of land; customs duties; imports; charging of tonnage against ships; appointment of consuls; assistance in case of shipwreck; jurisdiction; freedom of conscience and religious toleration; length the Treaty shall remain in force (12 years).Physical description: Foliation: The foliation sequence commences at the title page and terminates at the last folio; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. Foliation anomalies: 1 and 1A
Abstract: The volume is accompanied by two duplicate copies. The volume is subtitled
Treaties and Engagements in Force on 1st January 1906 between the British Government and the Trucial Chiefs of the Arab Coast; to which is Prefixed an Address Delivered by His Excellency Lord Curzon, Viceroy and Governor-General of India, to the Trucial Chiefs of the Arab Coast, at a Public Durbar Held at Shargah [Sharjah] on the 21st November 1903, and consists of a set of documents in English followed by versions in Arabic. The documents included are:General Treaty with the Arab Tribes of the Persian Gulf, 1820;Engagement entered into by Sheikh Sultan bin Suggur, Chief of Ras-ool-Kheimah [Ra's al-Khaymah] and Shargah [Sharjah], for the abolition of the African slave trade in his ports, 1847;Treaty of Peace in perpetuity agreed upon by the Chiefs of the Arabian Coast on behalf of themselves, their heirs and successors, under the mediation of the Resident in the Persian Gulf, 1853;Further engagement entered into by Sheikh Sultan bin Suggur, of Jowasmee, with the British Government, for the more effectual suppression of the slave trade, 1856;Additional Article for the protection of the Telegraph Line and Stations, agreed to before Lieutenant-Colonel Lewis Pelly, Acting British Political Resident, Persian Gulf, and appended to the Treaty of Peace of 4 May 1853, 1864;Mutual agreement entered into by the Trucial Chiefs of the Oman Coast through the medium of Haji Abul Cassim, Munshi, especially deputed on this service, and Haji Abdur Rahman, Government Agent, Arab Coast, written on the 3rd Rajeb 1296, corresponding with 24 June 1879;Protectorate Treaties, 1892;Agreement for the prohibition of the Arms Traffic, 1902.In the event of any doubt arising about the interpretation of the treaty stipulations, the English text was to be considered decisive.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence is split between three identical volumes, the covers of which are not included. The sequence is as follows: Volume 1: ff. 1-23; Volume 2: ff. 24-46; Volume 3: ff. 47-68. These numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found in the top right hand corner of the recto page of each folio. Each volume is split into English and Arabic sections. These each contain a separate pagination sequence, which mirror each other in their respective languages. These numbers are printed, and can be found in the top centre of each page.
Abstract: The volumes are printed documents produced by the Government of India Foreign Department. The volumes contain transcripts of treaties and undertakings relating tyo Kuwait in English and (reading in from the rear of the volume) in Arabic. The treaties and undertakings reproduced are as follows:Adherence to Maritime Truce, 1841;Agreement of 1899;Arms Traffic Agreement of 1900 and two proclamations, 1909;Post Office Agreement of 1904;Bandar Shwaikh [Bandar Shweikh] lease, 1907;Pearl Fisheries Agreement of 1911;Wireless Telegraph Agreement of 1912;Kuwait Oil Agreement of 1913.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover of volume one, the first folio after the outer cover. Volume one is numbered 1-20. The sequence then continues into volume two, resuming at 21, the first folio after the inner cover of that volume. Volume two is numbered 21-40. The sequence terminates at 40, the last folio before the back inner and back outer covers. These numbers are written in pencil, are enclosed in a circle, and appear in the top right hand corner of the recto page of each folio. Incomplete printed pagination sequences also occur in both the English and Arabic sections.
Abstract: The volume consists of the following Foreign Office document: 19127, marked 'For Official Use only'.The volume is divided into sections containing transcripts of treaties and engagements relating to Bahrain; Kuwait; Qatar; Trucial States; Muscat; and miscellaneous. The earliest treaties recorded date from 1820.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence commences at 1 on the front cover and terminates at 45 on the back cover. These numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and can be found in the top right hand corner of the recto page of each folio. An original printed pagination sequence is also present in the volume. Foliation anomaly: ff. 10, 10A. The following folio needs to be folded out: f. 39.
Abstract: This item consists of copies of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 1 September 1874, forwarding a copy of correspondence relative to the imposition, by the Government of Fars, of a tax which, though nominally levied from muleteers, in reality falls on the owners of goods. The despatch also draws attention especially to this matter as illustrating the necessity for a revision of the British Commercial Treaty with Persia [Iran].Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 11, and terminates at f 21, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The sequence contains three foliation anomalies: f 11a, f 12a, and f 13a.
Abstract: This item consists of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 23 January. The despatch acknowledges receipt of the Secretary of State for India's Secret and Political Department Despatch No. 242 dated 5 December 1873, giving cover to an authenticated English translation of the recent Slave Trade Treaty with the Sultan of Zanzibar, and points out an apparent discrepancy in Article II of the translation as compared with the same Article of the proposed Treaty modified by Dr John Kirk, the Political Agent and Consul, Zanzibar. This despatch does not include any enclosures.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 211, and terminates at f 211a, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio. The sequence contains one foliation anomaly: f 211a.
Abstract: This item consists of a copy of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 20 February 1874 and received by the India Office Political Department on 16 March 1874, forwarding a letter from HM Minister at Teheran [Tehran] to Earl Granville (Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs), on the subject of a proposed Treaty with Persia [Iran] for the suppression of the slave trade.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 346, and terminates at f 348, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: This item consists of a copy of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 20 February 1874 and received by the India Office via Brindisi on 16 March 1874, forwarding a copy of two despatches from HM Minister in Persia [Iran] to Earl Granville (Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs), regarding the proposed convention between Persia and [Ottoman] Turkey.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 366, and terminates at f 370, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: This item consists of a copy of a Political Despatch from the Government of India Foreign Department to the Secretary of State for India, dated 27 February 1874 and received by the India Office Political Department on 23 March 1874. With reference to the letters from the Resident at Aden, noted within, forwarding a copy of a letter to the Bombay [Mumbai] Government regarding affairs at Maculla [Mukalla] and 'Bunder Broom' [Bandar Burum], and approving the Treaty entered into with the Jemadar of Shuhur [Ash Shihr] for the abolition of the slave trade at that port.Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence for this description (used for referencing) commences at f 392, and terminates at f 394, as it is part of a larger physical volume; these numbers are written in pencil, are circled, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.
Abstract: This item contains translations of three Farsi documents:1. A firmaun [firman, edict] issued by Fath Ally Shah, King of Persia [Fatḥ-‘Alī Shāh Qājār, Shāh of Iran] to all beglerbegs [high-ranking provincial governors] and other local governors and officials, issued in Tahran [Tehran] and dated Jemade al awal [Jumāda al-Āwwal] 1216 (September-October 1801).The firman states that, following a treaty signed between representatives of Persia and Britain, merchants from each country are protected in the other’s territory. It also orders that any person employed in Persia in a political or commercial capacity by Harford Jones, Resident in Bagdad [Baghdad], should be protected and assisted.2. A firmaun issued by Fath Ally Shah to Hajee Khleel Khan Melik ul Tajar [Ḥājī Muḥammad Khalīl Khān Qazvīnī Mālik al-Tudjār], Persian Ambassador to the Governor-General of Bengal, issued in Tahran and dated Jemade al awal [Jumāda al-Āwwal] 1216 (September-October 1801).The firman states that Hajee Khleel Khan’s representations to the Ministers of the Government of Persia have been received, and orders him to obey the instructions of the Ministers during his embassy in India and to make any further requests known.3. A letter from Meerza Bozurg [Mīrzā ‘Īsá Khān Farāhānī, Vizier to the Crown Prince of Persia] to Harford Jones.The letter forwards the above firmans and other correspondence, explaining that Hajee Khleel Khan requested the Persian Government to reissue official documents with new seals following the downfall of Hajee Ibrahim [Ḥāji Ibrāhīm Khān Zand Kalāntar Shīrāzī, Prime Minister of Persia], and asking Jones to inform Hajee Khleel Khan that this has been done. The letter also states that Mohammed Reza Khan [Muḥammad Rezā Khān], a Persian employee in Karbalai [Karbala] saved from execution by Jones’s intervention, is returning to his former post.Physical description: 1 item (2 folios)
Abstract: Enclosure nos. 2-3 to a despatch from the Secret Department, Government of Bombay, dated 25 September 1844.The enclosures consist of a ‘Memorandum on the Perso [Iranian]: Turkish frontiers, as defined in the treaty of 1639 between Sultan Murad 4 [Murād IV] and Shah Saffer [Shāh Safī]’, dated 7 July 1844, by the Political Agent, Turkish Arabia.Physical description: 1 item (30 folios)
Abstract: The file consists of telegrams and secret circular dispatches from James Henry Thomas, Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, relating to proposals for an Eastern Locarno Treaty, or Eastern Pact of Mutual Guarantee.The file includes three telegrams to the Canadian Secretary of State for External Affairs, the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia, the Governor General of New Zealand, the South African Minister of External Affairs, and the Irish Minister for External Affairs, Irish Free State, dated 12 July 1934, 13 July 1934, and 13 September 1934.The file also includes secret circular dispatches B numbers 201, 202, 176, 156 and 105, enclosing communications, dispatches and a report relating to the Eastern Pact of Mutual Guarantee proposals (the enclosures are not included in this file).Physical description: Foliation: the foliation sequence (used for referencing) commences at the first folio with 1 and terminates at the last folio with 24; these numbers are written in pencil, and are located in the top right corner of the recto side of each folio.