Muscat: commerce and navigation treaty: negotiations

This file relates to the Muscat Commerce and Navigation Treaty. It covers:

• Correspondence on the Sultan of Muscat and Oman Saeed Bin Taimur's request for registers of British subjects
• Further amendments to various articles of the treaty
• Delays caused by parliamentary requirements
• The Sultan's consent to the amendments to the new draft
• Correspondence on the ratification of the treaty
• Registration of British vessels
• Arabic translation of the Muscat Treaty, to include all amendments up to the 7 November, for the Sultan's approval
• Note on what pen to buy for the signing of the treaty
• Numerous telegrams relating to amendments to various articles in the treaty
• Copies of the treaty
• Requirements for the seals to be affixed to the treaty
• Copy of W R Hay's speech on the occasion of the signing of the new treaty