IOR/L/PS/18/B438

This printed India Office report was written by John Gilbert Laithwaite and published in November 1934. It aims 'to examine, with particular reference to the proposal which has been put forward to establish a station at Khor Quwai [Khawr Quway] in the Musandim Peninsula, the history of the Declaration of 1862 by which France and Great Britain undertook to respect the independence of Muscat, and its effect, and that other existing treaty provisions, on the right of H.M. Government (subject to the consent of the Sultan of Muscat) to establish a naval station in Muscat territory.'

The documents include a short note on the status of the Musandam Peninsula. It lists key treaty engagements between the Sultan of Muscat and His Majesty's Government with relevant extracts including:

• British Treaty of Commerce of 1839 with Muscat, Article 2;
• Treaty of Commerce between France and Muscat, 1844, Article 3;
• Anglo-French Declaration of 10th March 1862;
• British Treaty of Commerce of 1891 with Muscat, Article 4;
• Exclusive Agreement of the Sultan of Muscat with H.M. Government, 1891.

Further sections are:

• Muscat and France, 1770-1934;
• British Connection with Muscat, 1770 to 1934;
• The Anglo-French Declaration of 1862: its importance in Muscat Policy, and the interpretations which have been placed on it.