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MUSKAT.

TREATY WITH THE KING OF THE FRENCH.

Treaty of Commerce, concluded on the 17th November 1844, between
His Highness the Imaum of Muskat and the Kino OF THE
French, and finally ratified on the 4th February 1846.

Preamble.—The King of the French and His Highness Syud Sueed
bin Sultan, the Sultan of Muskat and other places, being desirous to
confirm and strengthen the good understanding which subsists between
them, and to promote the commercial intercourse between their respec­
tive countries, and having come to the determination of entering into
a Treaty of Commerce and Amity, the former has appointed as his
Plenipotentiary, Monsieur Romain Desfosses, Captain in the Navy,
and Chief of Bourbon and Madagascar, and the latter has resolved
personally to carry on negotiation with the said Plenipotentiary. The
Plenipotentiary of the King of the French having represented to His
Highness the Imaum and Sultan of Muskat that he was vested with
the requisite powers, has concluded the following Articles with His
Highness Syud Sueed bin Sultan:—
Article I.
There shall always be good understanding and friendship between
the King of the French, his heirs and successors, and His Highness
Syud Sueed bin Sultan, the Sultan of Muskat, his heirs and successors,
as also between their respective subjects.
Article II.
The subjects of Syud Sueed bin Sultan, the Sultan of Muskat., shall
be at liberty to enter, reside in, trade with, and pass with their mer­
chandize through France ; and the French shall, in like manner, have
similar liberty with regard to the territories of Syud Sueed bin Sultan,
the Sultan of Muskat. The subjects of both the Governments shall
have all the privileges which are or may be conceded by the respective
Governments to the subjects of the most favoured nations.
Article III.
The French shall be at liberty to purchase, sell, or rent land, houses,