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Oman: French and Omani officials confer before the signing of the 1844 France-Muscat Treaty. Louis Lebreton, official painter to the French mission, 1844

Oman: French and Omani officials confer before the signing of the 1844 France-Muscat Treaty. Louis Lebreton, official painter to the French mission, 1844

Sultan Sayyid Said bin Sultan signed a trade agreement with the USA in 1833 CE (1249 AH), and welcomed the presence of an American ambassador in the Sultanate. He also signed a treaty with Britain in 1839 CE (1255 AH), which focused mostly on trade and navigation between the two countries, and on providing facilities to British ships in Omani ports.

Oman’s foreign relations were further bolstered by signing a trade agreement with France in 1844 CE (1260 AH), which gave France the same trade and judicial privileges stated in the aforementioned Omani-British treaty.

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