مجموعة ٢٥/ ١٨ "مراسيم ملكية بريطانية: قطر: السلطة القضائية على الأجانب في قطر" [و‎‎١‎٩‎٧] (٦٣٥/٣٩٣)

Minute Paper
Department.
MJJnUTE.
Ple&se see P.Z. 7591/35 (Flag A) which explains
that tAJU*(Qater Oraer-in-Council is necessary to provide
for jurisdiction being exercised in Q,ater by His
Majesty’s Government in the same way as it is
exercised in Bahrein, Kuwait and Muscat.
After consultation between this Office, the
Foreign Office, the Government of Inaia and the
Political Resident in the Persian Gulf, a draft
Oraer-in-Council (Flag B) has now been prepared and
is submitted for mmumfr approval. The draft Oraer
follows generally the Kuwait Oraer-in-Council of 1935
(which is the most recent) . The major differences
are explained in the Government of India's letter of
the 20th August, 1936 (Flag C) and the Foreign Office
letter of the 24th October, 1936 (Flag D). The only
differences which appear to call for comment are
the definitions of "British Protected Person" and
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" Q,ater Subject " in article 4.
In the proposed definition of " British Protected
Person " it has been thought necessary specifically
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to exclude subjects of the Sheikhs of Bahrein, Kuwait
and the Trucial Coast, as it was agreed with the Sheikh
(vide exchange of notes at P.Z.3297/35 and P.Z.3414/35,
flagged at E. ana F. respectively, of the bound volume
below) that subjects of those States should remain
under his jurisdiction. The Sheixh has not claimed
to retain jurisdiction of subjects of the Sultan
of Muscat ana Oman, and for the purposes of the
proposed Crder-in-Council they will be regarded as